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Placebos are getting more effective...: Steve Silberman provides us with an intelligent and thorough analysis of the current state of play of the 'placebo response' Read More.

Chained to insomnia: We don’t all need the same amount of sleep – though most of us need 5 to 10 hours a night – but if we don’t get what we need then, over time, we start showing the effects. Read More.

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. . . The paradox of declining female happiness http://t.co/jwIQRYXc
. . . Renata Salecl: the anxiety & dissatisfaction that surrounds limitless choice http://t.co/Eulmo778
. . . Push to encourage UK doctors to prescribe mindfulness in place of antidepressants http://t.co/VSdMTMJU
. . . Despite all the earnest recommendation, there's no evidence that exercise lifts depression http://t.co/e7YefkY0
. . . Placebo effect works best for optimists http://t.co/xhoccfYC
. . . People better at describing their feelings live more emotionally stable lives: Implications for therapy? http://t.co/npitU64n
. . . Beautiful photos. A Quiet Heaven in Vrindavan, India http://t.co/LctgMNgL
. . . Not getting enough sleep can lead to short-term euphoria, but also risky behaviour http://t.co/CePIW7og
. . . Alison Gopnik asks, ‘What do babies think?’ http://t.co/bEcd2Zc9