Posts Tagged: PSYCHOLOGY

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Our Fear Response is Regulated By Our Heartbeat

Our Fear Response is Regulated By Our Heartbeat

By Dan Seitz

The fear response is one of those sorta-useful, sorta-not things we have now that evolution has pushed us to the point where most of our apex predators are either in zoos for our amusement or the subject of endangered species campaigns because we've become so good at killing them.

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Deja Vu Is Triggered By Interior Decorating

Deja Vu Is Triggered By Interior Decorating

By Dan Seitz | 2 comments

Hate to break this to you, but that feeling you've had, that you've been somewhere before, maybe in a past life or that you saw in a dream.

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exposure therapy
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Scared of Spiders? Pick Up a Tarantula and Feel Less Scared in Minutes

Scared of Spiders? Pick Up a Tarantula and Feel Less Scared in Minutes

By Dan Seitz | 3 comments

Anybody with a phobia knows all about exposure therapy: the best way to deal with your fears really is to confront them.

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BELGIUM
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Don’t Bahrain On Our Parade

By RoboPanda

Internet access has been restricted in Bahrain leading up to and in response to the recent protests there.

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FRANK KACHANOFF
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Looking at Meat Calms Men Down

Looking at Meat Calms Men Down

By RoboPanda | 1 comment

Frank Kachanoff, an undergraduate at McGill University, was interested in studying priming and aggression.

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