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Extinction Burst
Read more: Extinction BurstA new post at a new favorite, You Are Not So Smart, about behaviorism, B.F. Skinner, and the extinction burst. The post includes this pigeon video, embedded here for those in a video-only mood:
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Sex, Drugs, Exercise, Fertility, CBT, and Shrimp
Read more: Sex, Drugs, Exercise, Fertility, CBT, and ShrimpStand-outs this morning from around the web… ScienceDaily: Combining sex and drugs reduces rock and roll NYT: Your Brain on Exercise WebMD: Getting Pregnant: Easy Ways To Encourage Fertility PsychCentral: Therapist Competency Important for Treatment Success ScienceDaily: Antidepressants make shrimps see the light
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Ending Relationship Like Kicking Drugs
Read more: Ending Relationship Like Kicking DrugsPsychCentral: Relationship Breakup Similar to Addiction Withdrawal Rejection by a romantic partner is a bitter pill. New research suggests the trauma is severe because love rejection affects primitive areas of the brain associated with motivation, reward and addiction cravings…
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Survey: Talk Therapy Helps
Read more: Survey: Talk Therapy HelpsResults from a giant Consumer Reports mental health survey, reported earlier, have been posted. Here are the bullet points they came up with: Talk therapy helps Some drugs have an edge Anxiety rises [is on the rise, that is, since 2004] Side effects shift Type of therapist doesn’t matter Details on the site.
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Misconception/Truth
Read more: Misconception/TruthBlog to check out: Journalist David McRaney takes in-depth looks at lots of psych-related questions on You Are Not So Smart. Each long post begins with a common misconception and a corrective truth, with research to back it up. From a post about hindsight bias: The Misconception: After you learn something new, you remember how…