TV lobotomie I have borrowed this title from a book by Michel Desmurget, a neuroscience researcher at Inserm. At the bottom of this page, you will find a lecture in which he discusses television and children’s development. His argument is that early, regular exposure may interfere with opportunities to develop language and other cognitive abilities.
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A pattern of personality difficulties The terms “psychopath” and “sociopath” are used to describe particular patterns of personality difficulties. A personality pattern becomes problematic when some characteristics are overly pronounced and inflexible, making it harder to adapt to situations. Aggression, limited consideration for others and impulsivity, for example, can cause considerable harm to other people.
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Sleep needs differ from one person to another. A lack of sleep can create physiological stress which, if it persists, may upset the body’s balance and contribute to illness. One possible consequence is the emergence of difficulties that were previously latent. Someone who is otherwise coping well may develop psychological symptoms when they are deprived
I am sharing an extract from an article in which psychologist Jacques Van Rillaer discusses rumination and its relationship with insomnia. The original is “Les ruminations mentales : fonctions, dysfonctionnements, traitements”, Jacques Van Rillaer, abridged in SPS no. 318, October 2016. In the passage discussed here, Van Rillaer describes how work on muscular relaxation for
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Psychedelic and related psychoactive substances are prohibited or tightly regulated in many jurisdictions. This article discusses substances such as LSD, psilocybin, mescaline, peyote, ketamine, DMT, MDMA, ayahuasca and iboga. They are often discussed together, although they do not all belong to the same pharmacological class. Humphry Osmond introduced the term “psychedelic” in 1956, with the
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