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June 15, 2010

Duchenne: Key to a Genuine Smile?

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Experiments cast doubt on the classic marker of a genuine smile.» You can also follow PsyBlog on Twitter and Facebook.

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February 25, 2010

It's What You Learn, Not What You Think

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Some symptoms of OCD might be describable as pathological doubt, for instance, that one's hands are clean or that the doors are locked. A review of OCD treatments states, "pathological doubt is one of the central manifestations of this illness. The person goes to the door, shuts it, locks it, feels that it is locked, knows that it is locked, turns around, and walks away. All of a sudden, he or sh

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January 29, 2010

Can men be trusted to take male contraceptive pill?

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New research in the UK casts doubt on whether men can be trusted to take the male contraceptive pill, which is currently undergoing trials. The findings show that while men said they would welcome it, women thought their partners could not be trusted to take the contraceptive pill regularly, leading to unplanned pregnancy.

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January 13, 2010

Attention Please! Attention management for chronic pain

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A debate that’s been going on for some time is the role of ‘distraction’ in pain management. So many of the people I see have told me they ‘just ignore’ the pain, or ‘I try to distract myself’, or similar, that there isn’t much doubt to me that people habitually use attention management as a [...]... Elomaa, M., de C. Williams, A., & Kalso,

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