Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: Time magazine has an excellent piece that tackles the myth that the only child is psychologically worse off due to a lack of siblings during development. The new blog Neurotic Physiology at the Scitopia network that has an excellent piece on Freud’s experiences with [...]
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August 7, 2010
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February 16, 2010
Autism’s earliest symptoms not evident in children under 6 months
A study of the development of autism in infants, comparing the behavior of the siblings of children diagnosed with autism to that of babies developing normally, has found that the nascent symptoms of the condition.
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January 16, 2010
December 28, 2009
Family as Therapy, Rather than Family Therapy
In a remarkable book, The Kids are All Right, Liz Welch describes how she and her three siblings reconstituted their family after the deaths of both their parents.Although all four children - two older sisters (Liz was second in seniority to Amanda), a brother (Dan), and a much younger sister (Diana) - displayed a variety of psychological and addictive issues even while their parents were alive
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June 8, 2009
Conservtives more easily disgusted
Our emotions are strongly tied to our morals. We're more likely to think something is wrong if it repulses us, even if we can't describe exactly why or how it is wrong. For example, most people would disapprove of consensual adult incest between siblings, but few would be able to articulate exactly why it is 'wrong.' This is very different from moral beliefs deduced from reasoning. These moral i
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