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Top mental health doctor: online therapy is the future

Posted in Online on 29th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

Why Americas top mental health doctor is moving to Google

Aphantasia: A life without mental images

Posted in Medicine on 26th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

Most people can readily conjure images inside their head, But now scientists have described a condition, aphantasia, in which some people are unable to visualise mental images.

New compounds identified that may treat depression rapidly with few side effects

Posted in Medicine on 19th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller

The compounds could offer significant advantages over current antidepressant medications.

Consciousness has less control than believed, according to new theory

Posted in Science on 25th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

Consciousness is far less powerful than people believe, serving as a passive conduit rather than exerting control, according to a new theory.

Self-awareness not unique to mankind

Posted in Science on 17th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

A study has found that humans and other animals capable of mentally simulating environments require at least a primitive sense of self.