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The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain

This is the most important book I’ve read in 2022. Psychologist Roger Barker had set out to discover why people behave as they do by recording their activities in minute detail as they went about their everyday lives. With his … Continue reading

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Health beliefs (8-19-21)

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Diagnosis, Therapy, and Evidence: Conundrums in Modern American Medicine

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As Men Age

Dr. Marcia Angell writes in 2013: As they age, women tend to become psychologically more independent, for a variety of reasons, while men become more dependent, particularly when they retire and spend more time at home (the traditional woman’s domain). … Continue reading

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Mind-Body Syndrome AKA Back Pain

Dr. Howard Schubiner blogs: …there is no separation between the mind and body in the sense that physical stimuli (e.g. an injury) immediately produce changes in our minds (emotions, reactions, etc.) and emotional stimuli (e.g. a scare, a verbal criticism, … Continue reading

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