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Amy Jones 3/27/12 Amy Jones 3/27/12

diane ackerman on the brain and love in the nyt “Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework can be painful.”
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Amy Jones 3/13/12 Amy Jones 3/13/12

harvard does acid again: a new meta-analysis of six studies on the use of lsd to treat alcoholism  “It was not unusual for patients following their LSD experience to become much more self-accepting, to show greater openness and accessibility…
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Amy Jones 3/13/12 Amy Jones 3/13/12

having a dog is seriously good for you (the atlantic)
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Amy Jones 3/5/12 Amy Jones 3/5/12

concerns on the medicalization of bereavement by harvard psychiatrist, anthropologist and widower Arthur Kleinman in thelancet “My grief, like that of millions of others, signalled the loss of something truly vital in my life. This pain was p…
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Amy Jones 3/5/12 Amy Jones 3/5/12

thoughts on what it means to live alone in the nyt From the comments: “Solitude produces originality, bold and astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportionate, the absurd and the forbidden.” Thomas Mann (De…
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Amy Jones 2/26/12 Amy Jones 2/26/12

so which one is it?: alcoholism as a spiritual affliction or a medical disease in the atlantic
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Amy Jones 2/23/12 Amy Jones 2/23/12

on why it might be good to become a rockstar (or something like it) “If critical periods aren’t quite so firm as people once believed, a world of possibility emerges for the many adults who harbor secret dreams — whether to learn a language…
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Amy Jones 2/23/12 Amy Jones 2/23/12

schopenhauer and the trick to not emotionally impaling yourself on other people in the PBS series this emotional life
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Amy Jones 2/17/12 Amy Jones 2/17/12

what scientists and speed dating can tell us about love in scientific american
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Amy Jones 2/17/12 Amy Jones 2/17/12

in development at Northwestern University: an iphone application that will tell you when your world is getting too small
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Amy Jones 2/17/12 Amy Jones 2/17/12

the new york times reports on how to make the most out of having ants in your pants
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Amy Jones 2/17/12 Amy Jones 2/17/12

facebook vs. emotional closure in the NYT “There’s one person who keeps coming around in the People You May Know box on Facebook where just the suggestion of this person changes my whole day,” said Pam Houston, a novelist. “It’s essential to my well…
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Amy Jones 2/7/12 Amy Jones 2/7/12

making decisions about how to live because of, not in spite of, death in scientific american
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Amy Jones 2/7/12 Amy Jones 2/7/12

why some people don’t get married and why (maybe?) they should in the atlantic “The benefits of marriage don’t seem to translate to cohabitation,” Bookwala says. “People who cohabitate do not enjoy the same health bene…
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Amy Jones 2/1/12 Amy Jones 2/1/12

shy and introverted teens primarily benefit when peers comment on their blogs in the atlantic
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Amy Jones 2/1/12 Amy Jones 2/1/12

you don’t even have to smile: the power of eye contact in human interaction in the atlantic
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Amy Jones 1/29/12 Amy Jones 1/29/12

the pathologizing of grief in the new york times
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Amy Jones 1/29/12 Amy Jones 1/29/12

thoughts on an evolutionary purpose of sadness and depression in the nyt
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Amy Jones 1/29/12 Amy Jones 1/29/12

a philosopher on addiction in the huffington post: I think many alcoholics are philosophers searching for a, or the, meaning of life. We often just looked in the wrong places for a long time. Addicts are frequently very philosophical; we tend to be…
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Amy Jones 1/23/12 Amy Jones 1/23/12

will money make you like yourself? maybe.  scientific american
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