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LISTEN: Brain Having A Seizure Sounds...Weird

Maybe you know what a seizure looks like, but ever wonder what one sounds like? To create the strange music in the recording above, Stanford University neurologist Dr. Josef Parvizi and his colleague Dr. Chris Chafe used electrodes to record the brain waves of an individual in the throes of a seizure.

This is the creepiest sound I've heard in a while... but how exciting for science!! 

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Collection Time!!

I'm trying to keep a collection here of all the wonderful, insightful, head-scratching, or relevant articles I find online regarding psychology in it's broad sense.

I'm a college student just beginning her journey in the world of psychology (I have a BA in English and am hoping to pursue a MA or PhD in Psych), so I'm going to be writing/ranting about this new path I'm on.

First up, I was just assigned two 2-page papers. One on Analog Models and one on Time-Based Research Strategy. I have no idea where to start. For Analog Models, we are supposed to come up with an example and apply it. First, I am not entirely sure I know what that means and second, I can't seem to think of a research topic that is new and innovative enough to catch my professors attention and show her I am as top notch as I want to come across. I'll be thinking very hard about this in the next day or two before I sit down to write.

Wish me luck!

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» Take Two Tylenol for Social Rejection? - Psych Central News

A new research paper explores the relationship between physical and social pain finding that the connection is much stronger than

An interesting article about how social/emotional pain and physical pain are related, and that Tylenol can reportedly help ease the pain caused by social rejection.