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Is TV Bad for My Kids?

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A psychologist assesses the impact on the behaviour and performance at school of children deprived of computers and television.

God on the brain

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:28:21 +0000

Rudi Affolter and Gwen Tighe have both experienced strong religious visions. He is an atheist; she a Christian. He thought he had died; she thought she had given birth to Jesus. Both have temporal lobe epilepsy. Like other forms of epilepsy, the condition causes fitting but it is also associated with religious hallucinations. Research into why people like Rudi and Gwen saw what they did has opened up a whole field of brain science: neurotheology. The connection between the temporal lobes of the brain and religious feeling has led one Canadian scientist to try stimulating them.

The Century Of The Self – Part 1 of 4

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:05:52 +0000

A fascinating look at the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society in the west. How was the all-consuming self created, who created it and what were their intentions? Examines the work of Sigmund Freud and his nephew Edward Bernays who is often seen as the “father of the public relations industry” and was the first to use psychological techniques in advertising.