Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news:
People who are known to be pathological liars may show differences in the white matter in the frontal lobes of the brain.
Cognitive therapy may be as effective as antidepressants as a treatment for severe depression, finds recent study.
Satirical piece proclaims Tom Cruise to lecture on the ‘The Modern Science of Mental Health’.
Brain scanners useful as lie detectors claims new study – and even good enough to “detect terrorists” claims another (dig those “fund me!” buzzwords).
Research on brain function during sleep suggest that the coherent activity of wakefullness connectivity breaks up into ‘islands’ during the night.
BrainBlog reports that UK soap Coronation Street will feature a character with dementia.
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