Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news:
PLoS Medicine have a review article on the links between cannabis and psychosis.
Psychologist Petra Boyton casts a critical eye on media reports that ‘sexual chemistry lasts just two years’.
The Royal College of Nursing debate ‘harm minimisation‘ measures for people who self-harm.
Beta-blocker drug propranolol could reduce the impact of painful memories if taken after severe trauma.
Wired magazine discuss recent research into developing an eye test for Alzheimer’s disease.
The touch of a loved one’s hand can induce in measurable stress-reducing responses in the brain during tense times.
BBC Radio 4’s health issues show ‘Case Notes’ has a half-hour special on the neuroscience and treatment of stroke.
The brain continues with significant development after the age of 18 (via /.).
New Scientist on research that shows that the brain only has to send a movement command to create the sensation of movement.
The New York Times has an insightful article on the media obsession with pretty brain images and what they actually tell us.
Article in Wired on an inventor of retinal implants (via BoingBoing).
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