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Can stimulants really make you sleep better?

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I was fascinated – but ultimately unsurprised – to read of a study conducted in the 1970s that showed that insomniacs given placebo relaxants stayed awake while those who were given placebo stimulants were more likely to fall asleep.
What?
Many insomniacs obsessively ‘self monitor’ what is happening as they lie in bed with their [...]

Published by mark.tyrrell April 27th, 2009 in Hypnotherapy training links and psychology-research. 0 Comments

Nature v Nurture: emotions and music. Oh, and depression.

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The old nature/nurture debate has been applied to just about every facet of human experience. Are we ‘born’ the way we are, or are we ‘shaped’ by experience? Of course, it doesn’t have to be either/or. It can equally well be both/and.
It seems there is a set of universals or ‘human givens’ that [...]

Published by mark.tyrrell April 14th, 2009 in psychology-research. 0 Comments

The chicken, the egg and the Botox smile

Which comes first? Are you smiling because you’re feeling happy, or do you feel happy because you’re smiling? Do you frown because you’re feeling cross, or do you feel cross because you’re frowning?
We like simple cause and effect. Crossness causes frowns. Happiness causes smiles. But facial expressions are not always and invariably a consequence of [...]

Published by mark.tyrrell April 2nd, 2009 in psychology-research. 0 Comments

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