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Category Archives: Biological Psychology
METH: menace or medicine?
In recent years amphetamine, particularly METH (methamphetamine), has received considerable, negative media attention. You may read about police raiding a secret METH lab in your local newspaper, hear that METH is stealing our youth in a news report, or see anti-drug commercials portraying the … Continue reading
Posted in Biological Psychology
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Antidepressants… is the name misleading?
Some of you have probably read that taking an aspirin every day can decrease your chances of having a heart attack. But will doing this really improve your quality of life? Or prolong your life? If so, how much? These … Continue reading
Posted in Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology
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The most powerful substance known to rat.
For rats, the most alluring substance isn’t alcohol, heroin, or cocaine: it’s not a drug at all, in fact, it’s an artificial sweetener called saccharin. What’s saccharin? Saccharin is a non-caloric sugar substitute that has been used in many low-calorie … Continue reading
Posted in Biological Psychology
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Hangovers: beware of the dog.
It’s Saturday morning, bright and early: how are you feeling? Headache? Yes. Nausea? Yes. Restlessness? Yes. Sweating, irritability, vomiting? Yes, yes, yes. No need to call the doctor. Given what you had to drink last night, your diagnosis is simple: … Continue reading
Posted in Biological Psychology
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Hijacked. Does cocaine take control the brain?
Although millions of people use drugs in the US every year, relatively few users (< 3%) develop addiction. The relatively low number of individuals who become addicted has led researchers to focus efforts on identifying brain regions that drugs target, … Continue reading
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Stress improves perception, but at a cost
We all have a sense that stress affects the way we see and evaluate our surroundings—but does it help or hurt us? In the literature on how stress affects perception, there are some conflicting reports. On the one hand, stress … Continue reading