Thoughts On Stuff

Today’s posts from both Grapefruit Symphony and Undefined Blog landed on a similar note, leading to the following thoughts.

Being carried away by your writing? I guess that’s the beauty…

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Be Healthy: UBC THRIVE!

THRIVE is happening during this coming week at UBC. It’s a week’s worth of events geared towards giving you a healthy and energised start to rainy November. Thanks to  Healthy Minds

Mental Illness in Newspapers: Emerging Trends

Newspapers carry an important responsibility in informing the general public of current issues. Being an inseparable part of the news media, they have been identified as a major source…

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Psychology and International Relations: Operant Conditioning of North Korea

North Korea has been a popular topic in the news lately. We are seeing a gradual escalation in provocative behaviour. For example, North Korea’s recent test of a nuclear detonation shortly after a…

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Reclaiming the Night: an Essay

We, students, live in a sleep-deprived world. I can easily recall many dreadful early-morning classes – having rushed to a lecture before the sun had fully risen, sitting at a desk with a…

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I Found the Elixir of Life!

Well, not exactly. But I did find a treatment that does the following:

• Strengthens memory
• Increases concentration
• Boosts mood
• Moderates hunger and obesity
• Fortifies the disease-fighting immune system

Intuition. Fear. Reluctance.

“Ergo, we will spend tens of billions to save future thousands, yet are reluctant to spend a few billion to save millions”.

I’m currently reading “Tall Tales about the Mind & Brain” — a…

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Reclaming the Night

Good sleep is vital for good physical mental and emotional health – but unfortunately we seem to live in a society that has forgotten this fact. In terms of healthy living, sleep is as important…

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Brain Sex Profile

I’m referring to the BBC’s Sex ID test:

• Get a brain sex profile and find out if you think like a man or a woman.
• See if you