http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/05/stress-contagious-empathic_n_5242920.html Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences and the Technische Universität Dresden found that for some people, watching someone else go through a stressful moment can lead to an increase in their own stress hormone levels. “The fact that we could actually measure this empathicContinue Reading

http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/ebola-vaccines-and-treatments-being-considered-6058031 Scientists are racing to begin the first human safety tests of two experimental Ebola vaccines. A vaccine developed by researchers at the National Institutes of Health has been fast-tracked by regulators and is expected to begin its first human safety trial this fall. The vaccine is based on aContinue Reading

https://theconversation.com/talking-therapies-can-harm-too-heres-what-to-look-out-for-27433 People with these mood disorders tend to respond to medication but not usually to talking therapies. Therapists with a narrow treatment approach will generally fail to be of any assistance to people who suffer from such conditions. But sadly, as per the aphorism “if all you have is aContinue Reading

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201408/how-tell-if-you-re-pre-crastinator University of Liverpool psychologist Minna Lyons and Liverpool Hope University psychologist Holly Rice suggested that people who score high on “avoidant” procrastination (meaning they avoid starting a task) and who are also high on psychopathy put things off so that they can avoid receiving negative feedback about their performance.Continue Reading

Lieutenant General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg VC, GCMG, KCB, KBE, DSO & Three Bars (21 March 1889 – 4 July 1963) was a British-born soldier and Victoria Cross recipient, who later served as the seventh Governor-General of New Zealand from 1946 to 1952. A veteran of the MexicanContinue Reading