Clipmarks - Top Clips - November 1, 2007

90
POPS YOU, You ANIMAL!

by skwirlinator 10-31-2007

No Remarks

35
POPS Clues to Why We Dream at All

by Djiezes 11-1-2007

... In a recent paper in Psychological Bulletin, Dr. Nielsen and Dr. Levin proposed that dreaming served to create what they call “fear extinction memories,” the brain’s way of scrambling, detoxifying and finally discarding old fearful memories, the better to move on and make synaptic space for any novel threats that may show up at the door. “The brain learns quickly what to be afraid of,” Dr. Nielsen said. “But if there isn’t a check on the process, we’d fear things in adulthood we feared in childhood.” Ordinary bad dreams rarely recapitulate unpleasant events from real life but instead cannibalize them for props and spare parts, and through that reinvention, Dr. Nielsen explained, the fears are defanged. “A bad dream that doesn’t lead to awakening is successful in dealing with intense emotion,” he said. “It’s disturbing, but there is some kind of resolution to the extent we don’t wake up.” ...

34
POPS Bacteria of the Living Dead

by Mohir 10-31-2007

No Remarks

33
POPS Church of Hate Pays Thru the Nose

by AtlLiberal 10-31-2007

Though money cannot comfort the father who lost his son hopefully it will have an effect on this despicable "church". I actually cheered when I heard the outcome of this suit on the news.

16
POPS Hearing Things? New Study Might Explain Why