Passion And Obsession: When Does What You Love Become Excessive?

Passion And Obsession: When Does What You Love Become Excessive?

Are you passionate about anything? Is there anything you absolutely love doing so much you get excited just thinking about doing it? Passion is something that is inherent to the human condition, and arguably necessary for our survival. This is because

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Does A Home Field Advantage Really Exist?

Does A Home Field Advantage Really Exist?

American football season has fully kicked off - pun very much intended - and everyone is glued to their TVs and radios (if those still exist) on Sundays to watch dozens of terrifyingly large men hit each other and move a ball across a 100 yard field. Now I'm not the most interested in sports but I enjoy watching a few games every now and then – if not for

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Mass Shootings and Mental Illness

Mass Shootings and Mental Illness

After a terrible and horrifically tragic event like a mass shooting people instinctively look for answers. Some sort of reasoning, something that makes sense in this seemingly insane and senseless act. News coverage of these events often focuses on either the victims of the shooting and their families or the shooter themselves. When the stories focus on the shooter they almost always

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Child Development In The Internet Age: Delay Discounting

Child Development In The Internet Age: Delay Discounting

The advent of high-speed internet is one of the most astounding modern inventions of our time. It has exponentially increased the connectivity of human beings across the entire planet, which happens in a matter of seconds. This connection is something we take for granted, as it has become such an integral part of our lives in such a short amount of time. But if you

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Should I Take All My Tests Drunk? State-Dependent Retrieval

Should I Take All My Tests Drunk? State-Dependent Retrieval

The human brain is one of the most fascinating things in the world in my opinion. It handles, creates, determines, and processes literally everything we do. It can do some of the most amazing things we've ever seen. There are certain aspects of the human brain that are truly baffling and interesting. One such phenomenon is

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Why We Don't Help Those In Need: The Bystander Effect

Why We Don't Help Those In Need: The Bystander Effect

We all want to be good people. More specifically we all want to feel that we are indeed good people. What then does that entail? "Well," you may be saying to yourself at this very second, "a good person always helps people in need, which I think I do any chance I get". This could be true, but

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