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Pavlovian Conditioning for Heroin Addicts: How Manipulating Memory Can Treat Addiction

Mo Costandi, The Guardian. April 16, 2012.

A new study shows that a behavioural procedure that alters memory effectively prevents the cravings of heroin addicts.

You Can't Remember Half the Things You Used to -- How Much Does That Matter?

Fred Wistow, Psychotherapy Networker. May 22, 2010.

While memories may be all you have of the past, they're not all there is to being alive. There is something more.

The Misshapen Mind: How the Brain's Haphazard Evolution Left Us with Self-Destructive Instincts

Sasha Abramsky, The American Prospect. August 20, 2008.

Evolution didn't quite hit perfection when it comes to human thought processes.

America's Frightening Alzheimer's Epidemic

Rebecca Hyman, AlterNet. May 16, 2008.

By 2030, one in four adults over 65 will have Alzheimer's. This unforgiving brain damage can cripple patients, families and the economy.

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