I like the news article in this months issue of Scientific American Mind  (a magazine I buy regularly from Wh Smith, because I love it!).

Apparently, if we are looking at a photo of a loved one while we are in pain the intensity of that pain lessens. Images of attractive acquaintances were not very effective painkillers, but gazing at the faces of ( Read more... )

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I watched a very interesting and thought provoking film last night. The Children’s Hour (starring the lovely Audrey Hepburn), is about two women that ran a small private girls school together. They find their lives torn apart and their careers shattered because of one spoilt and extremely malicious little girl. The girl in question decides to ( Read more... )