Archive for the 'Psychology' Category
Police identify 200 children as potential terrorists
• April, 2009Police identify 200 children as potential terrorists Exclusive by Mark Hughes Crime correspondent Saturday, 28 March 2009 Drastic new tactics to prevent school pupils as young as 13 falling into extremism Two hundred schoolchildren in Britain, some as young as 13, have been identified as potential terrorists by a police scheme that aims to spot youngsters who are “vulnerable” to Islamic radicalisation. The number was revealed to The Independent…
Terence McKenna: Culture is not your friend .::. =video=
• April, 2009Terence McKenna: Culture is not your friend .::. <<video>> Culture is not your friend, it’s an impediment to understanding what’s going on. That’s why to my mind the word cult and the word culture have a direct relationship to each other. Culture is a cult and if you feel revulsion at the thought of somebody offering to the great carrot, just notice that your own culture is an extremely…
Children forced into cell-like school seclusion rooms
• March, 2009Children forced into cell-like school seclusion rooms MURRAYVILLE, Georgia (CNN) December 17, 2008 A few weeks before 13-year-old Jonathan King killed himself, he told his parents that his teachers had put him in “time-out.” “We thought that meant go sit in the corner and be quiet for a few minutes,” Tina King said, tears washing her face as she remembered the child she called “our baby … a good…
ADHD drugs for kids need hallucination warning
• February, 2009ADHD drugs for kids need hallucination warning By Rita Rubin, USA TODAY Visual or tactile sensations of bugs an uncommon, but possible, reaction, study finds. A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee recommended Wednesday that the agency add information about a possible risk of hallucinations in children to the labels of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder drugs. The committee also urged the FDA to develop a consumer-friendly medication guide explaining to…
Czech speedway rider knocked out in crash wakes up speaking perfect English
• January, 2009Czech speedway rider knocked out in crash wakes up speaking perfect English By CHRIS BROOKE 14 September 2007 When Matej Kus’s teammates heard him talking after he was knocked out in a speedway accident, they were relieved he was conscious. But they were also a little surprised. For although the 18-year- old Czech knew only the most basic English phrases, he was conversing fluently in the language with paramedics.
Do schools kill creativity? <<video>>
• January, 2009Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? .::. <<video>> <<Editors notE>> A nice “right and just” opinion on education which sums up most of my ideas as well on this particular subject. Creativity is indeed undernourished throughout the whole system of “being educated”. Too much left brain thinking, not enough whole brain envisioning… Make up your own minds and try to evolve in a way that effects most aspects…
Truman Show Syndrome delusion: Sufferers convinced they are on reality TV
• December, 2008Truman Show Syndrome delusion: Sufferers convinced they are on reality TV By Tom Leonard in New York 25 Nov 2008 Psychiatric experts say they have identified a new 21st century form of delusion whose sufferers are convinced their lives are being played out as a reality television show. The self-exposure, instant fame culture peddled by reality shows, social networking internet sites such as Facebook and – above all –…
