Modified psychotherapy eases severe grief. Modified psychotherapy eases severe grief So-called 'complicated' grief following the death of a loved one and lasting 6 months or longer, can be relieved more effectively with interpersonal therapy combined with a focus on treating the loss than with interpersonal psychotherapy alone, according to a report in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association. Symptoms of [...] [World of Psychology]000000comment []


Smell is in the eyes of the beholder. In a finding that could bring relief to sweaty locker rooms around the world, researchers have demonstrated that the brain can be tricked into believing an odor is pleasant simpy by giving it a more appealing name. Participants rated a smell labelled *cheddar cheese* significantly more pleasant than the one labelled *body odor* even though the odors were identical. The study also employed brain scans. ... [CogNews]000000comment []


Love more powerful than sex, study claims. [ article ] A multidisciplinary team has found that early, intense romantic love may have more to do with motivation, lateralized reward and goal-oriented aspects of human behavior than with the emotions or sexual arousal. Their data may even be relevant to some forms of autism and have links to stalking, suicide, and clinical depression. ... [CogNews]000000comment []