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Television addiction is no mere metaphor

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The problem with "TV addiction" arises when people strongly sense that they ought not to watch as much as they do and yet find themselves strangely unable to reduce their viewing. Experiments are conducted to monitor the brain waves in order to track behavior and emotion in the normal peoples life.

Author: Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, Kubey, Robert
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2004
Habit, Habits (Human behavior), Brain waves

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Humbled by history: over the centuries, many "proven" ideas about the brain were later found lacking, a lesson worth remembering today

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Many proven ideas about the brain in the history are found incomplete or lacking in information. Relationship between brain and consciousness, and body and the soul require better-developed information at a certain stage.

Author: Illing, Robert-Benjamin
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2004
Consciousness, Mind and body

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Anguish and ethics

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Human emotions are described incase where an ethical problem arises. The ideas of different people are presented where they have to decide to choose one path in which opting for any of the situations is difficult.

Author: Breuer, Hubertus
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2004
Public affairs, Ethics, Ethical aspects, Psychological research

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Subjects list: Research, Brain research, Emotions, Humanistic psychology
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