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1.  Shutterbug Parents and Overexposed Lives Background: One recent study suggests there is a “photo-taking-impairment effect” on memory. Linda Henkel, a professor of psychology at Fairfield University, wrote a 2014 study in the journal Psychological Science on memory and how images … Continue reading →

How Mom’s Death Changed My Thinking About End-of-Life Care  BACKGROUND: Charles Orstein’s mother Harriet was sent into a coma after her heart stopped while doctors were inserting a nasogastric tube. She was hooked up to a breathing machine, had a feeding … Continue reading →

1.  Belgium Extends euthanasia laws to kids BackGround In this article, Time magazine describes the basics behind the passing of the law.  It goes into detail about the process in which it happened, the lead up to the passing of … Continue reading →

For my research essay I wrote about how proving that happy life can be attained by a specific set of steps is not possible.  Many researchers claim that they have found a recipe for happiness while others claim that people … Continue reading →

Bibliography The Study of Human Memory Background: Memory stretches back at least 2,000 years to Aristotle’s early attempts to understand memory. An 18th Century English philosopher David Hartley was the first to hypostasize that memories were encoded through hidden motions … Continue reading →

Implanting False Memories and How Our Brains Trick Us Humans rely tremendously on memory because it impacts everything, including the way people feel, think, and behave. However, human memory isn’t always reliable. It’s counterintuitive to believe our minds can cognitively distort and store information in … Continue reading →

“Can Marshmallows Predict a Child’s Future or is it Just a Tasty Treat?” The Marshmallow Test was a study of nursery children to see if they had the ability to challenge their temptations. A marshmallow was put in front of … Continue reading →

Helping Heroin Addicts by Giving Them Free Heroin In Vancouver, Canada, heroin has started to take over the drug community. With more and more people using heroin each day the government has been trying to come up with ways to … Continue reading →

The Relative Meaning of Life When the highlight of a terminally ill patients day is a lull in the suffering, death is a salvation. However, today we refuse to give patients experiencing unimaginable amounts of pain, suffering, and loss of … Continue reading →

Happiness Is… Happiness by today’s standards is an ever changing idea.  People have different ideas and opinion’s about happiness, but who is right?  The truth is that nobody knows.  Countless studies are conducted claiming a recipe for happiness while others … Continue reading →