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Periods of prolonged social isolation have long been associated with difficult emotions and, in some cases, with the ...

As we work on overcoming what scares us, a new plasticity becomes available in our brain, and fear strikes out.

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Especially for twentysomethings, romantic love is shaped by a challenging tangle of anatomical development and learned ...