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7:26:57 AM    

Vintage Drug Ads. Vintage Drug Ads Hilarious vintage ads for psychotropic and psychiatric medications from the 1940's - 1970's. If you're looking for a good time-wrap laugh, this is it. And really, are today's Zoloft ads in USA Today Magazine or Parade Magazine and on television much different? They're simplifying depression to the point of cartoonishness (literally!). (Thanks to Adult [...] [World of Psychology]
6:41:24 AM    

Mental illness: Surprising, disturbing findings. Mental illness: Surprising, disturbing findings But research has focused on adults. Much more research on the adolescent brain is needed, and large treatment studies not financed by drug companies must be done, says Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, which paid for the survey. But there's a shortage of researchers focusing on treating [...] [World of Psychology]
7:43:25 AM    

Speaking about Blogs.....

Yesterday, Larry Sloma, who (along with Troy Swanson) helped Moraine Valley Community College get all bloggy and RSSified, sent me an email noting that he’s running a pilot project on his new library’s web site. Check out the Highland Park Public Library’s blog, which you can now have read to you.

“Inspired by Gary Price's recent post about Speakwire, we thought we'd try to add a voice to our pilot blog. Works like a charm!

Look for the button labeled ‘Want this blog to read to you?’ near the bottom of the right hand column at http://lishost.org/~hpplblog/.”

That wasn’t enough for Larry, though. Today, I got an email from Troy, saying that Larry had also helped MVCC set this up for their blogs, too. Check out the “Click to Listen” link on the right-hand side of their Library News blog!

Here’s the weird, spooky, serendipitous part. I’m reading my work email tonight (yeah, I’m that overwhelmed at work that I’m doing email from home these days), when the following message from David Mattison appears on the WEB4LIB mailing list:

“I spotted a Google Adsense ad on my blog for a new service called Talkr.com (http://www.talkr.com) that offers conversion of text-only blogs into podcasts. I haven't tried it, but it sounds like (pardon the pun) there's a library application in there somewhere. The company has a revenue sharing program if they select your blog as one of their podcasts. Jenny Levine's The Shifted Librarian blog is one of the blogs already available as a podcast.”

That’s news to me! But, I guess if you’d rather listen to my posts than read them, here’s your chance.

[The Shifted Librarian]
7:41:20 AM    

Universal Hymn to Emotions. How a healthy emotional life leads to a successful one. [Psychology Today]
6:29:35 AM    

The Socially Savvy. Can emotional intelligence be taught? [Psychology Today]
6:29:09 AM    

Nutrition: Raising the Bar. Are energy bars as healthful as they seem? [Psychology Today]
1:08:45 PM    

Corporations Entering World of Blogs (AP). AP - When General Motors Corp. wanted to stop speculation this spring that it might eliminate its Pontiac and Buick brands, Vice Chairman Bob Lutz took his case directly to dealers and customers who were up in arms about the possibility. He wrote about it on the company's blog. [Yahoo! News: Technology News]
6:22:25 AM    

The Right Carbs. Beans and oatmeal provide the continuous energy you need. [Psychology Today]
6:20:20 AM    

For Fruit Flies, Gene Shift Tilts Sex Orientation. The scientific finding will likely prove influential in debates about whether genes or environment determine sexual orientation. By By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, International Herald Tribune. [NYT > Science]
10:20:31 AM    

Is a picture really worth a thousand words?. Is a picture really worth a thousand words? Automated pink bunnies playing the drums. A man made of tires. A burger-selling clown. Almost every advertisement is accompanied by a visual image. And consumers use these images to infer about the product being offered. But are those inferences the right ones? According to an article in the [...] [World of Psychology]
10:19:14 AM    

Cave Bear DNA Sequencing Could Be Boon for Human Evolution Studies [Scientific American]
10:18:41 AM    

Education: A College Cure?. New strategies to battle mental health issues on campuses. [Psychology Today]
10:16:46 AM    

Understanding sarcasm is a complex business. A research study suggests that recognition of sarcasm involves an intricate sequence of events. The brain's language areas interpret the literal meaning of a statement, the right hemisphere and frontal lobes process the emotional context, while the prefrontal cortex integrates the two. ... [CogNews]
7:28:50 AM    

Brain downloading proclaimed possible by 2050. [ article ] By the middle of the 21st century it will be possible to download one's brain to a supercomputer, according to Ian Pearson, a leading thinker on the future. "If you're rich enough then by 2050 it's feasible. If you're poor you'll probably have to wait until 2075 or 2080 when it's routine," he said. ... [CogNews]
7:27:20 AM