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The people who are likely to survive against all odds are not “weekend warriors” but rather those who are persistent, prepared, organized, and calm in extreme situations.
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A conversation with the author and survival expert.
Controlling other people’s dreams may be science fiction, but there are ways to control our own dreams, Harris says.
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For patients with narcolepsy, a loud noise or a strong emotion can trigger the body to fall asleep instantly.
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During REM sleep, the body is paralyzed so that the sleeper does not act out his dreams, but when this phenomenon malfunctions, bizarre sleep disorders like sleep paralysis and REM […]
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Harris practices Imagery Rehearsal Therapy, which teaches patients to take control of nightmares by rehearsing them during the day and changing them into positive scenarios. 90% of Harris’s patients report […]
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Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung believed that dreams were windows into the unconscious, but many scientists now believe they may have no deeper meaning.
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In the pre-modern world, circadian rhythms were synched with the rising and setting of the sun, but modern life requires many to adjust their internal clocks to accommodate alternative sleeping […]
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For many with insomnia, their minds are like stereos at maximum volume with no off switch.
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Sleep is hardly a period of inactivity for the brain. During a normal night’s sleep, the brain cycles through various stages including REM sleep, during which the brain is just […]
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A conversation with the sleep psychologist.
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Stern’s research uncovered a neural network in the brain that accounts for some people’s ability to function well despite a lack of sleep.
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The iconic abnormal psych case of Phineas Gage provided scientists with the first hints that different functions like decision-making and language acquisition were grouped into localized areas within the brain.
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Scheck thinks we should do away with judicial elections, and should do more to educate the judiciary about scientific evidence.
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Eyewitness testimony is the single greatest cause of wrongful convictions, says Scheck. Psychologists and researchers have demonstrated a variety of ways that witnesses regularly misidentify suspects.
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“Nothing guarantees the conviction of an innocent person more than a lawyer that is not adequately funded or not competent to do the job,” says Scheck.
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Sometimes a prosecutor doesn’t want to admit that they’re wrong. Other times they don’t want to face the victim’s family after a conviction is overturned.
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Barry Scheck says the Innocence Project has transformed the way that the criminal justice system looks at error.
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Scheck’s group will take up the case of a convicted prisoner if there is the possibility that a DNA test—or multiple DNA tests—could prove them innocent.
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A conversation with the attorney and founder of the Innocence Project.