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° The Economist: Stress testing (text) (.pdf)

° Scientific American: Auction Self-Control Going, Going, Gone. (text) (download podcast!)


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BBC News: Auction Bidding 'Driven by Fear'. (text)

° Not Exactly Rocket Science: Why Do People Overbid at Auctions? (text)

° The Philadelphia Inquirer: Proving a Fear of Losing, Losing Face. (text)

° ScienceDaily: Brain Imaging Study Provides New Insight in to Why People Pay Too Much at Auctions (text)


° Science Centric: Brains Rely on Old and New Mechanisms to Diminish Fear. (text)

° Neuron: Podcast on Emotion Regulation of Conditioned Fear (download podcast!)

° Scientific American: When Craving is Better Than Getting. (text) (download podcast!)

° New Scientist: Happy Thoughts May Dampen Cravings. (text)

° Diaro Medico: The regulation of Positive Emotions {Original Version} [Translated Version]. (original texttranslated text)

° MSN, Money: Going Broke? Blame your primitive brain. (text page 12, 3)

° Telegraph.co.uk: 9/11 Study Reveals How Flashbulb Memories Form (text)

° New Scientist: Proof That Losing Money Really is Scary (text)

° Science Daily: Perceptions of Morality Influence Economic Decisions, Brain Responses to Rewards (text)

° Instituto Ciencia Hoje: Scientists Reveal the Mechanisms Behind the Loss of Fear {Original Version} [Translated Version] (original text, translated text)

° EurekAlert: The Machinery of Forgetting Fears (text)
3D Amygdala Response, Ledoux & Gorman, 2001

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° Scientific American: Goody-Goody Hormone Now Linked to Envy, Gloating (text)


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Scientific American: To Trust or Not to Trust: Ask Oxytocin (text) {Portuguese Version} (Portuguese text)

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BBC News: Trust Drug May Cure Social Phobia. (text)

° ScienceNews: Trust Again (text)

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 Science: The Neurochemistry of Forgiving (text)

° Scientific American: The Stress of Poverty Changes the Brain (text)

° American Association for the Advancement of Science: The Rewards of Being Shy (text)

° Wesleyan University: Alumni Speak at Neuroscience and Behavior Symposium 1, 2 (text 1, 2)



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