Four tips to practice good mental hygiene during the coronavirus outbreak

By Greater Good Science Center | March 17, 2020

__ Just a few days ago my son’s col­lege, the Uni­ver­si­ty of Wash­ing­ton, announced it would be can­celling all in-per­­son class­es and finals to help con­tain the spread of the coro­n­avirus. One con­firmed on-cam­­pus case prompt­ed the university’s response. Though the uni­ver­si­ty will incur high costs—they have to deep-clean the whole cam­pus, for example—I, for…

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Study: One-week brain training can increase cognitive flexibility and reduce OCD symptoms

By SharpBrains | October 30, 2018

___ OCD symp­toms could be reduced with ‘brain-train­ing’ app, study says (UPI): “Peo­ple with obses­sive com­pul­sive dis­or­der could man­age their symp­toms, includ­ing exces­sive hand­wash­ing and con­t­a­m­i­na­tion fears, by using a “brain train­ing” app, accord­ing to its devel­op­ers. Researchers from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cam­bridge in Britain, who tested

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