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The Psychological Bulletin (online Feb. 3) reported a study that found coed and same-sex classrooms to be comparable in the educational performance and attitudes of their students.(In brief. Monitor on Psychology, 2014, 45(4), 15)

The brain is absolutely the most complicated thing in the whole universe. (Frances, A. A step backward. Psychotherapy Networker, 2014, 38(2), 49)

In the Psychotherapy Networker‘s article called A step in the right direction, Reiger (2014) said, “The idea that psychiatric conditions are polygenetic is something that we never imagined back in 1980” (p. 33).

Keeping a daily routine improves sleep quality. (Monitor on Psychology, 2014, 45(3), p. 16)

A Johns Hopkins University study with 3515 subjects found that an eight week training in mindfulness mediation for 30 minutes a day was as effective a treatment of symptoms of anxiety and depression as antidepressants. (Monitor on Psychology, 2014, 45(3), p. 16.)

Voltaire: Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

Experiences that shake us up and challenge prior assumptions about ourselves and the world can stimulate creativity.    ( Kaufman, B. From contretemps to creativity.Scientific American Mind, 2014, 25(2), 30-31)

We all have a need for uniqueness contrasted with the need to belong. How we balance the two needs contributes to who we are. (Erle, H., & Gebert, S.  Who am I? Scientific American Mind, 2014, 25(2), 28-33)

Dave Barry: If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be “meetings.”

Yoga changes the brain in areas that promote self-awareness (Scientific American Mind, 2014, 25(2), p. 16).