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Past research by Walker and colleagues at Harvard Medical School, which was published in the journal Current Biology, found that in people who were sleep deprived, activity in the prefrontal lobe - a region of the brain involved in controlling emotion - was significantly diminished. He suggests that a similar response may...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wish Fulfillment? No. But Dreams Do Have Meaning | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

REM sleep appears to not only improve our ability to identify positive emotions in others; it may also round out the sharp angles of our own emotional experiences. Walker suggests that one function of REM sleep - dreaming, in particular - is to allow the brain to sift through that day's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wish Fulfillment? No. But Dreams Do Have Meaning | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

That palliative safety-valve quality of sleep may be hampered when we fail to reach REM sleep or when REM sleep is disrupted, Walker says. "If you don't let go of the emotion, what results is a constant state of anxiety," he says.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wish Fulfillment? No. But Dreams Do Have Meaning | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

Do you think kindness might sometimes hinder the pursuit of success or achievement? I don't think there is an incompatibility between kindness and leading a life that gives you satisfaction and pleasure. The core argument of the book, in a sense, is that one almost requires the other. Kindness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Nice Guys Should Finish First — but Don't | 6/4/2009 | See Source »

When I received my readers’ comments on my thesis last month, they both praised the essay’s “creativity,” while informing me, in very polite terms, that it lacked the “rigor” that defines academic scholarship. I...

Author: By Juliet S. Samuel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: All At Sea | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

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