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...patients' medical records, finding consistent histories of self-injury and mental-health problems. There are numerous psychological and emotional factors that drive people to self-harm, but according to Harvard psychology professor Matthew Nock, who specializes in the study of self-injurious behavior and edited a book on the subject, Understanding Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (due March 2009), many do it for two broad reasons: to regulate their emotions and to communicate with others. "Self-injurers experience greater physiological arousal in response to stress, show poor ability to tolerate distress, and have greater deficits in social problem-solving skills," Nock...
...befits the subject, the Asia Society show has not been without controversy. China's Culture Ministry refused exit papers for several works, suggesting lingering unease about the Cultural Revolution. That sensitivity is not shared by art collectors, however. Some model artworks have sold in Beijing for over $1 million. One wonders what Mao would have made of that...
Reached via e-mail while traveling, Sunstein wrote that he selected his subject because of the importance he places on helping people make better decisions about “health and wealth and the environment...
Before leading a discussion on the Faculty’s financial situation at a meeting in November, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith struggled for several minutes to convince his computer to display his pre-prepared slideshow on the subject...
...computer scientist, I should be able to make the computer work shouldn’t I?” said the computer science professor, fiddling with his laptop while a colleague loudly speculated from the Faculty floor that the Dean’s technology had been subject to financial cutbacks...