Neuro News Nanos

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Here are this morning’s:

* Virtual reality smoking cessation — smokers who crushed computer-simulated cigarettes as part of a psychosocial treatment program in a virtual reality environment had significantly reduced nicotine dependence and higher rates of tobacco abstinence than smokers participating in the same program who grasped a computer-simulated ball — 4 weekly cigarette crushing sessions

* Cell phone for old people — has ring tone — just as a signal that it’s working

* In politics and sport, conspiracy theorists make the same mistake — conspiracy will always be with us — it’s another escape hatch from the random

* Kids the key to happiness in marriage — having children improves married peoples’ life satisfaction and the more they have, the happier they are — for unmarried individuals, raising children has little or no positive effect on their happiness

* Why do fewer Americans now believe in global warming? — maybe it’s the economy — maybe it’s a cool summer

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