Articles Written by:    BENEDICT CAREY     

Mind: Sleep May Be Nature’s Time Management Tool

If there is a society of expert sleepers out there, a cult of smug snoozers satisfied that they’re getting just the right number of restful hours a night, it must be a secretive one. Most people seem insecure about their sleep and willing to say so: ...

From BENEDICT CAREY, The New York Times,  31 Aug 2009
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Study Backs Heroin to Treat Addiction

The safest and most effective treatment for hard-core heroin addicts who fail to control their habit using methadone or other treatments may be their drug of choice, in prescription form, researchers are reporting after the first rigorous test of the ...

From BENEDICT CAREY, The New York Times,  19 Aug 2009

Army Will Train Soldiers to Cope With Emotions

PHILADELPHIA The Army plans to require that all 1.1 million of its soldiers take intensive training in emotional resiliency, military officials say. The training, the first of its kind in the military, is meant to improve performance in combat and ...

From BENEDICT CAREY, The New York Times,  17 Aug 2009
Related Topics: George Casey,  United States National Guard,  New York Times Company,  The Pentagon,  Columbia University

Mark Rosenweig, 86, brain researcher, dies in Berkeley

Dr. Mark R. Rosenzweig, a research psychologist whose studies in animals found that the brain reshapes itself in response to experience, in adulthood as well as in early childhood, died on July 20 at his home in Berkeley. He was 86. The cause was ...

From BENEDICT CAREY NEW YORK TIMES, The San Jose Mercury News,  12 Aug 2009
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Mark Rosenzweig, Brain Researcher, Is Dead at 86

Mark R. Rosenzweig, a research psychologist whose studies in animals found that the brain reshapes itself in response to experience, in adulthood as well as in early childhood, died on July 20 at his home in Berkeley, Calif. He was 86. The cause was ...

From BENEDICT CAREY, Boston Globe,  12 Aug 2009
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After Injury, Fighting to Regain a Sense of Family and Self

WEEDSPORT, N.Y. Adam Lepak looked over at his mother and said, “You’re fake.” It was a Tuesday in July, late, and Cindy Lepak could see that her 19-year-old son was exhausted. Long days like this one, with hours of physical therapy and memory drills I ...

From BENEDICT CAREY, The New York Times,  8 Aug 2009

Mind: Does a Nation’s Mood Lurk in Its Songs and Blogs?

Neither music historians nor hard-core metal fans will gasp to learn that the band Staind, with songs like “Painful” and “Mudshovel,” tends to go far more negative in its lyrics than did the heavyweight of soul, Luther Vandross, whose many hits ...

From BENEDICT CAREY, The New York Times,  3 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Luther Vandross (musician),  Staind (musician),  Faith Evans,  Gallup,  Michael Jackson

In Battle, Hunches Prove to Be Valuable Assets

The sight was not that unusual, at least not for Mosul, Iraq, on a summer morning: a car parked on the sidewalk, facing opposite traffic, its windows rolled up tight. Two young boys stared out the back window, kindergarten age maybe, their faces ...

From BENEDICT CAREY, The New York Times,  27 Jul 2009

Sidney Bijou, 100; child psychologist studied awards, behavior

NEW YORK - Sidney W. Bijou, who adapted a set of simple reward-based psychological techniques to treat troubled children and in the process helped establish behavioral therapy for childhood disorders like autism and attention-deficit disorder, died ...

From BENEDICT CAREY, Boston Globe,  23 Jul 2009
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Sidney W. Bijou, Child Psychologist, Is Dead at 100

Sidney W. Bijou, who adapted a set of simple reward-based psychological techniques to treat troubled children and in the process helped establish modern behavioral therapy for childhood disorders like autism and attention deficit disorder, died on June ...

From BENEDICT CAREY, The New York Times,  21 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Stony Brook University