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My husband's death was hard enough - then came the admin

John meticulously planned the handover of household admin before his death Louisa Nicoll knew her husband John was going to die about a year before it happened. The couple used the time to make memories with their children, James and Amy, and John meticulously organised their paperwork. But despite him asking for accounts to be switched to Louisa's name, she still received post addressed to him after his death. In one letter from their energy provider, it said: "Sorry you're leaving us. Is there anything we can do to make you stay?" "I felt utterly exhausted, overwhelmed, frustrated and angry because of those experiences," she told BBC's Morning Live. Louisa now campaigns for changes in the way companies deal with admin after someone dies and offers advice on how talking about death before it happens can help families cope afterwards. After their father's death, James and Amy still…

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Teaching the Effects of Facial Processing in Babies

Aimed at integrating cutting-edge psychological science into the classroom, columns about teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science offer advice and how-to guidance about teaching a particular area of research or topic in psychological science that has been the focus of an article in the APS journal Current Directions in Psychological Science. Pickron, C. B., & Bayet, L. (2026). From a baby’s point of view: How infants’ face diets shape their face perception. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 35(4), 247–253. Imagine you’re a baby in a stroller in New York City, traveling a local sidewalk on the way to daycare. The faces you see are mostly smiling—who doesn’t love to see a baby?—but that’s not all. Some faces belong to older people, some younger. Some faces have darker skin, some lighter. People have hair that is long, short, black, blonde, gray, curly, and…

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Playing video games with trusted friends may reduce addiction risks

To understand how the social environment alters a player’s mental state, the researchers looked at two established psychological frameworks. The first is the pleasure-arousal theory, which separates emotions into two dimensions. One dimension tracks how pleasant an experience feels, while the other tracks how much it stimulates or arouses the person. The second framework is brain reward circuitry theory. This theory suggests that pleasure and arousal activate entirely different neural pathways in the human brain. According to these frameworks, feelings of comfort, harmony, and contentment increase pleasure but lower physical and emotional arousal. In contrast, surprises and intense excitement boost both pleasure and arousal at the same time. The research team hypothesized that high pleasure encourages players to return to a game, building long-term loyalty. High arousal provides the…

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Opinion: Seeds starting to sprout: Why I’m hopeful for children’s healthcare in Idaho

Thursday, Nov. 19, is National Rural Health Day, a nationwide observance recognizing the people who keep rural communities healthy. I’m marking it by sharing what gives me hope for children’s healthcare in our corner of Idaho, and by asking my fellow physicians to join me in teaching. As a site director and preceptor for Idaho WWAMI Medical School, I spend six weeks at a time with third-year medical students during their required pediatrics clerkship. I’ve welcomed students into my practice for over 10 years, and will continue to teach because I’ve seen seeds starting to sprout. But residency is a later link in the chain. Long before young doctors choose a specialty, they decide whether a career in a place like ours is even possible. For some Idaho WWAMI students, that decision can start in clinics like mine. So on this National Rural Health Day, my request to colleagues is simple…

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