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Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week.
What's really going on while you're asleep? Find out from Amie Gordon at Psych Your Mind.
Speaking of sleep, is insomnia a risk factor for suicide? William Yates has the details at Brain Posts.
That's it for this week... Check back next week for more great psychology and neuroscience blogging!