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Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week.
Do antidepressants make some people feel worse? As usual, Neuroskeptic has the answers you seek.
Does cursing make some people feel better? Find out at the United Academics blog.
Does watching Jersey Shore make you dumber? Does reading an article that tells you that Jersey Shore makes you dumber, make you dumber? That and more at PsySociety.
That's it for this week... Check back next week for more great psychology and neuroscience blogging!