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ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections: Dementia Praecox, MRI Explainer, and Snoozing Cephalopods

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Here are my Science Seeker Editor's Selections for the past week:

Any inquiry into the history of psychology has to include Emil Kraepelin and his description of dementia praecox. Learn more about it here, at World of Psychology.

At the Scientific American Observations blog, Daisy Yuhas has a great explainer on how fMRI works.


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Jason G. Goldman is a science journalist based in Los Angeles. He has written about animal behavior, wildlife biology, conservation, and ecology for Scientific American, Los Angeles magazine, the Washington Post, the Guardian, the BBC, Conservation magazine, and elsewhere. He contributes to Scientific American's "60-Second Science" podcast, and is co-editor of Science Blogging: The Essential Guide (Yale University Press). He enjoys sharing his wildlife knowledge on television and on the radio, and often speaks to the public about wildlife and science communication.

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