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A limit to explanations
Pat Williams explains why we have a desperate need for explanations

Education should go with the grain of the brain
John Abbott and Terry Ryan describe how the education system must change, to be in line with new knowledge about the nature of learning

“It can't all be in my mind!”
Healthcare professionals need to rethink their approach to patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms. By Lee Price

On the receiving end
Andrew Keen, chief executive of the Neuropathy Trust, describes what it is like to suffer from chronic neuropathic pain

A seething mass of desires: Freud’s hold over history
Ivan Tyrrell talks with Adam Curtis about the way Freud's ideas insidiously influence politics and big business

Giving depression ‘street cred’
Denise Winn looks at a jazzy campaign to attract young men into opening up about depression

Teaching that works: using the human givens in class
The human givens approach can help teachers teach, and better manage unruly children. By Andy Vass

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