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Psychology

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The 90-year divide
Published Fall 2012
Nearly a century ago, rival approaches to psychiatry fractured the profession. The grand argument is far from over, and at least two fundamental questions—What causes mental illness? How best to treat mental illness?—still await definitive answers. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Why school shooters shoot
Published Aug 29, 2012
Katherine Newman's research offers insight into rampage school shootings like the one at Perry Hall High School / The Baltimore Sun
Justin Halberda
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What's your 'number sense'?
Published June 26, 2012
Our inborn sense for numbers improves during school years, declines during old age, and remains linked throughout the entire lifespan to academic mathematics achievement, study shows