Gephyrophobia

A racing heart. Panicked feelings of losing control.

Most people might experience these physical reactions when real danger is imminent. But for some, the seemingly simple act of crossing a bridge brings on this type of terror.

And with the news of last night's tragedy in Minneapolis, those with gephyrophobia (pronounced: JEFF-i-ro-FO-bee-uh) -- or "bridge phobia" -- could see their anxiety increase.

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What do we call fear of EZ Pass?

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Hooked On Gaming

From the Chicago Tribune:

"We already know that excessive amounts of video-game playing is bad," Kraus said. "What's important here is what is good for your child. The issue is not going to go away."

At least one Chicago clinician who has treated adolescents who have played video games so excessively they don't go to classes thinks a classification by the AMA as an addiction would be an over-reaction.

All right, let's look at this objectively. Sure, plenty of folks waste a lot of time playing games. Before that, they were watching television, and before that they were probably reading books. When a musician practices his instrument for days on end, is he or she addicted to their piano? I think that only when these folks stay up for days straight, forget to eat or even take a bathroom break are we in addiction territory. Remember, they made these games so that people would want to play them, and perhaps they did too good of a job.

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Two Points Makes A Difference?

From Forbes:

First-born children possess IQs that are 2.3 points higher, on average, than their younger siblings, a new study contends.

This finding held true even when first-born children didn't survive and a younger child was reared as the eldest, scuttling the idea that genetics determines the difference in IQ among siblings, according to the Norwegian researchers who authored the report, published in the June 22 issue of the journal Science.

No word yet on what goes on with middle children...

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