May 1998

  • Epilepsy. ADD. Depression. PMS. Insomnia. What do all these conditions have in common? They're being treated with a new form of high-tech brain biofeedback. So open your radical science horizons.

  • Stereotyping is not limited to those who are biased. We all use stereotypes all the time. They are a kind of mental shortcut.

  • A Tibetan woman's account of twenty-seven years of torture in labor camps for resisting China's occupation of her homeland.

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Where Bias Begins: The Truth about Stereotypes

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