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Dr. Sam Goldstein

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Neuropsychologist - Author - Test Developer - Educator - Musician ;Opinions are my own. For more on my work visit https://linktr.ee/drsamgoldstein

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The Age of Permanent Alarm Over two decades of terrorism, climate change, pandemics, and nonstop media have reshaped risk perception, fostering a culture of persistent alertness and ambient anxiety.

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27.02.2026 21:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Beautiful Lie of Time Travel The Science, Paradoxes, and the Romance of a Journey We Can Never Take

Technically speaking, you are already moving through time by traveling at a speed of one second per second into the future.
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27.02.2026 20:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When Old Age Starts at 120 The Promise and Price of Adding Decades to the Human Story

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24.02.2026 22:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#parenting

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When Legalization Meets Reality As high-potency cannabis spreads, new research and personal stories are reshaping debate, linking heavy use to rising psychosis and forcing a cultural rethink on legalization.

Psychosis, politics, and the new debate over marijuana.
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When Legalization Meets Reality As high-potency cannabis spreads, new research and personal stories are reshaping debate, linking heavy use to rising psychosis and forcing a cultural rethink on legalization.

Important!
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20.02.2026 22:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Episode 7 of Brains and Time explores why time seems to break under pressure and blur in everyday life.

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#time #life

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The love for heirlooms is a shared pleasure, and they have a lot more meaning than just their form.
๐Ÿ”—in bio
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Love in the Time of Deadlines Why romance still matters. Exploring research and the emotional, cultural, and symbolic ways love brings meaning, chaos, and joy to human life.

According to several researchers, February 14 affects the way we perceive our romantic partners, and at times, in ways we wish it didn't.
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14.02.2026 11:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Greetings From London A New Chapter for Dead Certain in the City That Knows Theater

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13.02.2026 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Love in the Time of Deadlines Why romance still matters. Exploring research and the emotional, cultural, and symbolic ways love brings meaning, chaos, and joy to human life.

Why romance still matters. Romance helps us remember that even with the chaos of our lives, there is still space for tenderness on Valentine's Day and possibly more than on Valentine's Day.
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#valentinesday

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Greetings From London A New Chapter for Dead Certain in the City That Knows Theater

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13.02.2026 11:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We Empathize Most With Stories That Feel Familiar to Us Personal Perspective: Media attention shapes the suffering we notice.

Hundreds of children and women were kidnapped both within the U.S. and throughout the world at the same time Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped.
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A deep dive into how psychedelics and other substances radically alter consciousness. From micro dosing to hallucinogenic therapy, this episode could explore the promise and peril of chemically shifting brain function.
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Why Normal Isnโ€™t What You Think It Is Personal Perspective: "Normal" isnโ€™t perfection but a statistical range based on population data. Diagnoses compare individuals to representative samples, not an ideal human model.

Why Normal Isnโ€™t What You Think It Is
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The Illusion of Certainty Our evolved craving for cause and effect once ensured survival but now fuels misunderstanding. Learning to favor correlation over causation can deepen human understanding.

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Understanding Your Client After Traumatic Brain Injury - Dr Sam Goldstein Learn how traumatic brain injury affects clients in legal settings. Understanding invisible cognitive challenges, memory issues, and attention deficits after TBI.

For attorneys, this mismatch between appearance and function is one of the most important things to understand. Your client is not being evasive. They are not unreliable by choice. They are navigating an injury that hides in plain sight.

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The Purge of Social Media Denmarkโ€™s Gamble, Big Techโ€™s Reckoning, and the Future of Children Online

Denmarkโ€™s Gamble, Big Techโ€™s Reckoning, and the Future of Children Online
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02.02.2026 18:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Denmarkโ€™s Gamble, Big Techโ€™s Reckoning, and the Future of Children Online.

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Children grow strongest when adults believe in their potential more than their performance.

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In a world where children face unprecedented pressures, Tenacity in Children offers a researchโ€‘grounded framework for building resilience, motivation, empathy, and responsible decisionโ€‘making.
Authored by leading psychologists Dr. Sam Goldstein and Dr. Robert Brooks
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ASRSยฎ Adult | Full Author Interview | Dr. Sam Goldstein & Dr. Jack Naglieri
YouTube video by Multi-Health Systems, Inc. (MHS) ASRSยฎ Adult | Full Author Interview | Dr. Sam Goldstein & Dr. Jack Naglieri

What went into creating the new Autism Spectrum Rating Scalesโ„ข Adultโ€ฏ(ASRSยฎ Adult)? Dr. Sam Goldstein and Dr. Jack Naglieriโ€”authors of the original ASRSยฎโ€”break it all down.
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#ASRS #ASD #autismawareness

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Raising kids is hard. Understanding them shouldnโ€™t be.

27.01.2026 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wrinkles, Wi-Fi, and the Meaning of Life Why We Dread Getting Older

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27.01.2026 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Evolution, Schedules, and the Quiet Cost to Mental Health Chronic time pressure strains mental health, suggesting relief may come from loosening timeโ€™s control rather than managing it better.

Evolution, Schedules, and the Quiet Cost to Mental Health.
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26.01.2026 15:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What Beards Reveal About Men Facial hair endures because it signals maturity, identity, and social meaning, revealing how humans fuse biology and culture into visible traits we still read instinctively.

What Beards Reveal About Men!
The connection between hair, hormones and humanity.
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#beard #facialhair

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The Instincts That Make Us Human | Dr. Sam Goldstein | TEDxTimpviewDrive
YouTube video by TEDx Talks The Instincts That Make Us Human | Dr. Sam Goldstein | TEDxTimpviewDrive

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