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  1. Photos: Paul Ekman lecture

    Renowned psychologist Paul Ekman delivered a lecture at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism about his new book, "Emotional Awareness, ' co-authored by the Dalai Lama. Talia was the official photographer at the event. Click the link to see some of her photos.


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  2. By the Numbers: States of Sadness

    • Topics:
      • Politics
      • Science
      • Health
    • Published:
      1. Greater Good magazine, April 26, 2008
    • Metainfo:
      • 366 words
      • 12.2 inches

    After a person commits suicide, their loved ones often spend years asking themselves a simple question: Why? For decades, researchers have pointed to biological, chemical, and genetic factors. But according to a recent study released by Mental Health America, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization based in Virginia, a person’s risk for depression and suicide may depend more on where that person lives than on his or her biology or brain chemistry.


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  3. Green Thumb Hot Spot

    Is this your year to go native? Head over to Tilden Regional Park on April 19, when its Botanic Garden, renowned for a fine collection of indigenous California plants, holds its annual plant sale. You can enjoy refreshments, free docent-guided tours (meet at 2 p.m. near the visitors center), and spring blooms—watch for rhododendron, ninebark, summer holly, irises, monkeyflowers, and cacti.


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  4. Event: Here's Looking At You

    Think we learn how to make facial expressions as we grow up? Think again, says Paul Ekman, a UCSF psychology professor emeritus and Greater Good editorial board member. Ekman has spent 40 years studying human emotions and photographing facial expressions of the South Fore people of New Guinea, and his research shows many facial expressions are universal across cultures.


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  5. On the loss of a friend

    While most Davis residents were out enjoying the Community Park fireworks display on the Fourth of July, I was anxiously sitting in the waiting room at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital with my two 4-month-old kittens, Baxter and Riley.


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