Pornography and dysfunction. Insomnia markers. Heavy tax. Anatomy of a Merger.

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• Media continue to pick up stories about a study conducted by Jim Pfaus, professor in the Department of Psychology, and Nicole Prause, an associate research scientist in UCLA's Department of Psychiatry, that debunks clinical claims and observations that the more erotica men watch, the likelier they are to experience erectile problems. The latest to write about the study are the National Post, Cosmopolitan, Canada Journal, philly.com, Hindustan Times, Times of India, Malaysian Digest, Newser, Before It's News, reason.com, Radio Alice, Daily News and Pourquoi Docteur. CTV Montreal airs a news piece on the study. Pfaus appears at the 50-second mark. The news piece is followed by a five-minute interview segment with Pfaus, on the same video link.
• Santé Log joins the media that have reported on a Concordia study, published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, that uncovers a new way of predicting which individuals are most likely to suffer from insomnia based on a particular pattern of brain waves. The study was led by Thien Thanh Dang-Vu, professor in the Department of Exercise Science.
• Clapway joins the media that have reported on the work of doctoral candidate and lecturer in the Department of Religion, Brice Jones, who has deciphered an ancient Egyptian receipt for what appears to be a particularly heavy tax payment.
• Term Paper Warehouse posts "Anatomy of a Merger," a study conducted with the participation of Concordians Steven H. Appelbaum, professor in the JMSB Department of Management, and human resources consultant Joy Gandell (MBA, '01).

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