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AUTHORS 1) Luisetto m IMA academy ,Natural science branch italy 29121 2) Maytham Al-Yasiri M.B.ch.B - F.I.B.M.S College of Medicine-Babylon University Department of Psychiatry 3) NILI B. A. Nano Drug Delivery, (a Product Development Firm), United States 4) Oleg Yurevich Latyshev PRESIDENT IMA Marijnksya academy RU DSc., Ph.D. in Philology, Corresponding member of International Academy of psychological sciences(IAPS) full member of the IAC, MAE, EAE, ISA, MOO AD STC,corresponding member. MAPN, professor at Cypress University, USA,Professor of the Russian Academy of Natural History, President Keywords: magnetic minds, rumination, ripetitive negative thinking, worry, mental process, thinking , destiny , empowerment, mindfulness, physiology, neuroplasticity Corresponding author : luisetto M maurolu65@gmail.com italy +393402479620
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