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1 Thing a Neuroscientist Does When He Starts to Feel Anxious In TODAY.com’s Expert Tip of the Day, Alex Korb, Ph.D., shares the question he asks himself when he’s feeling anxious because it allows him to address the problem without freezing or stewing.

Propaganda risk 20%
Claims checked 4
Techniques found 2
Topics 4

Coverage spectrum

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Right25%

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1 Thing a Neuroscientist Does When He Starts to Feel Anxious In TODAY.com’s Expert Tip of the Day, Alex Korb, Ph.D., shares the question he asks himself when he’s feeling anxious because it allows him to address the problem without freezing or stewing.

Why it matters

Anxiety is one of the most common mental health conditions in the U.S., affecting up to 19% of adults — but … Related storyboards

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: Employers added 172,000 jobs in May.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Appeal to Fear: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Minor concerns. Some persuasive language detected, but largely factual.

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 60% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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Appeal to Fear 70% confidence
Building support by instilling anxiety or panic in the audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Employers added 172,000 jobs in May”
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The evidence provided describes what the Bureau of Labor Statistics is and defines the word 'bureau', but it does not provide the specific employment numbers for May to verify if 172,000 jobs were added.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) (OEWS) survey is a semi-annual survey of approximately 200,000 non-farm business establishments conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), head…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The nature and power of organized labor in the United States is the outcome of historical tensions among counter-acting forces involving workplace rights, wages, working hours, political expression, l…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is a unit of the United States Department of Labor. It is the principal fact-finding agency for the U.S. government in the broad field of labor economics and stati…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Labor_Statistics
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Claim 2: “René Descartes, who wrote, “I think, therefore I am,” practiced vivisection on rabbits and dogs”
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The evidence from The Philosophy Forum and other web results confirms Descartes' arguments regarding animals lacking souls and his practice of vivisection. Wikipedia confirms his identity as a philosopher and scientist, and the phrase 'I think, therefore I am' is his most famous attribution.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain is a 1994 book by neuroscientist António Damásio describing the physiology of rational thought and decision, and how the faculties could have evo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In mathematics, Descartes' rule of signs, described by René Descartes in his La Géométrie, counts the roots of a polynomial by examining sign changes in its coefficients. The number of positive real r…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — René Descartes ( day-KART, also DAY-kart; French: [ʁəne dekaʁt] ; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, logician, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figu…
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Claim 3: “A potential peace deal between the United States and Iran hinges on the Trump administration agreeing to release $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets”
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The claim is reported identically across multiple cross-references (Flipboard) and is supported by Wikipedia entries describing the 2025-2026 Iran-United States negotiations involving Donald Trump.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting mili…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On June 22, 2025, the United States Air Force and Navy attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran as part of the Twelve-Day War, under the code name Operation Midnight Hammer. The Fordow Uranium Enrich…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Al…
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Claim 4: “Anxiety is one of the most common mental health conditions in the U.S., affecting up to 19% of adults”
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While the evidence mentions anxiety and a statistic regarding 40% of American women, there is no specific evidence provided in the search results that confirms the '19% of adults' figure for the general U.S. population.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Citizenship of the United States is a legal status that entails citizens with specific rights, duties, protections, and benefits in the United States. It serves as a foundation of fundamental rights d…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal c…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Army (U.S. Army) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is designated as the army of the United States in the United States Constitution. As a part of the …
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