by SoP | Jun 15, 2021 | Science of Mental Health |
A new study found higher education students are more engaged and motivated when they are taught using playful pedagogy rather than the traditional lecture-based method. The study was conducted by University of Colorado Denver counseling researcher Lisa Forbes and was...
by SoP | Jun 15, 2021 | Science of Mental Health |
New study and a review of decades of data pushes the memory clock back over a year, but the study confirms everyone is different On average the earliest memories that people can recall point back to when they were just two-and-a-half years old, a new study suggests....
by SoP | Jun 15, 2021 | Podcast |
Dr. Rachel Zoffness is a pain & health psychologist, medical consultant, author, speaker, and expert on nonpharmacological approaches to pain management. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCSF School of Medicine, where she...
by SoP | Jun 1, 2021 | Magazine |
This past year with COVID-19 has revealed how we are all equally vulnerable to this microscopic assailant. On the positive side, many have felt a sense of commonality and connection with people in countries previously given little thought. Ironically, separation has...
by SoP | May 18, 2021 | Podcast |
Dr. Moshe Perl is a world-class expert in neurofeedback and QEEG/EEG analysis, areas in which he has almost two-decades of experience teaching and mentoring practitioners in Australia and internationally. He has successfully treated well over a thousand patients and...
by SoP | May 16, 2021 | Brain |
Memory Core Resource for The Science of Psychotherapy Standard Members Recall of memory is a creative process. What the brain stores is thought to be only a core memory. Upon recall, this core memory is then elaborated upon and reconstructed, with subtractions,...
by SoP | May 16, 2021 | Body |
The Science of Psychotherapy Core Resource on Genetics The body itself is an information procesor. Memory resides not just in brains but in every cell. No wonder genetics bloomed along with information theory. DNA is the quintessential information molecule, the most...
by SoP | May 15, 2021 | Science of Mental Health |
Investigators review research that shows spiritual fitness and meditation mitigate the negative effects of stress and reduce the risk of memory loss, cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer’s disease It is projected that up to 152 million people worldwide will be...
by SoP | May 15, 2021 | Disorders |
Social anxiety disorder can cause considerable suffering in children and adolescents and, for many with the disorder, access to effective treatment is limited. Researchers at Centre for Psychiatry Research at Karolinska Institutet and Region Stockholm have now shown...
by SoP | May 15, 2021 | Brain |
Covid-19 patients who receive oxygen therapy or experience fever show reduced gray matter volume in the frontal-temporal network of the brain, according to a new study led by researchers at Georgia State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. ...
by SoP | May 15, 2021 | Disorders |
New research at Karolinska Institutet suggests a link between psychosis and a genetic change that affects the brain’s immune system. The study published in Molecular Psychiatry may impact the development of modern medicines for bipolar disorder or schizophrenia....
by SoP | May 15, 2021 | Brain |
Research published in Nature could transform structural biology, lead to new treatments for epilepsy By Erik Robinson May 12, 2021 Portland, Oregon Scientists have for the first time revealed the structure surrounding important receptors in the brain’s...
by SoP | May 15, 2021 | Body |
Eating a diet rich in fruit and vegetables is associated with less stress, according to new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU). The study examined the link between fruit and vegetable intake and stress levels of more than 8,600 Australians aged between 25 and...
by SoP | May 15, 2021 | Brain |
Curiosity is the motivational drive for exploring and investigating the unknown and making new discoveries. It is as essential and intrinsic for survival as hunger. Until recently, the brain mechanisms underlying curiosity and novelty seeking behavior were unclear....
by SoP | May 11, 2021 | Science of Mental Health |
Watching meaningful films – those that we find moving and poignant – can make us feel more prepared to deal with life’s challenges and want to be a better person, a new study found. The findings point to one reason why people may choose to see movies...
by SoP | May 11, 2021 | Disorders |
Low levels of serotonin in the brain are seen as a possible cause of depression and many antidepressants act by blocking a protein that transports serotonin away from the nerve cells. A brain imaging study at Karolinska Institutet now shows that the average level of...
by SoP | May 11, 2021 | Brain |
A complicated interaction between different proteins is needed for information to pass from one nerve cell to the next. Researchers at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have now managed to study this process in the synaptic vesicles, which play an...
by SoP | May 6, 2021 | Brain |
Research uncovers patterns in the resting brains of highly sensitive people You know that raw overwhelm people have been reporting after months of a pandemic, compounded by economic issues and social unrest? Does fatigue and compulsive social media scrolling strike a...
by SoP | May 6, 2021 | Brain |
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, or rTMS, was FDA approved in 2008 as a safe and effective noninvasive treatment for severe depression resistant to antidepressant medications. A small coil positioned near the scalp generates repetitive, pulsed magnetic...
by SoP | May 5, 2021 | Podcast |
We catch up with Babette Rothschild and talk about her new paperback release “Revolutionizing Trauma Treatment: Stabilization, Safety, & Nervous System Balance”. Babette has been ahead of the curve for a long time in our world of the science of...
