Neuroscience
Neuroscience to inform effective psychotherapy
Stroke: The Second Time That The System Fails
After a stroke, there is an increased risk of suffering a second one. If areas in the left hemisphere were affected during the first attack, language is often impaired. In order to maintain this capability, the brain usually briefly drives up the counterparts on the right side. But what happens after a second attack? Medical researchers have now found an answer by using virtual lesions.
Discovery Of A New Neurodegenerative Disorder
A Melbourne led study has uncovered a new neurodegenerative disorder in which children experience developmental regression and severe epilepsy.
Poor connectivity between ‘hubs’ within the brain related to children’s learning difficulties
A new study from the University of Cambridge is suggesting that poor connectivity between "hubs" in the brain are more strongly related to childhood learning difficulties than problems within regions themselves. There are many learning difficulties experienced by...
The Nuntius Nuclei: A New Neuroscience for Curiosity
The Nuntius Nuclei: A New Neuroscience for Curiosity By Richard Hill [wlm_private "1 Year Subscription|NPT Basic|3 Year Subscription|NPT Standard|Staff|NPT Premium|NPT Standard Monthly|2 Year Subscription"] Members download the full article: [download id="34281"]...
The Dimensional Systems Model
The Dimensional Systems Model explains higher cortical functions on the basis of cortical columns that serve as the basic information unit. Although the original theory was developed in 1984, it was considered too speculative and untestable by peer reviewers. However,...
The Psychotherapist’s Essential Guide to the Brain
The Psychotherapist's Essential Guide to the Brain is a 147-page, full-colour illustrated guide for psychotherapists describing the most relevant brain science for today's mental health professionals. Taken from the best of the series published in The...
Love hormone is released during crises
When you notice your partner is less interested than you are, your brain may send out a hormone that can help you fix the relationship.
Cell number determines structure of neural maps
Frankfurt researchers find a simple explanation for the typical patterns of nerve cells inside neural maps.
Link Discovered between Immune System, Brain Structure and Memory
In two independent studies, scientists at the University of Basel have demonstrated that both the structure of the brain and several memory functions are linked to immune system genes. The scientific journals Nature Communications and Nature Human Behaviour have published the results of the research.
The Psychotherapist’s Essential Guide To The Brain – Memory
Go to the download (members free) All through our lives we are on an insatiable learning quest that we call memory. We continually store information, either consciously or unconsciously, and draw on that learning to be animated and have a sense of who we are and what...