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Neuroscience and Psychotherapy Research
Eating for Mental Wellbeing
Report by Binh Nguyen Members Download How often have we heard the saying that we are what we eat, with the view that the foods we eat can directly influence our state of mind and physical health? This statement may well be true for the more...
Metacognitive Beliefs in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Metacognitive Beliefs in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Danielle Hett, Heather D. Flowe, Melanie K. T. Takarangi Members Download Article: [wlm_private "1 Year Subscription|2 Year Subscription|3 Year...
Babies Exposed to Stimulation Get a Brain Boost
Babies Exposed to Stimulation Get a Brain Boost By Audrey van der Meer, Professor of Developmental Neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Contrary to popular belief, providing young children with early stimulation can help to...
The neural correlates of justified and unjustified killing
What does brain activity tell us about feelings of guilt or justification of extreme violence? A recent study sheds some light on the neuroscience of moral behaviour; an important subject for psychotherapeutic practice and our understanding of human decision making in...
Brain research shows: Not trying too hard might help us learn quicker
Brain research shows: Not trying too hard might help us learn quicker Scott Grafton and colleagues from the University of California, the University of Pennsylvania, and Johns Hopkins University have been studying why some people are able to master a new skill rather...
Is the low-serotonin theory of depression wrong?
Is the low-serotonin theory of depression wrong? The theory that depression is highly correlated with low levels of serotonin has dominated our approach to treating depression with SSRIs (selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors) to maintain higher levels of...
Developing the tools to predict mental conditions
Developing the tools to predict mental conditions: Brain representations of social thoughts and autism diagnosis Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers have created brain-reading techniques to use neural representations of social thoughts to predict autism...
Decreased Sensitivity to Emotional Cues and Screen-Time
The other day some colleagues and I were talking about a common topic of children and digital media—in particular how a lack of interaction with the ‘real’ 3D world could be detrimental to aspects of brain development. We have some compelling ideas that gaze in early...
Neuroscience, kindness and compassion
Neuroscience, kindness and compassion – doing something good for your own brain. Seeing someone else in pain or suffering can be very difficult. For many, we experience a sympathetic sense of the pain and suffering within ourselves and it can almost seem healthier to...
Trying Harder May Hinder Your Ability to Learn Some Aspects of a New Language
If you have tried to learn a new language, you know how challenging it can be. You may also know children who are twelve and already fluent in two or more languages. This is because adults and children have different strengths when it comes to learning a new language....