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Summon the Witch Doctors

Phenix Nash wrote 2 weeks ago: The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is rolling out the fifth edition of its DSM, the Diagnost … more →

Tags: Mental Health, Daniel Amen, DSM-5, Freud, mental illness, Psychiatry, schizophrenia, witch doctors

Brain Scans Can Predict Which Alcoholics Are Most Likely to Relapse

Maia Szalavitz wrote 3 weeks ago: For any addiction, external cues and stress can trigger cravings that are hard to resist, and the la … more →

Tags: Alcohol, Alcohol, alcohol treatment, Alcoholism, Drinking, predicting relapse, rehab, Relapse, Relapse Prevention

MIT BRAIN SCANS SHOW THAT ENTREPRENEURS REALLY DO THINK DIFFERENT

Adama J. Adama wrote 3 weeks ago: A BRAIN SCAN STUDY AT MIT SUGGESTS THAT ENTREPRENEURS ARE MORE LIKELY TO USE BOTH SIDES OF THEIR BRA … more →

Tags: technology, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurs, MIT

What goes on inside the brain of serial killers?

brainandspineblog wrote 1 month ago: Serial killers are defined as murderers who have killed more than three people in separate occasions … more →

Tags: Serial Killers, serial killers' brains, Neuroscience, neuroscience serial killers, Dr. Kent Kiehl, James Fallon

Cool YouTube videos on video games pt 2

psychphan wrote 1 month ago: Here are two videos I’ve found by TEDTalks. What Daphne Bavelier argues is that, in moderation … more →

Tags: Psychology, Reflection, video games, Video Games, reflection 2, Gaming, tedtalks, YouTube Videos

Seriously? Is Peer Support for me? 1 comment

sandbar3000 wrote 1 month ago: I’m seriously thinking that me going into Peer Support is not for me  - at least NOT at this t … more →

Tags: Mental, Mental Health Recovery Movement, Bipolar Disorder, causes of mental illness, certified peer support specialist, God, health, Medication, meditation

Doctors use brain scans to "see" pain

Diogo wrote 1 month ago: This image created by Tor Wager of the University of Colorado, Boulder shows regions of the “n … more →

Tags: press, brain, ptsd, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Pain, fMRI, pain intensity, chronic pain, University of Colorado

Magic Mushrooms' Effects Illuminated in Brain Imaging Studies

serenityrhythm wrote 1 month ago: Learn about the effects of psilocybin on the human brain including recent research using brain scans … more →

Tags: Brain imaging, brain, Shrooms, Magic mushrooms, psilocybin, psychedelics, Science, News, Therapy

Brain Scans Can Predict Which Criminals Are Likely to Get Re-Arrested1 comment

Maia Szalavitz wrote 1 month ago: While criminal activity can’t be reduced to a brain image, understanding changes in brain func … more →

Tags: Crime, anterior cingulate cortex, neuroethics, neuroprediction, Neuroscience, Predicting crime, Recidivism

This Is Creepy

anoncru wrote 2 months ago: How close is technology to being able to read minds? Well the brain is complex but it does follow pa … more →

Tags: anoncru, Video, Government, AdamKokesh, Mind Reading, technology, Orwellian nightmare, technocracy

Understanding Alzheimer's Disease-Part 2

Anna wrote 2 months ago: How Alzheimer’s Disease is Diagnosed Although the only way to know for sure if someone has AD … more →

Tags: alzheimer's disease, elderly, health, Medicine, Research, Conditions and Diseases, Mental Health, alzheimers disease, autopsy

Brain Scans Can Now Tell 'Who You're Thinking About'

theinformistnews wrote 2 months ago: Scientists scanning the human brain can now tell whom a person is thinking of, the first time resear … more →

Tags: technology, what you are thinking, Thinking, scientist

Brains in motion: Steve Gets a Brain Scan2 comments

Wellcome Trust wrote 2 months ago: About the film Magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, is a powerful medical imaging technique. Thanks to t … more →

Tags: Brains in Motion, Wonder, Brain Awareness Week, MRI

INFLUENCE OF INNATE FACTORS ON REGIONS INVOLVED IN LINGUISTIC PROCESSING AND SOCIAL COMMUNICATION IN HUMANS

dranilj1 wrote 2 months ago: A team of French scientists has discovered that the human brain is capable of distinguishing between … more →

Tags: Neuroscience, human brain, babies, brain, Birth, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, parts of the brain, male voices, brain regions

Is Anybody in There? Searching for Consciousness in an Injured Brain

Acquired Brain Injury wrote 3 months ago: In recent years, neuroscientists have developed fMRI brain scans and other methods to assess conscio … more →

Tags: Neurophysiology, Traumatic Brain Injury, Consciousness, locked in syndrome, Communication

Good Question: What Causes Cravings?1 comment

sdswanson wrote 3 months ago: [worldnow id=8324410 width=450 height=275 type=video] MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – You can almost taste that … more →

Tags: News, watch & listen, Local, Seen on WCCO-TV, WCCO-TV Shows, Good question, Syndicated Local, jason derusha, Food

Why Use a Label of "Depression?"

Jeff Deen wrote 3 months ago: After I wrote the last blog post about admitting depression and using that label to describe myself, … more →

Tags: healing, meditation, Personal Growth, Spiritual Growth, self-knowledge, Psychology, Jeff Deen, Jeffrey Deen, overcoming fear

The Insula: A Small Part of the Brain, and Its Profound Effects

Diogo wrote 3 months ago: By SANDRA BLAKESLEE The recent news about smoking was sensational: some people with damage to a prun … more →

Tags: press, Neuroscience, brain, Habits, smoking, Insula, Lou Beach, Behavior, Emotions

Brain Chemicals Are Not Fucking Magic54 comments

ozymandias42 wrote 3 months ago: Some people lose all sense of rationality as soon as a brain chemical is mentioned. For instance, in … more →

Tags: Science, Dopamine, Neuroscience, oxytocin


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