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Jeff Cook from The American Psychological Association Practice Organization (APAPO) released a urgent message for psychologists. The 2010 State Leadership Conference (SLC) is right around the corner (March 6-9), which means it is time to schedule Capitol Hill visits with members of your Congressional delegation. Each year, thanks to your hard work, there are more [...]
HeartMath emWave is a long time featured product at our website because of its ease of use and reasonable price. HeartMath just announced a fresh new update to their desktop PC heart-rate variability (HRV) biofeedback system along with a $100.00 discount to kick off its release. Heartmath does not say when the sale ends so [...]
Researchers at UC Davis have identified 10 locations in California where the incidence of autism is higher than surrounding areas in the same region. Most of the areas, or clusters, are in locations where parents have higher-than-average levels of educational attainment. The other clusters are located close to major autism treatment centers. The clusters are [...]
Draw a map of the brain when fear and anxiety are involved, and the amygdala -the brain’s almond-shaped center for panic and fight-or-flight responses – looms large. But the amygdala doesn’t do its job alone. Scientists at Emory University have recently built upon work from others, extending the fear map to part of the brain [...]
What is psychotherapy? Psychotherapy, also known as “talk therapy” or “psychological treatment,” is a way to treat people with a mental disorder by helping them understand their illness. It teaches people strategies and gives them tools to deal with stress and unhealthy thoughts and behaviors. Psychotherapy helps patients manage their symptoms better and function at [...]
Cognitively stimulating activities are beneficial, but evidence suggests mental exercises help some more than others. If you don’t have a college degree, you’re at greater risk of developing memory problems or even Alzheimer’s. Education plays a key role in lifelong memory performance and risk for dementia, and it’s well documented that those with a college [...]
Amidst the background hum of electrical signaling generated by neurons in the brain, scientists have found that local groups of neurons, firing in coordination, sometimes create a signal that is mirrored instantaneously and precisely by other groups of neurons across the brain. These transient episodes of coherence across different parts of the brain may be [...]
Regularly practicing yoga exercises may lower a number of compounds in the blood and reduce the level of inflammation that normally rises because of both normal aging and stress, a new study has shown. The study showed that women who routinely practiced yoga had lower amounts of the cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) in their blood. The [...]
A new study finds promising evidence that the older brain’s weakened ability to filter out irrelevant information may actually give older adults a memory advantage over their younger counterparts. A long line of research has already shown that aging is associated with a decreased ability to tune out irrelevant information. Now scientists at Baycrest’s world-renowned [...]
Changing the words used to describe someone struggling with alcoholism or drug addiction may significantly alter the attitudes of healthcare professionals, even those who specialize in addiction treatment. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have found that health professionals’ answers to survey questions about a hypothetical patient varied depending on whether he was described as a [...]
