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Electric Muse
Read more: Electric MuseInspiration from Brain Stimulation? (PsychCentral): Are we on the verge of reality transcending science fiction with the use of brain electrodes to enhance individual creativity and expression? Doctoral student Richard Chi and Dr. Allan Snyder from the Centre for the Mind at the University of Sydney seem to think so. They found that participants who…
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The Sadness Network
Read more: The Sadness NetworkSlate asks, Is Facebook Making Us Sad? Facebook is, after all, characterized by the very public curation of one’s assets in the form of friends, photos, biographical data, accomplishments, pithy observations, even the books we say we like. Look, we have baked beautiful cookies. We are playing with a new puppy. We are smiling in…
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Meditation Brain Changes
Read more: Meditation Brain ChangesHow Meditation May Change the Brain (NYT): [S]cientists say that meditators…may be benefiting from changes in their brains. The researchers report that those who meditated for about 30 minutes a day for eight weeks had measurable changes in gray-matter density in parts of the brain associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress.
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Free Couples Therapy (if you’re 55+)
Read more: Free Couples Therapy (if you’re 55+)Good deals dept.–relayed by Lynn McFarr of the CBT Society of Southern California: Free marital therapy for couples over the age of 55 Hello all, We are providing free marital therapy for adults over the age of 55 as part of a research study at UCLA. Couples will receive up to 16 sessions of IBCT,…
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Good Vibrations
Read more: Good VibrationsPositive Vibes Really Do Protect Health (PsychCentral): An evidence-based review of published literature finds support for the premise that feeling good may be good for your health…“We all age. It is how we age, however, that determines the quality of our lives,” said Anthony Ong, Ph.D., of Cornell University, author of the review article. The…