The Association Between Well-Being and Aging
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September 2, 2010
Resilience, Stress, and the Neurobiology of Aging
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August 19, 2010
Numbers on the Brain: Neurobiology of Mathematics
Nearly everyone has heard of developmental dyslexia – a learning disorder characterized by poor reading skills despite otherwise sufficient schooling – but have you heard of developmental dyscalculia? Many people have not. Here is part 4 in a week-long series on this lesser-known learning disorder. Case-studies of patients with various brain lesions have demonstrated the [...]...
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June 10, 2010
Understanding the Switch Process in Bipolar Disorder
(Brain Post Note: Hannah Dunbar is a summer research student from Oral Roberts University. Today she will be summarizing some of the key issues in the neurobiology of the switch process in bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is a somewhat unique mental disorder in that the onset of a mood swing can be quite dramatic--a patient with bipolar disorder can be fine one day and manic the next. It is
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December 15, 2009
The Neurobiology of Love
Previously we discussed the neurobiology of falling in love. But this is only the beginning, the process of attraction followed by the attachment process. This process can develop and last for a while or in some cases for ever. Biologically is falling in love the first step in pair formation.Falling in love is more accompanied [...]Related posts:The Neurobiology of Falling in Love Falling in lov
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December 8, 2009
August 26, 2009
An overnight therapy session…without a therapist
Today I point you toward a fascinating review article by Walker and van der Helm looking at the crucial function of sleep on emotional regulation. Here is a snippet of their abstract:This review surveys an array of diverse findings across basic and clinical research domains, resulting in a convergent view of sleep-dependent emotional brain processing. On the basis of the unique neurobiology of sl
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August 4, 2009
Introduction Underlying Causes and Implications
The articles in this Special Report reflect the growing recognition of the importance of the problem of treatment-resistant psychiatric disorders. Mintz and Belnap1 recently reported that Medline citations on treatment-resistant psychiatric disorders increased 800% over the previous 20 years, while the overall number of citations increased 25%. Despite significant advances in neurobiology and psy
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