CURRENT ARTICLES & VIDEOS ON THE NEUROSCIENCE OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE
Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Jeff Dietz writes about the power of talk therapy to change the brain.
(NY Times 7/1/10) more...
The kindness with which we treat our pets can provide a model for our primary attachment relationships.
(NY Times 6/2/10) more...
Antagonistic peer relationships may enhance kids' social and emotional development rather than impede it.
(NYTimes 5/17/10)
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Marital research suggests that commitment may be genetically mediated but can also be learned.
(NYTimes 5/10/10)
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Child education expert Ellen Galinsky's new book Mind in the Making identifies seven essential life skills every child needs to know while intentionally working to combat the induction of parental guilt.
(NYTimes 4/29/10)
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A new novel traces early child rearing practices, highlighting Harlow's "wire mother" experiment, the teachings of Dr. Spock and our nation's hidden history of using orphans as "practice babies" to teach female university students how to mother.
(NYTimes 3/25/10)
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New research analyzed physical contact to see whether a rich vocabulary of supportive touch is
related to improved athletic performance.
(NYTImes 2/22/10)
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A new study suggests that antidepressant medication fights depression most effectively when it first modifies two personality traits, high neuroticism and low extraversion, that predispose people to this mood disorder.
(Science News 2/2/10)
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Recent research points to a biological basis for compassion in humans.
(Greater Good 1/20/10)
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A new study finds that psychological trauma creates changes in children's brains.
(CNN Health 12/9/2009)
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Inside an actor's brain - British actor Fiona Shaw performs parts of T.S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land while in an MRI scanner.
(VIDEO on THE GUARDIAN 11/24/09)
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How blind people "see" the actions of others - more on mirror neurons.
(Scientific American 11/10/09)
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Two recently published studies suggest that older people have
difficulty suppressing stereotypes.
(Truthout 9/30/09)
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Nurture Shock says that most of what parents have been told is good for kids is wrong.
(Salon 9/18/09)
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