A Psychologist Shares How ‘EFT Tapping’ Can Transform Limiting Beliefs
The stress we carry is not just in our minds—it’s also trapped in our bodies. Here’s how “tapping” facilitates emotional release and creates lasting mindset shifts.
Mouse study identifies brain region that can prevent aggressive social behavior and induce pro-social behavior
Neural activity in the cortical amygdala determines whether mice engage in aggressive or pro-social behavior, according to a ...
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The Biology of Anxiety
A number of neural structures play a role in anxiety, but the one that gives it its strong emotional color is the amygdala. The rational, thinking prefrontal cortex is responsible for interpreting ...
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Probiotics Could Battle Anxiety, Leading to New Treatments for Mental Health
Learn about the relationship between gut microbes and anxiety-related behaviors and how probiotic supplements could become a ...
Gut microbes' surprising connection to anxiety point toward a potential probiotic solution
Could the key to easing anxiety be hidden in our gut? Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and the National Neuroscience ...
Conservatives and liberals have different brain structures — here’s how
The amygdala is about as big as a shelled peanut ... or conservative ideals,” said Petropoulos, a political psychology and ...
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Department of Psychology
He received his Ph.D. at Indiana University as a double major in psychology and neural science. His dissertation was titled, “The Effects of Amygdala Lesions on Hippocampal Function and Eyeblink ...
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Meditation induces changes in deep brain areas associated with memory and emotional regulation
Researchers using intracranial electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings from deep within the brain found that meditation led to changes in activity in the amygdala and hippocampus, key brain regions ...