Your Brain Reveals Who Your Friends Are Summary: By looking at how the brain responds to video clips, researchers are able to determine who your friends may be, a new study reveals. Source: Dartmouth College. You may perceive the world the way your friends do, according to a Dartmouth study finding that friends have similarContinue reading “Your Brain Reveals Who Your Friends Are”
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Beliefs About Suicide Acceptability in the United States: How Do They Affect Suicide Mortality?
Beliefs About Suicide Acceptability in the United States: How Do They Affect Suicide Mortality? Julie A Phillips, PhD Elizabeth A Luth, PhD The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, gbx153,https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbx153 Published: 25 January 2018 Article history Cite Permissions Abstract Objectives Societies develop cultural scripts to understand suicide and define conditions under which the act isContinue reading “Beliefs About Suicide Acceptability in the United States: How Do They Affect Suicide Mortality?”
Dopamine may have given humans our social edge over other apes
Male chimpanzees signal their aggression when they display their big canines, in contrast with humans, who show small canines when they smile. Sergey Uryadnikov/shutterstock.com Dopamine may have given humans our social edge over other apes By Ann GibbonsJan. 22, 2018 , 3:10 PM Humans are the ultimate social animals, with the ability to bond with mates,Continue reading “Dopamine may have given humans our social edge over other apes”
Oxytocin Helps the Brain Modulate Social Signals
Marriage May Help Stave Off Dementia
Grow your nerves to prevent depression – medications – drugs causes it
It’s often said that depression results from a chemical imbalance, but that figure of speech doesn’t capture how complex the disease is. Research suggests that depression doesn’t spring from simply having too much or too little of certain brain chemicals. Rather, there are many possible causes of depression, including faulty mood regulation by the brain, genetic vulnerability, stressful life events, medications, and medical problems. It’s believed that several of these forces interact to bring on depression.
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A neuroscientist who studies decision-making reveals the most important choice you can make
A neuroscientist who studies decision-making reveals the most important choice you can make Chris Weller The company you keep has an enormous effect on your happiness for surprising reasons, a neuroscientist claims.Alexey Ponomarchuk/Strelka Institute/Flickr According to Moran Cerf, a neuroscientist at Northwestern University who has been studying decision-making for over a decade, the surest wayContinue reading “A neuroscientist who studies decision-making reveals the most important choice you can make”
Social determinants of health
The social determinants of health (SDOH) are the economic and social conditions and their distribution among the population that influence individual and group differences in health status. They are health promoting factors found in one’s living and working conditions (such as the distribution of income, wealth, influence, and power), rather than individual risk factors (suchContinue reading “Social determinants of health”
Social Laughter Releases Endorphins in the Brain
Summary: Researchers uncover how laughter releases endorphins in the brain. Source: University of Turku. Finnish and British researchers have revealed how laughter releases endorphins in the human brain. The more opioid receptors the participants had in their brain, the more they laughed during the experiment. The recent results obtained by researchers from Turku PET Centre,Continue reading “Social Laughter Releases Endorphins in the Brain”
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Resolve to be happy
Interested in starting 2012 with a more realistic approach? Below are three suggested depression-fighting resolutions that make use of tools found right here in the Depression Toolkit. (Remember: no need to undertake them all – to start, try taking on just one.) #1. “Resolved: I’m going to keep better track of my recovery process.” IfContinue reading “Resolve to be happy”
Baby boomers: Network and socialize now and be computer savvy
In the business mixer at Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce that I attended, half of the crowd are baby boomers networking with others. Many of the baby boomers have to plan early on how they can retire with the current economy. From the polls that I posted here in my blog, many would still workContinue reading “Baby boomers: Network and socialize now and be computer savvy”