Mind, brain and medication
Neuropsychology, psychiatric medication, the microbiome and meditation: what science says about the mind.
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- OCD and obsessions
- Anxiety and stress
- Emotions and wellbeing
- Relationships and family
- Trauma and dissociation
- Personality
- Asperger’s and neurodiversity
- Mind, brain and medication
- Going to therapy
Mind, brain and medication"Living without memories": a case of anterograde amnesia
A documentary about a man who can't form new memories after a car crash: what anterograde amnesia is and which strategies help people live with it.
Mind, brain and medicationAmygdala, cortex, heart: are we still evolving?
From the limbic system to the cerebral cortex, and perhaps the heart: how our mind has evolved, and why the amygdala wins battles but not the war.
Mind, brain and medicationAre Antidepressants as Safe as They Say?
A summary of a scientific paper that questions how effective and safe antidepressants really are, and how serotonin relates to depression.
Mind, brain and medicationCognitive dissonance: why we like to fool ourselves
What cognitive dissonance is, why we fool ourselves to feel at peace, and how this same mechanism keeps problems like OCD or pathological jealousy going.
Mind, brain and medicationDragons in the clouds
We see dragons in the clouds because the mind hunts for patterns. Heuristics and biases explain why it pays not to believe everything you think.
Mind, brain and medicationHRV: what it means and how it affects our emotional world
What heart rate variability (HRV) is and what research says about its links with emotions, emotional regulation, cognition and rumination.
Mind, brain and medicationLead, Don't Impose: Get to Know and Accept How Your Mind Works
You are not your thoughts. Understanding how your mind works and accepting its limits is the first step to getting along with it: lead it, don't rule it.
Mind, brain and medicationLost connections
Johann Hari's book offers a new take on depression: not a broken brain, but seven lost connections with work, other people, nature and the future.
Mind, brain and medicationOur third brain: the heart
The heart has its own neurons and talks to the brain through the vagus nerve. What research says about heart-brain coherence and your emotions.
Mind, brain and medicationPsychiatric drugs: do they really do what we're told they do?
What Robert Whitaker's Anatomy of an Epidemic says about the chemical imbalance theory and the long-term use of antidepressants and antipsychotics.
Mind, brain and medicationSocial media and neuromarketing
Notifications, likes, endless episodes and the fear of missing out: how social media uses neuromarketing and the way your brain works to keep you hooked.
Mind, brain and medicationThe benefits of meditation (lessons from The Mirror of the Brain)
Autopilot, rumination and inner dialogue: what meditation changes in your brain, according to neuroscientist Nazareth Castellanos, explained simply.
Mind, brain and medicationThe mind and the gut microbiota
The bacteria in your gut influence how you think, feel and behave. What we know about the mind-microbiota connection and how to look after it.
Mind, brain and medicationThe principle of synchronisation by resonance: the heart leads... if we help it
What the principle of synchronisation by resonance is, how the heart relates to our emotions and thoughts, and why coherence is something we can train.