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Meditation’s Effects on Emotion Shown to Persist

Meditation affects a person’s brain function long after the act of meditation is over, according to new research. “This is the first time meditation training has been shown to affect emotional processing in the brain outside of a meditative state,” … Continue reading →

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Depressed People Process Personal Information Differently

A new study has found that people experiencing a depressive episode process information about themselves differently than people who are not depressed. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers at the University of Liverpool scanned the brains of people in … Continue reading →

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Healthy and Unhealthy Ways of Coping With Boredom in ADHD

A few weeks ago someone raised in an interesting question in response to one of my posts: what are the differences between healthy and unhealthy ways of dealing with boredom in ADHD? We often talk about things being “healthy” or … Continue reading →

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Words Can Change Your Brain

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words can change your brain. That’s right. According to Andrew Newberg, M.D. and Mark Robert Waldman, words can literally change your brain. In their book, Words Can Change Your Brain, they write: … Continue reading →

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8 Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Your Health

Many people today find that there are not enough waking hours to accomplish all we need to do.  Work, long commutes, email, family responsibilities and household chores can eat up much of our waking time. In order to get chores … Continue reading →

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