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PTSD, stress, cortisol, memory

Fearful memories reinforced by the stress hormone cortisol.

Fearful memories are reinforced by the stress hormone cortisol. We're all more likely to remember events that have ...

How to: Scientist to Communicator

Ready to hang up your lab coat and enter the world of science, health and medical communications? But ...
Why a wandering mind is an unhappy mind

Smartphone app shows a wandering mind is an unhappy mind.

An intriguing paper called 'A wandering mind is an unhappy mind,' was published in the journal Science a couple ...
Wendy Suzuki Healthy Brain Happy Life Book Club

Healthy Brain, Happy Life – June Walking Book Club

Healthy Brain, Happy Life - June Walking Book Club I'm obsessed with podcasts and listen to numerous episodes ...

My TEDx talk ‘Indulge Your Neurobiology’

Here it is: My TEDx Northern Sydney Institute talk 'Indulge Your Neurobiology'. In my talk I share my ...
work life balance stress self

Guess what? You’re not your job.

Thanks to Bek Lambert from Hacking Happiness for another savvy reminder of the blurring of the lines between work, home ...
Your pain is in fact produced in your head and it will produce it more readily and more intensely if you have what you think is clear evidence that something is wrong

No brain, no pain: it’s in the mind

With thanks to The Conversation for publishing this fascinating article by Prof Moseley (and their creative commons license ...
resilience

Brain-immune cross-talk may build resilience against stress.

We tend to assume our thoughts and feelings are controlled almost exclusively by our brains. But peripheral systems, ...
The Brain's Way of Healing Book Review Walking Book Club

The Brain’s Way of Healing – April Walking Book Club

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I've been reading Norman Doidge’s latest book ‘The Brain’s Way ...
Neuroplasticity - how learning the violing rewires your brain

What actually IS neuroplasticity?

Last year I flew home to New Zealand for an old friend's 40th birthday (life is too short ...

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