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Two versions of the covers of Dr Sarah McKay's book, The Women's Brain Book: The Neuroscience of Health, Hormones and Happiness, mocked up inside iPad frames. This was Dr Sarah McKay’s first book on women’s brain health, with an updated second edition coming in 2025 for an up to date exploration of women’s neurobiology.

Women’s Brain Book (2nd ed) Bibliography

This is the complete list of references cited in the fully updated and revised second edition of The ...

This is your brain on placebo effects

Visiting the doctor for a sore back often leads to instant relief after taking a prescribed pill, but ...
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Gut-Brain Health – What Neuroscientists Are Calling “A Paradigm Shift”

Scientists call the trillions of microbes that inhabit your body the microbiome. They outnumber your own cells ten ...

Does CBT teach your prefrontal cortex to keep emotions in check?

Does CBT Teach Your Prefrontal Cortex To Keep Emotions In Check? In 2014, science journalist Emily Anthes wrote ...

The brave new world of psychedelic therapies for mental health

After decades of prohibition and stigmatisation, psychedelics have emerged as a promising treatment for those with mental health ...

Exercise as a Treatment Option for Depression: What Does the Science Say?

by Anne Guzman, sports nutritionist and former professional road cyclist. Learn more about Anne's work here >. If ...

Fear, loathing, HRT and women’s health research.

YOUR BRAIN ON MENOPAUSE: In this seven-part series, I explore menopause from a brain health perspective with a particular focus ...

Menopause and sleep problems: are you too hot to sleep?

YOUR BRAIN ON MENOPAUSE: In this seven-part series, I explore menopause from a brain health perspective with a particular focus ...

The teenage brain and COVID. Telling stories might help.

In a recent Conversation article, Donna Pendergast, Griffith University and Stephen Dobson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University ...

The upside of anger.

We tend to think of our emotions such as anger, sadness or guilt, as something to avoid at ...

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