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Did Rick Hanson’s Positive Neuroplasticity training change my skeptical mind?
That's me and Rick Hanson PhD, a neuropsychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and ...
5 ways to improve your body-mind connection
Did you know that the chit chat between mind and body goes two ways? Your body is an ...
My top 5 brain health stories for 2014.
As 2014 draws to a close I've crunched the numbers and come up with the the top 5 most ...
Antidepressants may be no better than a placebo, so why take them?
The placebo effect, the power of belief, and the mind-body relationship is fascinating. In fact, a desire to understand ...
30 minutes cycling (equivalent to half a spin class) promotes brain plasticity
Don't have time to exercise? Remember the blog post I wrote about Tony Abbott, Barak Obama and Richard ...
Brain-immune communication: meet the expert Dr Mark Hutchinson.
Meet Dr Mark Hutchinson. Mark's research focus is 'the other brain' and immune-to-brain and brain-to-immune communication. Mark is an Australian Research ...
The neuroscience of how chronic pain rewires your brain [infographic]
from Thanks to totalinjury.com for this informative infographic
Addiction and the brain: how the immune system takes over
Dr Mark Hutchinson is an Associate Professor and Senior Australian Research Council Research Fellow in the School of ...
27 minutes of mindfulness meditation a day changes brain structure
I confess that I’m struggling with my new meditation practice. I've diagnosed myself with a severe case of monkey-mind. ...
I’m starting today – meditation, mindfulness and mind-emptiness
The Buddhist connection is one reason Mindfulness is so popular. Image from shutterstock.com It'll make you a better ...
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