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Some people lack self-control. A habit of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time is one example. But now, scientists have developed a way of improving a person’s self-control through electrical brain stimulation. This is according to a study published in The Journal of Neuroscience. Researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center…
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Would you believe that a broad range of human struggles can be understood by using a mathematical formula? From child-parent struggles to cyber-attacks and civil unrest, they can all be explained with a simple mathematical expression called a “power-law.” In a sort of unified theory of human conflict, scientists have found a way to mathematically…
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Most people – including scientists – assumed we couldn’t just sniff out danger. It was thought that we become afraid of an odor – such as leaking gas – only after information about a scary scent is processed by our brain. But neuroscientists at Rutgers University studying the olfactory – sense of smell – system…
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Depression affects so many people that it is often called the common cold of mental illness. At some point in their lives, 10% to 25% of women and 5% to 12% of men will become clinically depressed. Depression is not a fashionable affliction. However, it is real, insidious, and when in full bloom, debilitating. Yet…
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The Many Worlds Theory In 1954, a young Princeton University doctoral candidate named Hugh Everett III came up with a radical idea: That there exist parallel universes, exactly like our ­universe. These universes are all related to ours; indeed, they branch off from ours, and our universe is branched off of others. Within these parallel…
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Are you your own worst enemy? Do you always find reasons to procrastinate, hesitate or simply change course just before your project is about to pay off? Then chances are your suppressed emotions are holding you back. To understand the power of suppressed emotions we first need to acknowledge that everything we do is driven…
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Fertility and stress Our thoughts and emotions play a part in what happens in our body. When we feel anxious and stressed it can make it more difficult to conceive by: Suppressing luteinizing hormone Increasing serum cortisol levels Inhibiting hypothalamic Gnrh function Preventing implantation of a fertilised egg Reducing egg quality Delaying release of eggs…
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What is the Placebo Effect? Did you know that we can change our biology simply by what we believe to be true? The placebo effect is defined as the measurable, observable, or felt improvement in health or behaviour not attributable to a medication or invasive treatment that has been administered. It suggests that one can…
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Anger Leads to Heart Disease: A very angry person is three times more likely to have a heart attack than a person who is not angry. According to an article in the Harvard Mental Health Letter , published by Harvard University, June, 2002, when you get angry and hate someone, your heart rate and blood…
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Hypnosis has also been used in obstetrics to facilitate delivery. The following cases summarizes clinical findings on the effectiveness of hypnosis on this condition. Research Summary: Studies on this subject claim that patients treated with hypnosis had greater satisfaction with birth, shorter labor, and they used significantly less analgesic medications than control patients. There is…
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