Category: Mind-body

With MRI technique, brain scientists induce feelings about faces

From the Brown University media release: Volunteers who started an experiment feeling neutral about certain faces they saw ended up unknowingly adopting the feelings that scientists induced via an MRI feedback… Read more »

Nondrug approaches effective for treatment of common pain conditions, review suggests

From the NIH/National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health media release: Data from a review of U.S.-based clinical trials published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggest that some of the most… Read more »

Gastrointestinal disorders involve both brain-to-gut and gut-to-brain pathways

From the Wiley media release: New research indicates that in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or indigestion, there is a distinct brain-to-gut pathway, where psychological symptoms begin first, and… Read more »

Simple Numbers Game Seems to Make Kids Better at Math

From the Johns Hopkins University media release: Although math skills are considered notoriously hard to improve, Johns Hopkins University researchers boosted kindergarteners’ arithmetic performance simply by exercising their intuitive number sense… Read more »

Body image strongly linked to overall life satisfaction

From the Chapman University media release: Chapman University has just published the results of a national study on the factors linked to satisfaction with appearance and weight. In a survey of… Read more »

One-third of global burden of mental illness occurs in China and India, experts highlight need for action

From the The Lancet media release: A third of the global burden of disease for mental, neurological and substance use disorders occurs in India and China — more than in all… Read more »

Children with ADHD may benefit from following healthy behaviors, new study suggests

From the American University media release: A new study shows that children with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) follow fewer healthy lifestyle behaviors than non-ADHD youth, suggesting that they… Read more »