Some people find it more difficult to focus on certain tasks as they get older. But even though distractions can be frustrating, they may not be as bad as you think. There may actually be some benefits to reduced focus, especially in people over 50, researchers at the University of Toronto and Harvard University suggest.…
Category: Psychology
How Anger And Guilt Influence Unethical Behavior
Angry employees are more likely to do unethical things at work, even if work isn’t what they’re angry about, a new study suggests. The finding underscores how important it is for supervisors to pay attention to employees’ emotions — especially when the emotion is anger. Meanwhile, when employees are feeling guilty, they are far less…
Brains Of Boys, Girls Altered By PTSD Differently
The brains of adolescent boys and girls are affected differently by traumatic stress, a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine suggests. Among young people with post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers discovered structural differences between the sexes in one part of the insula, a brain region that detects cues from the body and processes…
Contextual Fear Memory Protein Synthesis Located In The Prelimbic Cortex
While the romantic idea of memories being akin to spirits may have poetic resonance, the scientists’ viewpoint is that memories are concrete, electrophysical entities that can be visualized within various regions of the brain. Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have now for the first time identified a sub-region in…
GABA Disinhibition Shows Promise For Depression Treatment
Drugs that target the neurotransmitter GABA could serve as rapidly acting and more effective antidepressants, suggest new tests in mice. Research team leader Bernhard Lüscher, professor of biology and of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State, said: “GABA is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain—it acts as the ‘brakes’ of neural activity—and its…
Structural Deficits Linked To Cognitive Difficulties In Bipolar Disorder
Reduced functional activation is linked to reduced cortical thickness in the brains of patients with bipolar disorder, a new study reports. The research, using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), found the abnormalities in patients not currently experiencing depression or mania, which suggests that there is a structural basis for altered neural processing that may help explain…
A Dynamic Framework For Mind-wandering As Spontaneous Thought
A new framework for understanding how thoughts flow, even at rest has been proposed by a team at the University of British Columbia. The authors say that their new framework could help better understand the stream of consciousness of patients diagnosed with mental illnesses like depression, anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Lead author…
How To Overcome Exam Anxiety – Tips For Students
Do you feel like your mind freezes during exams? Do you find yourself thinking, “I really can’t do this”? Does your heart race fast, or do you find it hard to breathe during exams? Most people feel anxious when taking an exam, but research shows that some people are more likely to suffer from exam…
Enhance Your Intuition With These 7 Tips
Why do some of us seem to have better intuition than others? Perhaps you believe that you lack intuition all together. But that’s just part of the story. Your mind is constantly giving you feedback. It’s just that you are not receiving the message. And even if you are getting those messages, you could be…