Psychology Around the Net: July 27, 2019
This week’s Psychology Around the Net brings you a new breakthrough on music therapy, Oregon’s new law surrounding students and mental health days, the psychological effects of watching television, and more!
Brains Work in Sync During Music Therapy: New research out of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) demonstrates that, during a music therapy session, the brains of the patient and the therapist become synchronised (say what?!). The study used a procedure called “hyperscanning,” which records the activity of two brains (at the same time). This is the first time researchers have been able to demonstrat...
Source: World of Psychology - July 27, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Psychology Around the Net Adhd goals Governor Kate Brown mental health days Music Therapy purpose students Success Teenagers Television Work Source Type: blogs
Breaking the Stigma Together with Best-in-Class Resources
Psych Hub was founded on the belief that we can create a movement in the mental health space through education. That is why we are excited to not only partner with Psych Central, but to announce a truly integrated initiative that provides people with the resources they need for themselves, a loved one, or a patient. As of today, Psych Central will have direct access to the over 100 videos in the Psych Hub library. Not only can you now read about symptoms or treatment options, but you will be able to watch associated videos to enhance your learning experience.
I have always been a huge fan of Psych Central. They provide tr...
Source: World of Psychology - July 25, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marjorie Morrison, LMFT Tags: General Stigma Online Resources Online Support Community Source Type: blogs
How to address privacy, ethical and regulatory issues: Examples in cognitive enhancement, depression and ADHD
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How to address privacy, ethical and regulatory issues: Examples in cognitive enhancement, depression and ADHD from SharpBrains
We hope you enjoy this slidedeck supporting a great session at the 2019 SharpBrains Virtual Summit: The Future of Brain Health (March 7–9th). Full recordings are available for purchase here.
1–2.30pm. How to address privacy, ethical and regulatory issues: Examples in cognitive enhancement, depression and ADHD
Dr. Karen Rommelfanger, Director of the Neuroethics Program at Emory University
Dr. Anna Wexler, Assistant Professor at the Perelman School of Me...
Source: SharpBrains - July 23, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology adhd Akili Interactive Labs Blue Heron cognitive-enhancement depression Emory-University ethics Neuroethics privacy UPenn Source Type: blogs
Breakfast cereal: a memoir
As awful for health as they are, having played such a huge role in childhood breakfasts, thoughts of breakfast cereals still conjure up a host of memories.
Deep within the haze of my childhood memories, buried beneath recollections of nerdy high school days, a marriage gone sour, and a brother-in-law midlife crisis involving duct tape, three members of the local PTA, and a VW bus, are images of the mornings I sat with my two sisters at our kitchen table in suburban New Jersey, each of us slurping a bowl of Trix, Lucky Charms, or Fruit Loops cereal, still recovering from a late night of Bewitched and Mission Impossible.
We ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 18, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Breakfast cereal grain-free wheat belly Source Type: blogs
Limitless evidenceless trend: The growth of nootropic supplements
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The all-too-understandable urge to buy a better brain (Vox):
“… unfortunately, Bradley Cooper is partly to blame for the boom of the edible brain-improvement industry.
In 2011, he starred in Limitless, a movie about a man who takes a special pill and becomes smarter and more capable than anyone else on Earth. I’m joking about the cultural significance of this movie, but I’m also not. It was a wild card and an unexpected hit, and it mainstreamed an idea that had already been taking hold among Silicon Valley biohackers and human optimization zealots. (TechCrunch called the prescription-only narcolepsy medicat...
Source: SharpBrains - July 9, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness brain brain health Brain-Fitness brain-improvement brain-improvement industry dietary supplements Limitless mental-fitness modafinil nootropics Source Type: blogs
How Teens and Young Adults with ADHD Can Thrive
When Grace Friedman was diagnosed with ADHD at 12 years old, she didn’t know much about it. What she did know was that it was hard to make friends, her emotions seemed to be “on steroids,” and focusing on homework and in class felt impossible.
It also was difficult to accept that her brain and body worked differently than the average student’s. It was frustrating that she had to work harder on every assignment, staying up later and later just to finish a few math problems.
Friedman was convinced that because of these differences, she wouldn’t be able to succeed. She feared she’d “never be good enough, smart e...
Source: World of Psychology - July 6, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: ADHD and ADD Books Children and Teens College Disorders General Habits Motivation and Inspiration Self-Esteem Self-Help Stress Students Success & Achievement attention Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Self Care self Source Type: blogs
Kids Need to Get Outside
Those of us who are grandparenting age remember a time when it was unusual for a kid to know what the interior of their home looked like during day light. When we got home from school, we changed into “play clothes”, had a little snack and were sent outside until dinner time. Short of a Nor’easter or hurricane, weather didn’t matter. We were expected to dress for it and get out there — out from under our mother’s feet. When summer rolled around, we were outside from after breakfast to sundown.
We ran and jump-roped and hop scotched in summer and built snow forts in winter. We built playhouses out of whateve...
Source: World of Psychology - June 30, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marie Hartwell-Walker, Ed.D. Tags: Children and Teens Exercise & Fitness Childhood Obesity Screen Time Summer Vacation Video Games Source Type: blogs
Digital Health Technologies Bring Change To The World Of Autism
People living with autism
are sensitive to the social world and the environment in general. They could
experience great difficulties in social situations, have anxieties, fears,
phobias, or sensory sensitivities. On the other hand, they could be on good
terms with technologies: social stories apps can navigate them in difficult
situations, virtual and augmented reality can offer a safe space for them to
exercise, and artificial intelligence helps in early detection. We scoured the
ground carefully and hereby present you the intersections of autism and digital
health.
Raymond
Babbitt’s heritage and the chronicles of a...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 20, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine AI app AR artificial intelligence autism digital digital health digital technology games genetics health app health apps Innovation virtual reality VR Source Type: blogs
Do You Feel Others Don ’t Understand You? Explain Adult ADHD
Part of #ExplainAdultADHD. A campaign to reduce the ignorance, misinformation, and stigma against adults with ADHD.
Do You Feel Others Don’t Understand You?
“Do I feel others don’t understand me? Yes and no. In this instance I’ll talk about the workplace because it is where I excel and thrive, so have no issue introducing it into the conversation with someone I’m likely to be working with for a while; puts me in context from the outset and let’s them know what they’re dealing with.
Being one of the extremely talkative ADHDer’s (that has a love of verbal and written lang...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - June 12, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: Explain Adult ADHD To Non-ADHD Adults Source Type: blogs
Do You Feel Others Don ’t Understand You? Explain Adult ADHD
Part of #ExplainAdultADHD. A campaign to reduce the ignorance, misinformation, and stigma against adults with ADHD.
Do You Feel Others Donâ€t Understand You?
“Do I feel others don’t understand me? Yes and no. In this instance, I’ll talk about the workplace because it is where I excel and thrive, so have no issue introducing it into the conversation with someone I’m likely to be working with for a while; puts me in context from the outset and lets them know what they’re dealing with.
Being one of the extremely talkative ADHDer’s (that has a love of verbal and written lang...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - June 12, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: Explain Adult ADHD To Non-ADHD Adults Source Type: blogs
How To Teach Kids (Digital) Health Literacy?
In a world of social companion robots, chatbots, or artificial
intelligence buddies, adults have the responsibility to teach kids well how to
live a healthy life with the available technologies, how to balance between the
online and the offline world, how to keep their mental stability in the face of
innovations. As it’s an awfully difficult job, we collected examples where
digital health technology could help and in which areas should analog methods
prevail.
The land where kindergarteners play with the texture
of raspberry
When was the last time you paid attention to the
crunching sounds while eating a raw carrot...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 11, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers apps children cognitive health digital health digital literacy eating fitness health apps health literacy healthy eating healthy lifestyle Innovation kids mental health physical Source Type: blogs
Gluteomorphin: The opiate in your food
Yes: there are opiates that derive from various food proteins that exert peculiar effects on the human brain. The worst? The opiates that come from the gliadin protein of wheat and related grains.
Opiate receptor researchers at the National Institutes of Health originally coined the term “gluteomorphin” nearly 40 years ago when it was determined that the gliadin protein of wheat undergoes partial digestion (since humans lack the digestive enzymes to fully digest proline-rich amino acid sequences in proteins from seeds of grasses) to yield peptides that are 4- to 5-amino acids long. Some of these peptides were ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 10, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Opioids addictive binge eating bulimia eating disorders Gliadin opiates wheat belly Source Type: blogs
5-Minute Activities to Help You Feel Calmer and More Fulfilled
Sometimes, in order to feel calmer and more fulfilled, we need to make significant, sweeping changes. We need to change jobs or end a toxic relationship. Sometimes, we need to turn to professional support. We need to go to therapy to confront the heavy grief we’ve been avoiding, or work with an ADHD coach to accomplish a professional dream.
But often small activities are important, too. Because often it doesn’t take much to boost our mood, diminish our stress levels, and spark our satisfaction. The great thing about small activities is that we can easily incorporate them into our already full lives. We can practice the...
Source: World of Psychology - June 2, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Books Creativity General Habits Happiness Mental Health and Wellness Parenting Self-Help Stress Breathing Exercise Meditation mindful walking Relaxation stress reduction Source Type: blogs
Working 9 to 5? Not me
There’s often an implication in social media comments on some of my updates that somehow my work ethic must be deficient because I don’t, apparently, adhere to the early starts, late finishes, working weekends, and checking in at the office even when on holiday, that some workers are inclined to do. Why should I? I’m self employed, I have parallel contracts (multiple bosses), but either work piecemeal or as work-for-hire, so that I can do the requisite work in my own time and pace and be paid the same, usually per job or per word. What could be better?
There are, of course, people who get more done and ha...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - June 2, 2019 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Sciencebase Source Type: blogs
