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The truth embodied in this inconsequential tale is so huge, yet so obvious, that it can be hard to see how weird it is. How can happiness be influenced by things we don't have, were never going to have and [...]

Brain Ultrasound Can Elevate Mood | Psych Central News.

A new study from the Australia Institute indicates that the nation's workers are more stressed than ever before.Workers are losing sleep over their jobs, and while they are spending more time at their desks, workplace productivity has not increased. Well, [...]

A small pilot study shows for the first time that changes in diet, exercise, stress management and social support may result in longer telomeres, the parts of chromosomes that affect aging. It is the first controlled trial to show that [...]

For thousands of years, humans have understood breathing has a powerful influence over our physiological and psychological wellbeing. But many people still find it difficult to understand the link between breathing and its impact on our body's physiology and stress [...]

A backlash against pop neuroscience is now in full swing. The latest, and most cutting, critique yet is “Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience,” by Sally Satel and Scott Lilienfeld. The book, which slams dozens of inconclusive studies that [...]

Brains are in demand. Once the largely exclusive province of neuroscientists and neurologists, the brain has now entered the popular mainstream. As a newly minted cultural artifact, the brain is portrayed in paintings, sculptures, and tapestries and put on display [...]

A study from Harvard Medical School researchers shows that the risk of having a heart attack is significantly higher following an outburst of anger — the more intense the outburst, the higher the risk.The most intense angry outbursts—those that qualify as [...]

“There was something undetermined. It was before the birth of Heaven and Earth. That something was plunged into an immense silence and it was a measureless void. It exists by itself and is preserved without change. It can be considered the [...]