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·February 8, 2023·6 min read

Why PTSD Patients Relive Highly Charged Fear Memories in Sleep

In people with PTSD, during REM sleep norepinephrine and serotonin levels remain high, reducing the brain's ability to inhibit fear-expression neurons through neural rhythms sent between the prefrontal cortex and amygdala. Those with PTSD require higher frequency rhythms to extinguish fear memories. Researchers say unlocking the higher frequencies via therapies could help to restore quality sleep in those with PTSD.

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·February 1, 2023·3 min read

Joy at the Café: Tweets Reveal Where in Cities People Express Different Emotions

Using data from Twitter, researchers were able to determine specific events and locations within cities that were associated with different emotions. Train stations and transportation sites were associated with less joy and more disgust, while hotels and restaurants were linked to a greater expression of joy.

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·January 30, 2023·3 min read

Coercive Control Takes Significant Toll on Children

When it comes to coercive control in parental relationships, the children aren't just passive witnesses. Children exposed to coercive control experience problems with social-emotional and physical development, and broader family functioning outcomes such as strained relationships with their parents or experiencing harsher parenting. Children also often exhibit behavioral and psychological challenges.

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·January 23, 2023·7 min read

Can Reading Help Heal Us and Process Our Emotions, or Is That Just a Story We Tell Ourselves?

Many say reading a good book can help us to process complex emotions, but is that really the case? Researchers investigate how cathartic reading can be.

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·January 23, 2023·8 min read

Origins of Pleasurable Touch Traced From Skin to Brain

Study reveals a skin-to-brain neural circuit that responds to rewarding forms of social touch. Researchers say the findings could provide an avenue for harnessing the power of touch to assist in treating social and emotional disorders.

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·January 19, 2023·6 min read

Why Do We Remember Emotional Events Better Than Non-emotional Ones?

Researchers identified a mechanism within the brain that tags information with emotional association for enhanced memory. High-frequency brain waves in the amygdala and hippocampus are critical for enhancing emotional memories.

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·January 13, 2023·5 min read

Managing Emotions Better Could Prevent Pathological Aging

Better management of negative emotions in older adults may help to limit neurodegeneration.

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·January 12, 2023·4 min read

How to Unlock Your Creativity, Even if You See Yourself as a Conventional Thinker

Whether you realize it or not, creative thinking is something even the most conventional thinkers engage in every day. Researchers say creativity can be enhanced by reinterpreting frustrating situations.

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·January 5, 2023·4 min read

Do the Negative Ways That Others Treat Us Contribute to Later Self-Harm?

Greater amygdala reactivity during the anticipation of social punishment predicted a greater risk of non-suicidal self-harm one year later in adolescents.

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·December 21, 2022·5 min read

Child Body Weight Has Limited Effects on Mood and Behavioral Disorders

Despite common belief, a new study reveals a child's body weight has little impact on mood or behavioral disorders.

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·December 5, 2022·2 min read

Can a Playlist Be Your Therapist? Balancing Emotions Through Music

A new musical app takes listeners on an emotional "rollercoaster ride", leaving them in a more positive emotional and focused state than when they first started listening to the soundtrack.

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·November 26, 2022·6 min read

Why Certain Types of Music Make Our Brains Sing, and Others Don’t

Music can induce a range of emotions and help us to better understand different cultures. But what is it that makes us tune in to some songs more than others? Researchers say when we listen to a song, our brains predict what happens next, and that prediction dictates whether we like that song or not.

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Why PTSD Patients Relive Highly Charged Fear Memories in Sleep

Can Reading Help Heal Us and Process Our Emotions, or Is That Just a Story We Tell Ourselves?

Why Do We Remember Emotional Events Better Than Non-emotional Ones?

Managing Emotions Better Could Prevent Pathological Aging

How to Unlock Your Creativity, Even if You See Yourself as a Conventional Thinker

Child Body Weight Has Limited Effects on Mood and Behavioral Disorders

Can a Playlist Be Your Therapist? Balancing Emotions Through Music

Why Certain Types of Music Make Our Brains Sing, and Others Don’t

Brain Cells Use Muscle-Like Signals to Strengthen Learning and Memory

Ketogenic Diet May Stabilize Mood in Young People with Bipolar

How CBD Modulates THC’s Impact on the Brain

Sleep Strengthens Emotionally Charged Memories During Non-REM Phase

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