People have been trying to achieve heightened states of meditation for millennia, a part of cults present in many religions. But, with Buddhism, meditation is the centerpiece, and some practitioners can reach amazing results, which have been recently also demonstrated scientifically, in a recent issue of the Associat... |
28 April 2009
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Stanford University researchers have recently demonstrated in two scientific studies, published in the journals Nature and Science, that neurons in each brain need to follow a specific pattern, in order to function at peak capacity without wearing their “user” out. Precisely tuning the oscillations of bra... |
27 April 2009
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Women suffering from severe mental illnesses are more likely to have suffered abuse in their early years of life, as opposed to the general population, during childhood or as teens, a new research presented by experts at King's College London Institute of Psychiatry shows. Published in the April issue of the Bri... |
1 April 2009
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The human brain constantly evolves throughout people's lives, but some of its abilities, a new study shows, seem to peak at the age of 22, and then to slowly decline at around 27. Among the skills that are affected after that age are the capabilities to detect relationships between seemingly-unrelated things, to... |
20 March 2009
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According to new scientific research, it's not various mental conditions that affect our sleep and make people tired all the time, but vice versa. That is to say, too little sleep or agitated rest can easily trigger “malfunctions” as far as brain health goes, and may open the way to the development o... |
19 February 2009
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Paranoia is a mental disorder that makes people suffering from it believe that everyone else is out to get them. Patients suffer from hallucinations and they believe that those around them are always following or spying on them. Therefore, they create an alternate reality of sorts, in that they distance themselves fr... |
13 November 2008
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