Cooperating in large groups is a signature accomplishment of the human brain: among similar species, we are remarkably good at working together and negotiating our differences.
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New techniques are letting researchers look at the activity of the whole brain at once. Most brain areas multitask, and the brain is dynamic. It can respond differently to the same events in different times and circumstances. Delete the scoop?
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Study shows post-traumatic stress disorder in individuals with a history of childhood abuse is distinct from PTSD related to other causes. Via Gina Stepp 
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Some people develop PTSD as a result of experiences in adulthood. But PTSD is different when it's the result of trauma that occurred during important periods for brain development during childhood. That said, other studies indicate that soldiers are more likely to succumb to PTSD (due to lower stores of resilience) if they have also suffered childhood abuse. Delete the scoop?
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Although there is no magic wand to wave and dispel chronic anxiety, we can do our best to avoid habits that make anxiety worse. By continuing with habits that create or perpetuate anxiety, we cannot hope to ever be free from the symptoms.
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Scientists from King's College London have identified patterns of epigenetic changes involved in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by studying genetically identical twins who differ in autism traits.
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A new study suggests mindfulness meditation can help us overcome the "bystander effect.
In the study, Paul Condon and Dave DeSteno of Northeastern University and Gaelle Desbordes of Massachusetts General Hospital assigned people with little or no meditation experience to one of two eight-week meditation classes, or put them on a wait list for a class. One class was a mindfulness meditation class geared toward focusing and calming the mind. The other covered similar terrain but also discussed compassion and suffering.
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Today you can feel calm, collected, and in control of your emotions. These 5 tips will help.
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Rats that are socially isolated during a critical period of adolescence are more vulnerable to addiction to amphetamine and alcohol, found researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. Via Gina Stepp
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Dwelling on negative events can increase levels of inflammation in the body, a new Ohio University study finds. Via Gina Stepp
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Five major mental disorders share some of the same genetic risk factors, the largest genome-wide study of its kind has found.
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We are disturbed by the Ohio Kidnapping Case because it not only traumatizes, it inflicts moral injury. It transgresses our moral beliefs.Coping guides offered Delete the scoop?
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When Amy Chua’s book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother came out in 2011, it sparked controversy among many people but especially psychologists and experts in child development. Delete the scoop?
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Bad marriages = double the risk of depression compared to good marriages over a ten year period, and significantly worse than being single. Delete the scoop?
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By Kelly Murray, CNN The Science Seat
CNN: Tell us more about the origins of empathy.
De Waal: We think that the origin of empathy, in the mammals at least, has to do with maternal care. So a female, whether you’re a mouse or an elephant, you need to pay attention to your offspring, you need to react to their emotions when they’re cold, or in danger, or hungry, and that’s where we think the sensitivity to others’ emotions come from.
That also explains why empathy is more developed in females than males, which is true in many animals, and it’s true for humans, and it explains the role of oxytocin. Oxytocin is a maternal hormone. If you spray oxytocin into the nostrils of men and women, you get more empathic (empathetic) reactions from them, and so the general thinking about empathy is that it started in the mammals with maternal care, and then from there it spread to other relationships. So men can definitely have empathy, but they on average have a little bit less of it than women.
CNN: By empathy, you mean that they feel each others’ pain?
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Research suggests that mental illnesses lie along a spectrum — but the field's latest diagnostic manual still splits them apart.
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NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest nonprofit, grassroots mental health education, advocacy and support organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness,... Delete the scoop?
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Today, thanks to better early detection, there are 63% fewer deaths from heart disease than there were just a few decades ago. Delete the scoop?
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Chronic negative emotions in response to daily stressors can take a toll on long-term mental health, say researchers. Via Gina Stepp
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Study finds even sleeping babies are not oblivious to parent conflict, and exposure may influence the way babies’ brains process emotion and stress. Delete the scoop?
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Affectionate, less controlling mothers have strongest relationships with their children, says research from the University of Missouri.
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Sometimes having a well thought out No Dumping policy (and action plan) is best for family get-togethers, especially at holiday time.
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