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Thursday, October 25, 2007
Study Reveals How the Brain Generates the Human Tendency for Optimism
A neural network that may generate the human tendency to be optimistic has been identified by researchers at New York University. As humans, we expect to live longer and be more successful than average, and we underestimate our likelihood of getting a divorce or having cancer. The results, reported in the most recent issue of Nature, link the optimism bias to the same brain regions that show irregularities in depression.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007
St. Jude psychologist says most children with cancer are well-adjusted
Children under treatment for cancer are generally emotionally well-adjusted and no more depressed or anxious than other children their age, according to researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. In studies of depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress and quality of life, children with cancer do as well as, and often better than their healthy peers.
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Thursday, August 30, 2007
His Heart Whirs Anew
Peter Houghton is grateful for his artificial heart. After all, it has saved his life. He’s just a little wistful about emotions. He wishes he could feel them like he used to.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Distress-prone People More Likely To Develop Memory Problems
People who are easily distressed and have more negative emotions are more likely to develop memory problems than more easygoing people, according to a new study. In the study, those who most often experience negative emotions such as depression and anxiety were 40 percent more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment than those who were least prone to negative emotions. Mild cognitive impairment is a transitional stage between normal aging and dementia.
Aging • Anxiety • Brain • Depression • Emotions • Mood • Optimism • Stress • (0) Comments • Permalink
Sunday, April 22, 2007
HeartMath’s emWave Personal Stress Reliever
Our emWave Personal Stress Reliever is on sale until the end of the April for $20.00 off. If you’re interested in realtime stress reduction and peak performance, please take a look at the two-minute demo.
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Thursday, April 05, 2007
Study links propensity toward worry to early death
So what makes a healthy personality? Psychologists have been studying this important question, and at least two of these five traits appear to be directly related to physical well being and longevity: Emotional stability and conscientiousness. More to the point, wellness is linked to changes in these traits over time.
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Saturday, January 20, 2007
The Flavor Of Memories
Two crucial facts that neurologists have come to understand in the past few years about the workings of human memory--facts that have important implications for the treatment of a variety of mental disorders, from post-traumatic stress to obsessive-compulsive disorder. The first is that, despite its movie-like clarity, my memory of J.F.K.’s assassination is almost certainly wrong in some details, and maybe even some significant ones. That’s because I’m not simply calling up the original memory laid down in November 1963. I’m recalling the last time I thought about it. Each time we retrieve and re-store a memory, it can be subtly altered by all sorts of factors. What goes back into our brains is like the new version of a text document, overwriting the old. The second fact: memory and emotion are intimately linked biochemically, with hormones like adrenaline actively involved in forming the neurological patterns we call memories.
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Friday, January 12, 2007
Horse Heart Coherence May Be Key To Non-invasive Stress Detection
A horse’s heart rhythms reflect their emotional state and can respond to the emotional state of a nearby human, according to a pilot study conducted by Alliant International University Professor Ellen Gehrke and the Institute of HeartMath. When in contact, a horse’s heart rate may mirror a human’s emotions, signifying a close unspoken form of communication between man and beast.
Autonomic Nervous System • Heart Rate Variability • HeartMath • Mood • Nature • Psychology • Stress • (0) Comments • Permalink
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Happy Emotions Boost Creativity
Seeing the world “through rose-colored glasses” may not just be a metaphor anymore. Increasing evidence suggests that our mood literally affects the way we visually process information. According to a new study published in this week’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a happy mood may “free our mind” and increase our creative thinking abilities. However, being in a good mood may also make us more distracted. “Having a positive mood affects your attention—it can broaden your visual field, literally,” said Dr. Adam Anderson, assistant professor of psychology at University of Toronto and senior author of the study.
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
It’s a matter of connectivity
Anyone who has experienced a jittery stomach or tension headache needs no further proof of a mind-body connection. It’s not just a mind-body link, however, but connections with other people and even a supreme being that have an impact on mental and physical well-being, University of Chicago researchers are discovering. So far, study results point to the value of connections outside of ourselves. People reporting high satisfaction with their social relationships sleep more soundly, are generally happier and even tend to earn more.
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Thursday, June 22, 2006
emWave Personal Stress Reliever: A Sleek, Compact Portable Device for Reducing Stress Anytim
emWave™ is an entertaining mobile handheld device the size of a cell phone. At only 2.2 ounces, it’s the smallest, lightest personal stress reliever on the market today. emWave users learn how to easily reduce stress—such as anger, frustration, worry, and anxiety—in real-time. HeartMath has earned a global reputation for their 15 years of innovative research on the relationship between stress and emotions. emWave represents a breakthrough in personal stress reduction technology.
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Sunday, June 18, 2006
emWave Personal Stress Reliever
The emWave™ Personal Stress Reliever™ provides advanced mobile technology that will help you reduce the negative effects of stress, allowing you to experience greater health, more energy, and improved emotional and mental clarity.
Developed from the Institute of HeartMath’s 15 years of research on the relationship between the heart, brain, stress and emotions. emWave is both innovative and practical. It enhances your life through it scientifically validated technology, helping you reduce stress and gain a new sense of inner control any time...any where.
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Sunday, May 28, 2006
A cure for Stress?
It started as a hi-tech relaxation technique for burnt-out executives. Now everyone from schoolchildren to sports stars are discovering the seemingly miraculous benefits of HeartMath.
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Study Looks at All the Lonely People
More than a third of adults say they are lonely, especially people in their 40s, a new study shows. U.K. and Australian researchers conducted 30-minute phone interviews with 1,289 adults in the state of Central Queensland, in Australia. They found that 35 percent of the respondents said they were lonely. People aged 50 and older had the lowest levels of loneliness. Levels of loneliness began to rise at age 20 and peaked between the ages of 40 and 49.
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Sunday, March 05, 2006
HeartMath Equals Healing
Most of us have learned that our emotions start in our brains and result in physical changes to match. Conventional wisdom is that when your brain decides you’re happy, neurons fire and send signals to your facial muscles to smile. When your brain thinks you should be sad, other neurons open tear ducts. Recent scientific evidence suggests that this one-way communication starting in our brains and manifesting changes in our bodies is only half of the story. It turns out that bodily changes can result in brain changes.
Autonomic Nervous System • Brain • Cardiovascular Health • HeartMath • Mood • (0) Comments • Permalink