Psychology
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Virtual reality Tube ride reveals extent of public paranoia
The research, funded by the Wellcome Trust, demonstrates that suspicious or paranoid thoughts are much more common in the general population than was previously thought and that they are almost as common as anxiety and depression.
Friday, March 07, 2008
emWave Personal Stress Reliever: A New Standard in Psychotherapy Practices
HeartMath’s innovative emWave Personal Stress Reliever® (PSR) is becoming the stress intervention tool of choice in the field of psychotherapy. The emWave PSR, based on over 17 years of peer-reviewed research, puts the functionality of computer-based feedback devices into the palm of one’s hand. It is a convenient tool to help people reduce stress and increase vitality, mental clarity and emotional balance. HeartMath® will be showcasing their mobile emWave PSR technology at the upcoming Psychotherapy Networker Conference in Washington, DC, March 13 through March 16.
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Sunday, February 24, 2008
Grape expectations - what wine can tell us about the nature of reality
Scientists and Cal Tech and Stanford recently published the results of a peculiar wine tasting. They provided people with cabernet sauvignons at various price points, with bottles ranging from $5 to $90. Although the tasters were told that all the wines were different, the scientists were in fact presenting the same wines at different prices. The subjects consistently reported that the more expensive wines tasted better, even when they were actually identical to cheaper wines.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Misreading the mind
If neuroscientists want to understand the mystery of consciousness, they’ll need new methods.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
For women, marital distress means less relief from stress
That’s the suggestion from a new UCLA study that tracked levels of cortisol, a key stress hormone, among 30 Los Angeles married couples involved in one of our age’s trickiest juggling acts — raising kids when both parents work full time.
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Friday, December 28, 2007
Empathy: Could It Be What You’re Missing?
A Washington Psychotherapist Suggests How to Tell . . . and How to Treat the Symptoms
Brain • Emotions • Psychology • Relationships • (0) Comments • Permalink
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
New Study Raises Concerns about Current Test-Taking Requirements
There’s no doubt that today students are under intense pressure to perform academically, but at what cost? The Institute of HeartMath and Claremont Graduate University released a new study that depicts the high levels of anxiety students are shouldering due to the pressure to excel intellectually. Nearly two-thirds of the high school students who participated in the study reported being affected by test anxiety. The study underscores the detrimental impact of test anxiety on academic performance. Based on their findings, researchers say that students’ high levels of anxiety may jeopardize NCLB assessment validity and could be compromising testing results.
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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.
Cardiovascular Health • Emotions • Mood • Psychology • Relationships • Technology • (0) Comments • Permalink
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Who’s Minding the Mind?
New studies have found that people tidy up more thoroughly when there’s a faint tang of cleaning liquid in the air; they become more competitive if there’s a briefcase in sight, or more cooperative if they glimpse words like “dependable” and “support” — all without being aware of the change, or what prompted it. Psychologists say that “priming” people in this way is not some form of hypnotism, or even subliminal seduction; rather, it’s a demonstration of how everyday sights, smells and sounds can selectively activate goals or motives that people already have.
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Monday, July 30, 2007
American Institute of Stress Honors HeartMath’s emWave Personal Stress Reliever
HeartMath® is honored to have their handheld emWave Personal Stress Reliever® technology be the first recipient of the American Institute of Stress Award for Distinction and Innovation. This award is granted to products and services that have been formally evaluated and validated by the American Institute of Stress.
Emotions • Happiness • Heart Rate Variability • HeartMath • Productivity/Performance • Psychology • Stress • Technology • (0) Comments • Permalink
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Biofeedback Reinvented - New Discoveries Show that the Heart Pulses Messages that Reveal Feelings
HeartMath essentially reinvented biofeedback in 1999 when they introduced the first affordable consumer stress-reduction product using their patented heart rhythm feedback. Their focus on heart rhythm feedback provided a refreshing departure from conventional biofeedback practices, and has since been adopted by more than ten thousand health professionals worldwide as an effective and invaluable tool for patients suffering from stress-related issues. Internationally respected for their research-based stress solutions, HeartMath peer-reviewed studies have demonstrated the critical link between emotions, heart function, and cognitive performance.
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Saturday, May 05, 2007
Doing good can make you feel good
There’s a new incentive to doing good things for others: It makes you happier, according to a new study. The more people participated in meaningful activities, the happier they were and the more purposeful their lives felt. Pleasure-seeking behaviors, on the other hand, did not make people happier.
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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Saturday, April 21, 2007
Listen to your heart: Researchers discover a physiological indicator of vulnerability to temptation
The funny thing about being vulnerable to saying, eating, or doing the wrong thing is that humans are typically unaware that they are in a moment of weakness, unlike the strain and fatigue we feel in our muscles after a workout. Fortunately, new research suggests that there may be a biological indicator to tell us when we are working hard at resisting temptation and consequently when we are vulnerable to doing things contrary to our intentions. A measure of cardiac regulation called “heart rate variability” (HRV) appears to be linked to self regulation.
Heart Rate Variability • Productivity/Performance • Psychology • Stress • (0) Comments • Permalink
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.
Aging • Mood • Psychology • Stress • (0) Comments • Permalink