Psychology
Psychiatrist Szabolcs Kéri of Semmelweis University in Hungary looked into an urban legend about the link between creativity and mental illness and says there may be something to it. He focused his research on neuregulin 1, a gene that normally plays a role in a variety of brain processes, including development and strengthening communication between neurons. However, a variant of this gene (or genotype) is associated with a greater risk of developing mental disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
The mad genius is nothing new. Vincent van Gogh cut off…
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Let us take an Observer (O) who is sitting on a chair and in front of him is a table, upon which sits an apple. Now, if (O) decides to pick up the people, we can say that his ‘Mind’, his ‘Self’, his ‘Consciousness or his ‘I’ decided to pick up the apple and he acted upon his desire.
Next, let us say that Observer picked up the apple without thinking about it. In other words, he did not think about it or visualize the act in any way. What happened, was that his hand simply moved and picked up the apple. What can we say here? Well, the first question to ask here is this: ‘who’ exactly ‘decided…
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My eyes open, and as usual, I don’t feel like getting up. I’m still sleepy, feeling lazy and bored to do anything. But I’ve got to get up, because I have something called work. And work gets my rent paid and gives me food to stay alive.
So, these are serious enough reasons, I think, to go to work, and that means that I’ve got to get out of bed.
I think of what clothes to put on.
Does this match with this? Is this too formal? Is this too casual? Is this piece in mode, or out of mode? Did I wear this yesterday – can’t be seen wearing the same piece of clothing two days in a row!? What will…
Global warming may not be a hot button topic these days because other threats, like unemployment, terrorist attacks or death panels, are getting the media attention, says University of Colorado at Boulder psychology Professor Leaf Van Boven.
That makes sense. Media needs to sell media and some hype doesn't hurt. People tend to view their recent emotions, such as their perceptions of threats or risks, as more intense and important than their previous emotions. In one part of the study focusing on terrorist threats and using materials adapted from the U.S. Department…
These are uncertain and often frightening times for many people. While none of my clients have thus far suffered any major emotional setbacks, the holidays are quickly approaching and I expect to see more depression and anxiety. Since money is very tight and many have lost their homes and/or jobs, while others now have extended family living with them, this holiday season will be more of a challenge than most of us are comfortable dealing with.
How will you cope with the upcoming season?
Here are a few tips to inspire further thought and planning:
Make a budget and stick to it…
How can Sperry maintain that his view is a form of mentalism but not dualism? How can he be a mind - brain interactionist and still claim to be a monist?
Over one third of American pre-schoolers live in homes where the television is on most of the time, even if no one's watching, and a new study says the effect of background TV on interactions between parents and young children is definitely negative.
The researchers studied about 50 1-, 2-, and 3-year-olds, each of whom was with one parent, at a university child study center. Half of the one-hour session, parents and children were in a playroom without TV; in the other half-hour, parents chose an adult-directed program to watch , like Jeopardy. The researchers observed how often…
"It is proposed that happiness be classified as a psychiatric disorder and be included in future editions of the major diagnostic manuals under the new name: major affective disorder, pleasant type. In a review of the relevant literature it is shown that happiness is statistically abnormal, consists of a discrete cluster of symptoms, is associated with a range of cognitive abnormalities, and probably reflects the abnormal functioning of the central nervous system. One possible objection to this proposal remains--that happiness is not negatively valued. However, this objection is dismissed as…
People with depression and anxiety are the heaviest smokers in the country but their doctors and mental health specialists don't ask them to quit due to concern that if they try to quit smoking their mental disorders will get worse.
Between 40 to 80 percent of people with mental illness are daily smokers, depending on the disorder, compared to less than 20 percent of people who don't have problems with mental illness, according to research. The mentally ill also smoke more cigarettes per day -- often up to two packs. They have a disproportionately high rate of tobacco-related disease…
You've heard the saying that money won't buy happiness; of course, that is true though some of it is also sweet lemons rationalization.
So why is it that so many special interest groups insist they need more money or special treatment in order to be happy?
Professor Mariano Rojas from Mexico's Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales agrees and says that public policy programs aiming to tackle poverty need to move beyond simply raising people's income - because there's more to quality of life than money.
The reduction of poverty is one of the main…