Thanks to a critical fibre connection in the brain (green), four-year-old kids can start to understand what other people think. Courtesy of Max Planck Institute.
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A remarkable milestone occurs in children around their fourth birthdays: They learn that other people can have different thoughts than they do. A recent study is the first to examine the specific brain changes associated with this developmental breakthrough.
The new study specifically explored the brain changes that occur when a child is able to recognize that another person believes something that the child knows is false. O…
Thanks to a critical fibre connection in the brain (green), four-year-old kids can start to understand what other people think. Courtesy of Max Planck Institute.
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A remarkable milestone occurs in children around their fourth birthdays: They learn that other people can have different thoughts than they do. A recent study is the first to examine the specific brain changes associated with this developmental breakthrough.
The new study specifically explored the brain changes that occur when a child is able to recognize that another person believes something that the child knows is false. O…
Empathy is defined as the ability to understand the feelings, emotions, and perspective of another person. Empathy is critical for healthy social interactions, and impairments in empathy contribute to disorders of social interaction such as autism and psychopathy.
Women score higher on tests of empathy than men, leading researchers to examine a potential role for the male sex hormone testosterone in controlling empathy. However, more recent studies have begun to explore the “dual hormone” hypothesis, that posits that testosterone interacts with the stress hormone cortisol to regulate social behaviours such as empathy.
A 2010 study by Jack van Honk and colleagues investigated the effects of acute testosterone administration on cognitive empathy in female volunteers. The study participants were administered either a placebo or a 0.5 mg dose of <a href="http://brainblogger.com/…
Empathy is defined as the ability to understand the feelings, emotions, and perspective of another person. Empathy is critical for healthy social interactions, and impairments in empathy contribute to disorders of social interaction such as autism and psychopathy.
Women score higher on tests of empathy than men, leading researchers to examine a potential role for the male sex hormone testosterone in controlling empathy. However, more recent studies have begun to explore the “dual hormone” hypothesis, that posits that testosterone interacts with the stress hormone cortisol to regulate social behaviours such as empathy.
A 2010 study by Jack van Honk and colleagues investigated the effects of acute testosterone administration on cognitive empathy in female volunteers. The study participants were administered either a placebo or a 0.5 mg dose of <a href="http://brainblogger.com/…
According to a new study in JAMA Neurology, U.S. military service members who endured a mild concussion after blast injury while deployed may continue to experience mental health symptoms as well as decreases in quality of life for at least five years after their injury. This prospective, longitudinal study enrolled active-duty US military after concussive
According to a new study in JAMA Neurology, U.S. military service members who endured a mild concussion after blast injury while deployed may continue to experience mental health symptoms as well as decreases in quality of life for at least five years after their injury. This prospective, longitudinal study enrolled active-duty US military after concussive
Prevention recently featured some great brain workouts from Dr. Green’s book “Brainpower Game Plan.” Try them out for yourself, or share them with your TBH Toolkit class!
Click HERE to retrieve a printable version of these brain workouts.
Prevention recently featured some great brain workouts from Dr. Green’s book “Brainpower Game Plan.” Try them out for yourself, or share them with your TBH Toolkit class!
Click HERE to retrieve a printable version of these brain workouts.
Motor neurons are the nerve cells in the body responsible for controlling movement. A number of diseases are caused by damage to motor neurons, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). In order to treat these diseases, scientists are developing methods to generate new, healthy motor neurons from stem cells. A recent study has elucidated the cellular mechanisms that control the motor neuron differentiation, paving the way for new treatments for motor neuron diseases.
Each time we voluntarily move an arm or leg, or when our lungs involuntarily expand and contract, signals from the brain are sent along a chain to the spinal cord, where motor neuron cell bodies reside. These motor neurons terminate in muscle cells, where they transmit the nerve impulses in order to produce muscle contractions. In ALS, there is a progressive destruction of motor neurons due to either a genetic defect or an unknown environmental trigger. Motor neuron dam…
Motor neurons are the nerve cells in the body responsible for controlling movement. A number of diseases are caused by damage to motor neurons, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). In order to treat these diseases, scientists are developing methods to generate new, healthy motor neurons from stem cells. A recent study has elucidated the cellular mechanisms that control the motor neuron differentiation, paving the way for new treatments for motor neuron diseases.
Each time we voluntarily move an arm or leg, or when our lungs involuntarily expand and contract, signals from the brain are sent along a chain to the spinal cord, where motor neuron cell bodies reside. These motor neurons terminate in muscle cells, where they transmit the nerve impulses in order to produce muscle contractions. In ALS, there is a progressive destruction of motor neurons due to either a genetic defect or an unknown environmental trigger. Motor neuron dam…
by Women’s Brain Health Initiative: No matter at what age, we have all experienced a sense of isolation and the sinking feeling of loneliness – whether you were not invited to go out with work colleagues for drinks, or you……
by Women’s Brain Health Initiative: No matter at what age, we have all experienced a sense of isolation and the sinking feeling of loneliness – whether you were not invited to go out with work colleagues for drinks, or you……
