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Science Spinning: How playing music and video games can help slow brain ageing – new study. Professor Augustin Ibanez, Global Brain Health Institute at TCD, and one of the co-authors of the study

Science Spinning An Irish spin on science by the award-winning journalist, Seán Duke Ageing, dementia, Neuroscience, The Irish Independent How playing music and video games can help slow brain ageing – new study Date: October 3, 2025Author: seanduke0 Comments Researchers in Ireland involved in work on brain … Continue reading

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UCHealth: Expert panel: All adult should be screened for anxiety …. universal anxiety screening. Recommend this highly

Expert panel: All adults should be screened for anxiety. How to know if you have anxiety. By: Katie Kerwin McCrimmon, UCHealth  Aug. 15, 2025 A panel of influential national health experts recommends anxiety screenings for all U.S. adults, and a Colorado … Continue reading

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Monday anxiety is very real – and we now have the biological proof

Mental Health Monday anxiety is very real – and we now have the biological proof By Bronwyn Thompson July 13, 2025 Mondays leave a distinct stress-response mark on your body, new research finds Depositphotos For the first time, scientists have found … Continue reading

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Mindfulness exercises paired with music were found to engage both neural and cardiac systems, potentially reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression. Quote: Allsop is an artist, neuroscientist, and psychiatrist who researches social cognition, music mindfulness, and psychedelics. He is principal investigator at the AZA Lab at Yale School of Medicine.

Summary: Mindfulness exercises paired with music were found to engage both neural and cardiac systems, potentially reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression. A recent study showed that live and virtual music mindfulness sessions lowered stress and altered states of consciousness, though … Continue reading

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Quora: Is a high IQ sometimes a handicap? Comment: IQ is constantly being used since the U.S. election. Barron Trump has an intelligence of 170. But is Government all about the intelligence of the elite?

Mathew Adair ·  Follow M.E. in Systems Engineer, Pennsylvania State University Updated 4y 5th February 2025 Is a high IQ sometimes a handicap? I have IQ in 140’s. The answer is a definite yes. Studies show the higher your IQ, the higher risks for mental … Continue reading

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Visual Silence: Exploring Aphantasia. Comment: it took decades post TBI for me to understand the loss! You are operating in the “now” but you cannot imagine or visualise as you once did. The change becomes the issuse and it is mingled in with deafness in one ear, olfactory sense of smell gone, brocas you can understand the situation but you can’t find the words to express … etc. You realise the 1990’s consultant neurologists knew so very little. There was one neuropsychologist and she assessed losses but again it is decades of change, with real change happening now.

Aphantasics are unlikely to have involuntary visualisations. Credit: Neuroscience News Visual Silence: Exploring Aphantasia FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience December 15, 2024 Summary: A new study reveals that aphantasics, people unable to visualize, are more resistant to involuntary visual thoughts, such as imagining a … Continue reading

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FastCompany: Exclusive: Headspace’s new AI chatbot will offer mental health support to subscribers

10-10-2024 TECH Exclusive: Headspace’s new AI chatbot will offer mental health support to subscribers Called Ebb, the chatbot was trained by clinical psychologists and data scientists to help people make positive behavioral changes with motivational interviewing. [Photo: Headspace] BY Jessica Bursztynsky … Continue reading

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Harvard Medical School: Self-regulation for adults: Strategies for getting a handle on emotions and behavior.

Self-regulation for adults: Strategies for getting a handle on emotions and behavior Everyone has unpleasant emotions from time to time, such as anger, jealousy, fear, or anxiety. It’s human nature. But a key to living a satisfying life and getting … Continue reading

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The Observer: The flow state: the science of the elusive creative mindset that can improve your life

Support the Guardian The Observer Psychology  This article is more than 2 months old The flow state: the science of the elusive creative mindset that can improve your life This article is more than 2 months old Scientists have long known … Continue reading

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