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Real-Time fMRI Links Subjective Experience with Brain Activity During Focused AttentionIn this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer explores groundbreaking research on real-time fMRI neurofeedback, revealing how brain activity and subjective experience interact during focused attention. This study bridges the gap between objective neuroscience and first-person introspection by using experienced meditators who excel at monitoring their mental states. By providing real-time feedback from the posterior cingulate cortex (a key region in self-referential processing and mind-wandering), researchers demonstrated that meditators can voluntarily regulate brain activity linked to attention and awareness. Tune in to discover how these findings advance our understanding of meditation, neuroplasticity, and the mind-body connection.Full Reference:Garrison, K. A., Scheinost, D., Worhunsky, P. D., Elwafi, H. M., Thornhill, T. A. IV, Thompson, E., Saron, C., Desbordes, G., Kober, H., Hampson, M., Gray, J. R., Constable, R. T., Papademetris, X., & Brewer, J. A. (2013). Real-time fMRI links subjective experience with brain activity during focused attention. NeuroImage, 81, 110–118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.05.030Let's connect on Instagram

Walking in menopause isn't just exercise — it's your secret sauce for boosting body and mind! With a few fun tweaks, make every step turn into a memory-boosting, fat-burning powerhouse. Slip on those sneakers. Tune in while taking a walk! This episode is all about making walking in menopause more beneficial! Walking 40 minutes three times a week increases Hippocampus(memory central). A 2011 study on older adults at the University of Colorado, published in the Journal Neuroimage, proved this! The hidden gem – you can walk at any pace you like. There's no minimum exertion level for this to happen. Walk short vs long So much research I've shared previously showed that intermittent breaks really matter more.  Breaking up sedentary time with 2-5 minute movement breaks reduced post-meal blood sugar spikes by 17%. Walk after meals 10 minute walks after meals had a more positive impact than a single long walk. Especially when it comes to blood sugar, belly fat and insulin resistance, more studies show! And yes, after is better than before. But if you're debating between before or not at all, yes go! You will make walking in menopause more beneficial this way by directly supporting blood sugar balance and combating insulin resistance. Go a different route or backwards Dr Ellen Langer, the Mother of Mindfulness, was the first female professor at Harvard and she's done some notable research in aging, mindset, and placebo. She shared the idea of creating habits – have us all operating automatically. Instead, she said the secret is noticing. Truly being mindful. More Fun Ways to Make Walking in Menopause a Total Game-Changer Walk and talk (therapists now walk) Need a little therapy? If not with an actual therapist but a friend. There's science to show the combination of walking outdoors (possibly even at a track) and talking is beneficial. Throw into the mix sunshine and you have three powerful serotonin producers, for a feel good session to rival antidepressant and anxiety meds. I've been known to take my phone and call a friend and talk through a 45 minute walk when life gets crazy. Amplify the learning opportunity Students who learn best, do. Learning any material while moving can boost your retention of it. The trick is to find activity and content you can focus on. Walking makes it easy and listening to a podcast that's educating you - whether on the benefits of walking (this is truly meta if you're walking right now) or you're learning about how to organize your closet or why essential amino acids are important. Students who move retain up to 76% compared to 37% while sitting. Weighted vest Using a weighted vest can increase the metabolic costs, relative exercise intensity, and loading of the skeletal system during walking. A study of trail runners concluded that between 5 and 10% the physiological and mechanical changes were significant. Meaning that at 10% additional load, there could be a considerable amount more stress on your system and your mechanics may also be altered. If you weigh 140 lbs and are using a weighted vest, you might be best starting for short periods of time with between 7 and 14 lbs, being careful not to do much time with 14 lbs until well adapted. And Finally—The 8th Way To Make Walking In Menopause More Beneficial Add intervals Do this last one with conscious planning. It's not always “more is better.” Many midlife and older women were born into the “harder or more is better” thinking. It can be hard to lose this. But if you never go easy, you're fooling yourself to think your “hard” effort is actually your capacity. To make walking more beneficial in menopause you'll want it all: short and moderate and longer walks. You'll want brisk and leisurely paced walks. But at the core of the majority of benefits from walking is just do it, daily, for a cumulative effect of movement that occurs several times a day. Are you interested in a virtual training that accumulates in a virtual “event”? Maybe a Flipping 50 walk on the same day, in different parts of the world. We'd love to hear your thoughts on Flipping 50 Facebook Group. Resources: Flipping50 Membership: https://www.flippingfifty.com/cafe Glucose Monitor: https://www.flippingfifty.com/myglucose Other Podcasts You Might Like: The Effects of Walking on Health:https://www.flippingfifty.com/walking Best Walking Tips to Help You Ditch Stress and Lose Weight:https://www.flippingfifty.com/walking-tips 21 Walking Tips:https://www.flippingfifty.com/walking-tips-2 Power of Walking:https://www.flippingfifty.com/power-of-walking 5 Walking Workouts You'll Run to for Better Results:https://www.flippingfifty.com/walking-workouts 7 Walking Mistakes that Prevent Weight Loss After 50:https://www.flippingfifty.com/walking-mistakes Should You Hold Weights While You Walk?:  https://www.flippingfifty.com/walking-with-weights Take a Walk with Kathy Eklund:https://www.flippingfifty.com/take-a-walk Walking off Weight in Menopause:https://www.flippingfifty.com/walking-off-weight References: Mendez Colmenares A, Voss MW, Fanning J, Salerno EA, Gothe NP, Thomas ML, McAuley E, Kramer AF, Burzynska AZ. White matter plasticity in healthy older adults: The effects of aerobic exercise. Neuroimage. 2021 Oct 1;239:118305. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118305. Epub 2021 Jun 24. PMID: 34174392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118305 Ferrer, M. E., & Laughlin, D. D. (2017). Increasing College Students' Engagement and Physical Activity with Classroom Brain Breaks: Editor: Ferman Konukman. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 88(3), 53–56. https://doi.org/10.1080/07303084.2017.1260945 Engeroff T, Groneberg DA, Wilke J. After Dinner Rest a While, After Supper Walk a Mile? A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis on the Acute Postprandial Glycemic Response to Exercise Before and After Meal Ingestion in Healthy Subjects and Patients with Impaired Glucose Tolerance. Sports Med. 2023 Apr;53(4):849-869. doi: 10.1007/s40279-022-01808-7. Epub 2023 Jan 30. PMID: 36715875; PMCID: PMC10036272. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-022-01808-7

Benjamin und Christiane von "Autonomie & Algorithmen" sind zu Gast und wir fragen uns: Warum und in welcher Weise lesen wir menschliche Eigenschaften in künstliche Systeme wie etwa Large Language Models hinein. Wir klären, was der Begriff Anthropomorphisierung bedeutet, blicken in die Kultur-, Technik- und Wissenschafts-Geschichte und gehen den Psychologischen Grundlagen nach. Mit Daniel Dennetts "Intentional Stance" stelle ich eine philosophische Theorie der Anthropomorphisierung vor und Christiane präsentiert mehrere psychologische Studien, die die Frage nach dem "Warum" strategisch eingrenzen. Am Ende fragen wir noch nach der Moral von der Geschicht': Sollten KI-Systeme, Programme, Computer und Roboter menschenähnlich designet werden? Quellen: Autonomie und Algorithmen: https://autonomie-algorithmen.letscast.fm/ Der Geschichte des künstlichen Menschen habe ich mich hier gewidmet: https://perspektiefe.privatsprache.de/der-geist-in-der-maschine/ Meine Folge zum Androiden Data: https://perspektiefe.privatsprache.de/the-measure-of-a-man-die-philosophie-von-star-trek/ Daniel Dennett: The Intentional Stance: https://amzn.to/4jTk30j * The intentional stance in theory and practice: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel-Dennett/publication/271180035_The_Intentional_Stance/links/5f3d3b01a6fdcccc43d36860/The-Intentional-Stance.pdf?__cf_chl_rt_tk=bBjx1ddFsxZJuACwVDbqmVMInS7vJnRXqyEoNxptu0I-1739429482-1.0.1.1-aChSHpHXHglMNSA.7vG24WbtILS87p2TmOfxv9ywH_w Karel Capek (1922). Werstands Universal Robots. Tschechisch. Deutsche Übersetzung (gemeinfrei) bei: https://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/germanica/Chronologie/20Jh/Pick/pic_wurv.html Harald Salfellner (2019). Der Prager Golem - Jüdische Sagen aus dem Ghetto. https://amzn.to/4aXv0K1 * Alan Turing (1950). Computing Machinery and Intelligence. Mind: A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy, 59(236), 433-460. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/LIX.236.433 Joseph Weizenbaum (1960). ELIZA—a computer program for the study of natural language communication between man and machine. Communications of the ACM, 9(1), 36-45. https://doi.org/10.1145/365153.365168 Valentino Braitenberg (1986). Vehicles - Experiments in Synthetic Psychology. MIT Press. http://cognaction.org/cogs105/readings/braitenberg1.pdf Heider, F., & Simmel, M. (1944). An experimental study of apparent behavior. The American journal of psychology, 57(2), 243-259. https://doi.org/10.2307/1416950 Reeves, B., & Nass, C. I. (1996). The media equation: How people treat computers, television, and new media like real people and places. Center for the Study of Language and Information; Cambridge University Press. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1996-98923-000 Epley, N., Waytz, A., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2007). On seeing human: A three-factor theory of anthropomorphism. Psychological Review, 114(4), 864–886. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.114.4.864 Gazzola, V., Rizzolatti, G., Wicker, B., & Keysers, C. (2007). The anthropomorphic brain: the mirror neuron system responds to human and robotic actions. Neuroimage, 35(4), 1674-1684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.02.003 Roesler, E., Manzey, D., & Onnasch, L. (2021). A meta-analysis on the effectiveness of anthropomorphism in human-robot interaction. Science Robotics, 6(58), eabj5425. https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.abj5425 Mandl, S., Laß, J.S., Strobel, A. (2024). Associations Between Gender Attributions and Social Perception of Humanoid Robots. In: Camarinha-Matos, L.M., Ortiz, A., Boucher, X., Barthe-Delanoë, AM. (eds) Navigating Unpredictability: Collaborative Networks in Non-linear Worlds. PRO-VE 2024. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 726. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71739-0_6 *Das ist ein Affiliate-Link: Wenn ihr das Buch kauft, bekomme ich eine winzige Provision und freue mich. Oder in Amazons Formulierung: Als Amazon-Partner verdiene ich an qualifizierten Verkäufen.

Renzo Huber is a staff scientist at NIH. We talk about his work on layer-fMRI: what it  is, how Renzo got into it, how to do it, when it makes sense to do it, what the future holds, and much more.Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreonTimestamps0:00:00: How Renzo got into high-resolution fMRI0:11:28: The difference between 3T and 7T fMRI0:22:46: Is a bigger fMRI scanner always better?0:33:35: Layer-fMRI0:56:28: For what types of research is layer-fMRI most useful?1:02:35: How to do layer-fMRI and make it reproducible1:19:21: The future of layer-fMRI1:27:02: A book or paper more people should read1:30:37: Something Renzo wishes he'd learnt sooner1:33:11: Advice for PhD students/postdocsPodcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtRenzo's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/huber-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/huber-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/huber-twtBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twtReferences and links mentionedEpisode with Peter Bandettini: https://geni.us/bjks-bandettiniEpisode with Emily Finn: https://geni.us/bjks-finnRenzo's blog about layer fMRI: https://layerfmri.com/YouTube channel on layer fMRI: https://www.youtube.com/@layerfmri/Bastos, ... & Friston (2012). Canonical microcircuits for predictive coding. Neuron.Bollmann & Barth (2021). New acquisition techniques and their prospects for the achievable resolution of fMRI. Progress in Neurobiology.Boulant, ... & Le Bihan (2024). In vivo imaging of the human brain with the Iseult 11.7-T MRI scanner. Nature Methods.Finn, ... & Bandettini (2019). Layer-dependent activity in human prefrontal cortex during working memory. Nature Neuroscience.Feynman (1985). "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!": adventures of a curious character.Haarsma, Kok & Browning (2022). The promise of layer-specific neuroimaging for testing predictive coding theories of psychosis. Schizophrenia Research.Huber, ... & Bandettini (2017). High-resolution CBV-fMRI allows mapping of laminar activity and connectivity of cortical input and output in human M1. Neuron.Huber, ... & Möller (2019). Non-BOLD contrast for laminar fMRI in humans: CBF, CBV, and CMRO2. Neuroimage.Huber, ... & Bandettini (2020). Sub-millimeter fMRI reveals multiple topographical digit representations that form action maps in human motor cortex. Neuroimage.Huber, ... & Kronbichler (2023). Evaluating the capabilities and challenges of layer-fMRI VASO at 3T. Aperture Neuro.Huber, ... & Horovitz (2023). Laminar VASO fMRI in focal hand dystonia patients. Dystonia.Persichetti, ... & Martin (2020). Layer-specific contributions to imagined and executed hand movements in human primary motor cortex. Current Biology.Polimeni, ... & Wald (2010). Laminar analysis of 7 T BOLD using an imposed spatial activation pattern in human V1. Neuroimage.

Verlust, Trauer, Abschied - Themen, die uns allen im Leben immer wieder begegnen und die uns beschäftigen. Sinja und Boris sprechen über die Bedeutung und erklären, was bei uns passiert, wenn wir trauern - sowohl psychologisch als auch körperlich.Umfrage: Wie gefällt dir Verstehen, fühlen, glücklich sein? Erzähle es uns hier. Hintergründe und Studien: Simon, N. (2013). Treating complicated grief… JAMA, 310 4, 416-23. Link zur StudieMiller, M. D. (2012). Complicated grief in late life. Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 14(2), 195-202. Link zur StudieForschungsarbeiten von Mary-Frances O'connor Link zur WebsiteO'connor, M. F., & Seeley, S. H. (2022). Grieving as a form of learning: Insights from neuroscience applied to grief and loss. Current opinion in psychology, 43, 317-322. Link zur StudieO'Connor, M. F., Wellisch, D. K., Stanton, A. L., Eisenberger, N. I., Irwin, M. R., & Lieberman, M. D. (2008). Craving love? Enduring grief activates brain's reward center. Neuroimage, 42(2), 969-972. Link zur StudieO'Connor, M. F. (2019). Grief: A brief history of research on how body, mind, and brain adapt. Psychosomatic medicine, 81(8), 731-738. Link zur StudieKakarala, S. E., Roberts, K. E., Rogers, M., Coats, T., Falzarano, F., Gang, J., … & Prigerson, H. G. (2020). The neurobiological reward system in Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD): A systematic review. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 303, 111135. Link zur StudieMcConnell, M., Killgore, W., & O'Connor, M. (2018). Yearning predicts subgenual anterior cingulate activity in bereaved individuals. Heliyon, 4. Link zur StudieVara, H., & Thimm, J. C. (2020). Associations between self-compassion and complicated grief symptoms in bereaved individuals: An exploratory study. Nordic Psychology, 72(3), 235-247. Link zur StudieKreicbergs, U., Lannen, P., Onelov, E., & Wolfe, J. (2007). Parental grief after losing a child to cancer: impact of professional and social support on long-term outcomes… Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 25 22, 3307-12. Link zur StudieFurnes, B., & Dysvik, E. (2011). Results from a systematic writing program in grief process: part 2. Patient preference and adherence, 5, 15 - 21. Link zur StudieUnsere allgemeinen Datenschutzrichtlinien finden Sie unter https://art19.com/privacy. Die Datenschutzrichtlinien für Kalifornien sind unter https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info abrufbar.

Samen met professor Neurocognitieve Ontwikkelingspsychologie Eveline Crone duiken we in het mentale welzijn van jongeren in de huidige maatschappij. Want is deze groep kwetsbaarder dan in eerdere jaren? Is er een mentale gezondheidscrisis onder jongeren? Hoe hoe ontwikkelen de hersenen en zijn ze daardoor gevoeliger? Wat is de ontwikkeling in de maatschappij, waardoor er misschien veranderingen zijn gekomen? En wat kun je als ouder doen voor de beste ontwikkeling van je kinderen? Luisteren dus! Gebruik de code 'NORMALEMENSENBESTAANNIET' op https://www.rompslomp.nl voor 4 maanden gratis het Professional pakket! Meer weten over het EU Ecolabel? Kijk op https://www.eu-ecolabel.nl/ Adverteren in deze podcast? Mail naar podcasts@astrolads.com Bronnen en ander lees- en luister- en kijkvoer: - In het nieuwste boek van Eveline Crone, die ze samen met Renske van der Cruijsen schreef: Generatie Zelfvertrouwen (2024) lees je alles over de jonge generatie en wat hun ontwikkeling is in de huidige maatschappij. En je leert hoe deze groep te stimuleren voor een gezond zelfbeeld; https://www.generatiezelfvertrouwen.nl/ - Check ook deze presentatie van Eveline bij de TU Delft: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XIq7cLfyd4 - Het boek van Jonathan Haidt is ook al vaker langsgekomen, maar ook hier weer een goed boek in relatie tot deze aflevering: Generatie Angststoornis - (2024) - Ook het eerste boek van Eveline Crone uit 2008 is super interessant: Het Puberende Brein - Hier vind je meer over Eveline en haar werk: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/medewerkers/eveline-crone/publicaties#tab-4 Nerd-literatuur: - [van Drunen L., Toenders Y.J., Wierenga L.M. & Crone E. A. (2023), Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on structural brain development in early adolescence, Scientific Reports 13: 5600.](http://hdl.handle.net/1887/3677103) - [Meulen M. van der, Dobbelaar S., Drunen L. van, Heunis J.S.,IJzendoorn M.H. van, Blankenstein N.E. & Crone E.A.M. (2023), Transitioning from childhood into adolescence: a comprehensive longitudinal behavioral and neuroimaging study on prosocial behavior and social inclusion, NeuroImage 284: 120445.](http://hdl.handle.net/1887/3716321) - [Crone E.A.M. & Achterberg M. (2022), Prosocial development in adolescence, Current Opinion in Psychology 44: 220-225.](http://hdl.handle.net/1887/3443669) - Prinstein, M. J., Nesi, J., & Telzer, E. H. (2020). Commentary: An updated agenda for the study of digital media use and adolescent development–future directions following Odgers & Jensen (2020). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 61(3), 349-352. - Odgers, C. L., & Jensen, M. R. (2020). Adolescent development and growing divides in the digital age. Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 22(2), 143-149. - Branje, S., De Moor, E. L., Spitzer, J., & Becht, A. I. (2021). Dynamics of identity development in adolescence: A decade in review. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 31(4), 908-927. - Orben, A., Tomova, L., & Blakemore, S. J. (2020). The effects of social deprivation on adolescent development and mental health. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 4(8), 634-640. - Crone, E. A., & Konijn, E. A. (2018). Media use and brain development during adolescence. Nature communications, 9(1), 1-10. - Ridderinkhof, K. R., Ullsperger, M., Crone, E. A., & Nieuwenhuis, S. (2004). The role of the medial frontal cortex in cognitive control. science, 306(5695), 443-447. - Van Leijenhorst, L., Moor, B. G., de Macks, Z. A. O., Rombouts, S. A., Westenberg, P. M., & Crone, E. A. (2010). Adolescent risky decision-making: neurocognitive development of reward and control regions. Neuroimage, 51(1), 345-355.

James (Mac) Shine is a PI and fellow at the University of Sydney. We talk about his background in sports, using fMRI to integrate various parts of neuroscience, collaboration, and much more.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith.Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreonTimestamps0:00:00: Mac's sporting background0:07:46: Overview of Mac's review in Nature (w/ Emily Finn and Russell Poldrack)0:14:03: The role of great editors in improving scientists and their work0:32:53: Connecting different levels of description0:40:07: Integration and specialisation0:48:49: You can scan any animal with fMRI - but they're usually anaesthetised0:54:13: The transfer from human fMRI to animal electrophysiology1:01:53: N=1 studies and layer-fMRI in clinical neuroscience1:16:17: Collaboration and building a multidisciplinary lab1:26:52: The magic formula in science: annoyance, excitement, and a constructive mindset1:34:51: Writing grants as a test to oneself, and the art of reframing1:41:52: A book or paper more people should read1:43:37: Something Mac wishes he'd learnt sooner1:45:43: Advice for PhD students/postdocsPodcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtMac's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/shine-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/shine-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/shine-twtBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twtReferences and linksOHMB interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucDj_94ovaUBoyden, ... & Deisseroth (2005). Millisecond-timescale, genetically targeted optical control of neural activity. Nature Neuroscience.Finn, Poldrack & Shine (2023). Functional neuroimaging as a catalyst for integrated neuroscience. Nature.Friston, ... (2017). Active inference: a process theory. Neural Computation.Munn, ... Larkum & Shine (2023). A thalamocortical substrate for integrated information via critical synchronous bursting. PNAS.Newbold, ... & Dosenbach (2020). Plasticity and spontaneous activity pulses in disused human brain circuits. Neuron.Pezzulo & Cisek (2016). Navigating the affordance landscape: feedback control as a process model of behavior and cognition. TiCS.Poldrack, ... (2015). Long-term neural and physiological phenotyping of a single human. Nature Communications.Rao & Ballard (1999). Predictive coding in the visual cortex: a functional interpretation of some extra-classical receptive-field effects. Nature Neuroscience.Shine, ... (2011). Visual misperceptions and hallucinations in Parkinson's disease: dysfunction of attentional control networks?. Movement Disorders.Shine, ... & Poldrack (2016). The dynamics of functional brain networks: integrated network states during cognitive task performance. Neuron.Shine, ... & Poldrack (2016). Temporal metastates are associated with differential patterns of time-resolved connectivity, network topology, and attention. PNAS.Shine & Poldrack (2018). Principles of dynamic network reconfiguration across diverse brain states. NeuroImage.

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Dr. Schwartz received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. After completing his residency and chief residency in Neurosurgery at The Neurological Institute of NewYork at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Dr. Schwartz spent a year at Yale-New Haven Medical Center receiving advanced fellowship training. Dr. Schwartz specializes in the surgical treatment of brain tumors, pituitary tumors, and epilepsy using the latest techniques in computer-guided surgical navigation, minimally invasive endoscopy, and microsurgery. Dr. Schwartz was recently named David and Ursel Barnes Professor in Minimally Invasive Surgery, the first endowed professorship in the department.Dr. Schwartz has provided commentary for numerous television shows on ABC, NBC, CBS, and Larry King, in addition to national radio shows. His expertise has been sought through interviews, quoted and published, in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, and Crain's New York Business; he is asked to lecture throughout the country and world. Dr. Schwartz has published many scholarly articles for the Journal of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Epilepsia, Clinical Neurosurgery the Journal of Neuro-Oncology, Nature Medicine, NeuroImage and the Journal of Neuroscience.Dr. Schwartz has been named one of New York's Super Doctors, Best Doctors in New York Magazine, America's Top Surgeons, America's Best Doctors and America's Best Doctors for Cancer. He is the co-author of two books on endoscopic skull base surgery and endoscopic pituitary surgery.

Dr. Ilene Naomi Rusk is a neuropsychologist who helps heal people with trauma and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's. Her education, training, and experience are vast, dancing like a constellation of stars through the nervous system night. We captured glimpses of it today, focusing primarily on the important role that connection and engagement (with others, nature, yourself, your sensory experience, and the beyond) play on your nervous system health and well-being.  You can change, heal, and grow your brain in beneficial ways, what Dr. Rusk calls "positive neuroplasticity."  Today we discuss some of the portals into such plasticity, including: education, social connection, nature, positive thinking, mental reframing, memories, and the imagination. Through such, we can learn to overcome our trauma, get our nervous system and life unstuck, and more easily enter into a state of safety, calm, connectedness, playfulness, presence, love, wellness, and hope.  We also talk about: eye contact, humming, the voice, the face, cameras, photos, screens, functional medicine, and more.This was a very healing and educational conversation for me, and I hope it is for you too.Sadly, the event Dr. Rusk invited us to has now finished. But she always has lots of upcoming online events, which you can find on the events tab of her website.**CONNECT WITH DR. RUSK** website: ilenenaomirusk.com Instagram: @dr_ruskFacebook: /drilenenaomiRESOURCESPEOPLE- Dale Bredesen- Dan Siegel- Esther Perel- Helen Reddy- Stephen PorgesSONGS- I Am Woman by Helen ReddySTUDIES- Emotional valence modulates the topology of the parent-infant inter-brain network (NeuroImage, Feb 2020)Learn more, connect, and find out about upcoming events at:  ilenenaomirusk.comor send me a text message here

Buckle up boys and girls (and NO ONE ELSE!), things get unhinged this time around. Jake and Brooke talk all about Dobson's commercially-successful trash fire called Bringing Up Boys. There's cringe, there's trauma, there's holy bones - this episode has it all.Sources:"Animal Sex: How Anglerfish Do It" (2015) from LiveScience.comStudies about how human sexual dimorphism is vastly over-blown:Lise Eliot, Adnan Ahmed, Hiba Khan, Julie Patel. Dump the 'dimorphism': Comprehensive synthesis of human brain studies reveals few male-female differences beyond size. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021; 125: 667 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.02.026Marwha, D., Halari, M., & Eliot, L. (2017). Meta-analysis reveals a lack of sexual dimorphism in human amygdala volume. Neuroimage, 147, 282-294.“Bill Nye Saves the World: The Sexual Spectrum.” Season 1, episode 9. (2017)."One Day of ‘Take a Child to Work' Is Short on Substance : Boys are now being invited to join the formerly all-girl event. But it's doubtful kids find our jobs worth imitating. It may be better to just share the pride of accomplishment." Los Angeles Times (1995)Johnson, L.B. (1991). On the front lines: Police stress and family wellbeing. Hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families House of Representatives: 102 Congress First Session May 20 (p. 3248). Washington DC: US Government Printing Office. Neidig, P.H., Russell, H.E. & Seng, A.F. (1992). Interspousal aggression in law enforcement families: A preliminary investigation. Police Studies, Vol. 15 (1), p. 3038.Leopold, T. (2018). Gender differences in the consequences of divorce: A study of multiple outcomes. Demography, 55(3), 769-797."The Coming Attack on an Essential Element of Women's Freedom" (2023). by Kimberly Wehle, The Atlantic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode's guest is arguably one of the most influential scientists in the human brain mapping community. Dr. Peter Fox, director of the Research Imaging Institute at the University of Texas Health, San Antonio. Early in his career he wrote the seminal paper that showed, using positron emission tomography , that brain-activation related increases in blood flow are accompanied by only small increases in oxidative metabolic -  resulting in the blood locally increasing in oxygenation. This paper set the foundation for understanding all of Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Contrast used in fMRI today. The true purpose of activation-related flow increases is still an open question. The story of the events and details surrounding this are in his review article from the 2012 NeuroImage special issue. It's titled, simply "The coupling controversy." Dr. Fox was also among the first to promote data sharing and pooling with his brainmap database, and early on, established stereotactic coordinates and spatial normalization as a way to put data into a shareable space. He started the annual meeting that pre-dated the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, and also founded one of the major brain mapping journals today, titled: Human Brain Mapping.   Peter had his formative undergraduate education at the extremely unique St. Johns college in Annapolis. He received his MD from Georgetown University, interned at Duke University, then carried out his residency and fellowship at Washington University where he worked closely with Dr. Mark Raichle, who was at the time pioneering PET scanning.   In this discussion, we delve into his contributions in a wide range of topics, from neurovascular coupling to the challenge of spatial normalization - particularly at high resolution - to subject variability, to clinical applications and the ongoing evolution of scientific publishing. Lots of history, content, and insight here. We hope you enjoy it! Notable paper: Fox PT., The Coupling Controversy, Neuroimage. 2012 Aug 15; 62(2): 594–601.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4019339/ Episode producers: Omer Faruk Gulban Stephania Assimopoulos

Dr. Daniele Marinazzo is a full professor in the department of data analysis at the University of Ghent, in Belgium. For over a decade he has been showing us what further information and insight we may extract from brain imaging data - from EEG and MEG to fMRI. He is technically a statistical physicist, but in reality, he is a network neuroscientist and data modeler who is constantly pushing the envelope. In this podcast he discusses some recent papers that go into how we might be able to improve the impact and relevance of new findings and models through careful benchmarking and well considered experimental design. He talks about his desire to move from correlation to causation in functional connectivity studies, he discusses granger causality, as well as moving from pairwise correlation to multivariate correlation. Furthermore, he delves into the limits of hemodynamics - limits that may be pushed back to a degree, as suggested by his compelling work showing that hemodynamic response function, which varies over space, may be estimated on a voxel-wise basis using resting state data alone. His work in estimating and mapping the Excitation/Inhibition ratio in the brain by using gamma frequency coherence as a signature was also discussed. This has potentially profound clinical and research applications. Lastly, his collaborative work with the European Human Brain Project towards the creation of the useful website, called ebrains (https://www.ebrains.eu), was discussed, which serves as a repository and tool for exploring shared data and code, as well as providing a user-friendly encapsulation of the project's collective effort. It is an all-around fun, eye-opening discussion featuring an outstanding scientist who is not only deep in the trenches of network modelling, but also a strong proponent of open science and constant engagement across disciplines. Episode producers: Omer Faruk Gulban Alfie Wearn Stephania Assimopoulos Referenced Papers: Mika Rubinov. Circular and unified analysis in network neuroscience. eLife. 2023; 12:e79559. Doi: 10.7554/eLife.79559   Reid AT, et al. Advancing functional connectivity research from association to causation. Nat Neurosci. 2019 Nov;22(11):1751-1760. Doi: 10.1038/s41593-019-0510-4.   Valdes-Sosa PA et al. Effective connectivity: Influence, causality and biophysical modelling. Neuroimage. 2009; 58(2): 339-361. Doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.03.058.   Wu GR, et al. A blind deconvolution approach to recover effective connectivity brain networks from resting state fMRI data. Medical Image Analysis. 2013; 17(3):365-374. Doi: 10.1016/j.media.2013.01.003.

You can get "Become Who You Are" here: http://designingthemind.org/becoming It's rare that you encounter a fresh take on a path as well-trodden as happiness. I've read a lot of books on the topic and I have to say that Ryan Bush's take is fresh and yet simultaneously ancient. I think this is part of the reason I'm so enthusiastic about it: it integrates a trend in academic philosophy that I've yet to see anyone else talk about: Virtue Ethics. This is an ethical approach to philosophy that goes all the way back to the ancients especially Socrates, Aristotle and the Stoics. Bush integrates this old esteemed tradition with very 21st century fields like Cognitive Science and neuroscience to produce a thought-provoking map of the good life that I can't recommend highly enough.  ____________________

Emily Finn is an assistant professor at Dartmouth College. We talk about her research on neural fingerprinting, naturalistic stimuli, how Emily got into science, the year she spent in Peru before her PhD, advice for writing well, and much more.There are occasional (minor) audio disturbances when Emily's speaking. Sorry about that, still trying to figure out where they came from so that it won't happen again.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith.Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreonTimestamps0:00:00: Supportive peer review0:03:25: Why study linguistics?0:11:05: Uncertainties about doing a PhD/taking time off0:18:05: Emily's year-and-a-half in Peru0:25:17: Emily's PhD0:29:34: Neural fingerprints0:49:25: Naturalistic stimuli in neuroimaging1:24:01: How to write good scientific articles1:30:55: A book or paper more people should read1:34:58: Something Emily wishes she'd learnt sooner1:39:20: Advice for PhD students/postdocsPodcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtEmily's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/finn-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/finn-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/finn-twtBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twtReferences and linksEpisode w/ Nachum Ulanovsky: https://geni.us/bjks-ulanovskyByrge & Kennedy (2019). High-accuracy individual identification using a “thin slice” of the functional connectome. Network Neuroscience.Burkeman (2021). Four thousand weeks: Time management for mortals.Finn, ... & Constable (2014). Disruption of functional networks in dyslexia: a whole-brain, data-driven analysis of connectivity. Biological psychiatry.Finn, Shen, ... & Constable (2015). Functional connectome fingerprinting: identifying individuals using patterns of brain connectivity. Nature Neuroscience.Finn, ... & Constable (2018). Trait paranoia shapes inter-subject synchrony in brain activity during an ambiguous social narrative. Nature Communications.Finn, ... & Bandettini (2020). Idiosynchrony: From shared responses to individual differences during naturalistic neuroimaging. NeuroImage.Finn & Bandettini (2021). Movie-watching outperforms rest for functional connectivity-based prediction of behavior. NeuroImage.Finn (2021). Is it time to put rest to rest?. Trends in cognitive sciences.Finn & Rosenberg (2021). Beyond fingerprinting: Choosing predictive connectomes over reliable connectomes. NeuroImage.Grall & Finn (2022). Leveraging the power of media to drive cognition: A media-informed approach to naturalistic neuroscience. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.Hasson, ... & Malach (2004). Intersubject synchronization of cortical activity during natural vision. Science.Hedge, Powell & Sumner (2018). The reliability paradox: Why robust cognitive tasks do not produce reliable individual differences. Behavior research methods.Sava-Segal, ... & Finn (2023). Individual differences in neural event segmentation of continuous experiences. Cerebral Cortex.

In this program, we compare dreaming and improvisation focusing on creative synergies, experiential similarities, and the underlying neurophysiology. These states of mind are mutually illuminating. That is, learning about one provides insights into the other. A key insight here is that we can deepen our understanding of improvisation by exploring other states of mind that have overlapping experiential qualities or brain states. In his book Dreams of Awakening, Charlie Morley writes that “…there are many different ways to tell the difference between [different states of experience], but the easiest way to get to grips with these differences is to spend as much time as we can in these states.” I propose that this is the case for improvisation, as well. By paying more attention to our dreaming experiences, we may deepen our knowledge of the experience of improvisation. References: The Case of the Three-Sided Dream: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/the-case-of-the-three-sided-dream/umc.cmc.2no74bniyii0qtz63oc0wrmih Bashwiner, D. (2018). The neuroscience of musical creativity. The Cambridge Handbook of the neuroscience of creativity, 51, 495-516. Link to Albert Ayler's New Grass liner notes: https://lavelleporter.com/2010/08/22/message-from-albert-ayler/ I Called Him Morgan documentary: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/i-called-him-morgan/umc.cmc.4cip1f47gqxk6qigg0mb1hiny Arrows to Infinity documentary: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/charles-lloyd-arrows-into-infinity/umc.cmc.3ldicyne96kj1hrewd9w3dmvj Kansas City PBS documentary Bird: Not Out Of Nowhere | Charlie Parker's Kansas City Legacy: https://www.youtube.com/clip/Ugkx9Z02xiRacQxWEtx5eSmeucx-t6lB5kYZ Zadra, A., & Stickgold, R. (2021). When brains dream: Understanding the science and mystery of our dreaming minds. WW Norton & Company. Oliver Sach's article about the jazz drummer with Tourette's Syndrome: https://medhum.med.nyu.edu/view/12034 Hank Green of the SciShow Psych: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwOhfmygHyM Braun, A. R., Balkin, T. J., Wesenten, N. J., Carson, R. E., Varga, M., Baldwin, P., ... & Herscovitch, P. (1997). Regional cerebral blood flow throughout the sleep-wake cycle. An H2 (15) O PET study. Brain: a journal of neurology, 120(7), 1173-1197. Kraehenmann, R. (2017). Dreams and psychedelics: neurophenomenological comparison and therapeutic implications. Current neuropharmacology, 15(7), 1032-1042. Limb, C. J., & Braun, A. R. (2008). Neural substrates of spontaneous musical performance: An fMRI study of jazz improvisation. PLoS one, 3(2), e1679. Liu, S., Chow, H. M., Xu, Y., Erkkinen, M. G., Swett, K. E., Eagle, M. W., ... & Braun, A. R. (2012). Neural correlates of lyrical improvisation: an fMRI study of freestyle rap. Scientific reports, 2(1), 834. Rosen, D. S., Oh, Y., Erickson, B., Zhang, F. Z., Kim, Y. E., & Kounios, J. (2020). Dual-process contributions to creativity in jazz improvisations: An SPM-EEG study. NeuroImage, 213, 116632. Walker, M. P., & van Der Helm, E. (2009). Overnight therapy? The role of sleep in emotional brain processing. Psychological bulletin, 135(5), 731. Trehub, S. E., Ghazban, N., & Corbeil, M. (2015). Musical affect regulation in infancy. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1337(1), 186-192. Shenfield, T., Trehub, S. E., & Nakata, T. (2003). Maternal singing modulates infant arousal. Psychology of music, 31(4), 365-375. Terry, P. C., Karageorghis, C. I., Curran, M. L., Martin, O. V., & Parsons-Smith, R. L. (2020). Effects of music in exercise and sport: A meta-analytic review. Psychological bulletin, 146(2), 91. Seppälä, E., Bradley, C., & Goldstein, M. R. (2020). Research: Why breathing is so effective at reducing stress. Harvard Business Review. Diakses dari https://hbr. org/2020/09/research-why-breathing-is-so-effective-at-reducing-stress. https://hbr.org/2020/09/research-why-breathing-is-so-effective-at-reducing-stress

David Van Essen is an Alumni Endowed Professor of Neuroscience at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. In this conversation, we talk about David's path to becoming a neuroscientist, the Human Connectome project, hierarhical processing in the cerebral cortex, and much more.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith.Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreonTimestamps0:00:00: David's childhood: ravens, rockets, and radios0:05:00: From physics to neuroscience (via chemistry)0:13:55: Quantitative and qualitative approaches to science0:19:17: Model species in neuroscience0:31:35: Hierarchical processing in the cortex0:46:54: The Human Connectome Project0:55:00: A book or paper more people should read0:58:01: Something David wishes he'd learnt sooner1:00:31: Advice for PhD students/postdocsPodcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtDavid's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/VanEssen-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/VanEssen-scholarBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twtReferences & linksDavid's autobiographical sketch for the Society for Neuroscience (in Volume 9): https://www.sfn.org/about/history-of-neuroscience/autobiographical-chaptersFelleman & Van Essen (1991). Distributed hierarchical processing in the primate cerebral cortex. Cerebral Cortex.Glasser, Coalson, Robinson, Hacker, Harwell, Yacoub, ... & Van Essen (2016). A multi-modal parcellation of human cerebral cortex. Nature.Hubel & Wiesel (1962). Receptive fields, binocular interaction and functional architecture in the cat's visual cortex. The Journal of physiology.Maunsell & Van Essen (1983). The connections of the middle temporal visual area (MT) and their relationship to a cortical hierarchy in the macaque monkey. Journal of Neuroscience.Sheldrake (2021). Entangled life: How fungi make our worlds, change our minds & shape our futures.Van Essen & Kelly (1973). Morphological identification of simple, complex and hypercomplex cells in the visual cortex of the cat. In Intracellular Staining in Neurobiology (pp. 189-198).Van Essen & Maunsell (1980). Two‐dimensional maps of the cerebral cortex. Journal of Comparative Neurology.Van Essen (2012). Cortical cartography and Caret software. Neuroimage.Van Essen, Smith, Barch, Behrens, Yacoub, Ugurbil & WU-Minn HCP Consortium. (2013). The WU-Minn human connectome project: an overview. Neuroimage.Wooldridge (1963). The machinery of the brain.

Rick Betzel is an Associate professor at India University Bloomington. We talk about his research on network neuroscience, how to find good collaborators, Rick's path to network neuroscience, and much more.Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreonTimestamps0:00:00: What's the purpose of connectomics if understanding a species' entire connectome (as in C elegans) doesn't allow us to fully understand its behaviour?0:03:57: Rick's very very linear path to network neuroscience0:19:41: Multi-scale brain networks0:43:40: Collaborations (between people who collect data and people who analyse data)0:52:33: The future of network neuroscience: generative modeling, network control, and edge-centric connectomics1:13:15: A book or paper more people should read1:15:55: Something Rick wishes he'd learnt sooner1:18:01: Advice for PhD students/postdocsPodcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtRick's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/betzel-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/betzel-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/betzel-twtBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twtReferencesAkarca ... (2021). A generative network model of neurodevelopmental diversity in structural brain organization. Nat Comm.Barabási (2003). Linked.Barabási & Albert (1999). Emergence of scaling in random networks. Science.Betzel (2022). Network neuroscience and the connectomics revolution. In Connectomic deep brain stimulation.Betzel & Bassett (2017). Multi-scale brain networks. Neuroimage.Betzel & Bassett (2017). Generative models for network neuroscience: prospects and promise. Journal of The Royal Society Interface.Betzel ... (2012). Synchronization dynamics and evidence for a repertoire of network states in resting EEG. Front comp neuro.Bullmore & Sporns (2009). Complex brain networks: graph theoretical analysis of structural and functional systems. Nat Rev Neuro.Cook ... (2019). Whole-animal connectomes of both Caenorhabditis elegans sexes. Nature.Feltner & Dapena (1986). Dynamics of the shoulder and elbow joints of the throwing arm during a baseball pitch. J Appl Biomech.Lindsay (2021). Models of the mind.Nieminen ... (2022). Multi-locus transcranial magnetic stimulation system for electronically targeted brain stimulation. Brain stimulation.Oh ... (2014). A mesoscale connectome of the mouse brain. Nature.Rubinov & Sporns (2010). Complex network measures of brain connectivity: uses and interpretations. Neuroimage.Scheffer ... (2020). A connectome and analysis of the adult Drosophila central brain. Elife.Sporns (2016). Networks of the Brain.Van Den Heuvel & Sporns (2011). Rich-club organization of the human connectome. J Neuro.Watts & Strogatz (1998). Collective dynamics of ‘small-world'networks. Nature.White ... (1986). The structure of the nervous system of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B.Winding ... (2023). The connectome of an insect brain. Science.Yan ... (2017). Network control principles predict neuron function in the Caenorhabditis elegans connectome. Nature. 

In this conversation with Dr. Vanessa Milanese, we cover the importance of anatomy in neurosurgery and explore her intriguing work in both fields – and how they cross-informed one another. Vanessa is a functional neurosurgeon at A Beneficencia Portuguesa Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil and holds an adjunct assistant professorship of neurosurgery at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. We talk about her stellar work in combining her neurosurgical activity with anatomical work – which involves dissections of the white matter of postmortem brains using the Klingler's method. We will talk about the rare community of neurosurgeons involved in similar activities, world-wide and the big influence Dr. Al Rhoton had on the field and on Vanessa's career. We thoroughly enjoyed this conversation and learned a lot – and we hope you will enjoy it as much as we did! Thank you so much for tuning in! References we talked about in the episode: Holanda, Vanessa M., Michael S. Okun, Erik H. Middlebrooks, Abuzer Gungor, Margaret E. Barry, John Forder, and Kelly D. Foote. 2020. “Postmortem Dissections of Common Targets for Lesion and Deep Brain Stimulation Surgeries.” Neurosurgery 86 (6): 860–72.  https://journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/abstract/2020/06000/postmortem_dissections_of_common_targets_for.14.aspx Holanda, Vanessa Milanesi, Maria Cristina Chavantes, Xingjia Wu, and Juanita J. Anders. 2017. “The Mechanistic Basis for Photobiomodulation Therapy of Neuropathic Pain by near Infrared Laser Light.” Lasers in Surgery and Medicine 49 (5): 516–24.  https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/pdf/10.1002/lsm.22628.pdf Middlebrooks, Erik H., Ibrahim S. Tuna, Leonardo Almeida, Sanjeet S. Grewal, Joshua Wong, Michael G. Heckman, Elizabeth R. Lesser, et al. 2018. “Structural Connectivity-Based Segmentation of the Thalamus and Prediction of Tremor Improvement Following Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation of the Ventral Intermediate Nucleus.” NeuroImage. Clinical 20 (October): 1266–73. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6308387/ Middlebrooks, Erik H., Sanjeet S. Grewal, and Vanessa M. Holanda. 2019. “Complexities of Connectivity-Based DBS Targeting: Rebirth of the Debate on Thalamic and Subthalamic Treatment of Tremor.” NeuroImage. Clinical. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6543122/ Ferreira, Tancredo Alcântara, Jr, Erik H. Middlebrooks, Wen Hung Tzu, Mateus Reghin Neto, and Vanessa Milanesi Holanda. 2020. “Postmortem Dissections of the Papez Circuit and Nonmotor Targets for Functional Neurosurgery.” World Neurosurgery 144 (December): e866–75. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1878875020320969?via%3Dihub Additional Resources we talked about: Mayo Functional Neuro Course 2024:  https://ce.mayo.edu/functionalneuro2024 Scaniverse app for 3D brain reconstruction: https://apps.apple.com/br/app/scaniverse-3d-scanner/id1541433223?l=en-GB Rhoton's book: https://shop.lww.com/Rhoton-Cranial-Anatomy-and-Surgical-Approaches/p/9781975226879 Stênio Holanda Filho Q&A book: https://www.dilivros.com.br/livro-neuroanatomia-pratica-e-ilustrada-questoes--e-respostas--3d-9788580531527,h18213.html Deep Brain Stimulation: A case-based approach https://academic.oup.com/book/29505

Paul Smaldino is an Associate Professor of Cognitive and Information Sciences at UC Merced, where he studies the evolution of behavior in response to social, cultural, and ecological pressures. In this conversation, we talk about his new book Modeling Social Behavior, everything related to formal models of social behaviour, and Paul's path to where he is today.Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreonTimestamps0:00:00: Paul's new book 'Modeling Social Behavior'0:04:42: Paul's somewhat circuitous route to doing what he does today0:25:54: Why so interdisciplinary?0:36:58: The importance of (metaphorical) violence in modeling0:46:26: Newton's model of gravitation ignores almost everything0:52:11: Exact vs inexact sciences1:00:02: From simple to complex models of cooperation, and the complementarity of simulations and equations1:11:48: When is formal modeling appropriate and when is it too soon?1:27:47: A book or paper Paul thinks more people should read1:32:46: What Paul wishes he'd learnt sooner1:36:20: Any advice for PhD students or postdocs?Podcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtPaul's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/smaldino-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/smaldino-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/smaldino-twtBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twtReferencesPrevious episode with Paul: https://geni.us/bjks-smaldinoAxelrod & Hamilton (1981). The evolution of cooperation. Science.Boyd & Richerson (1988). Culture and the evolutionary process.Friston (2012). The history of the future of the Bayesian brain. NeuroImage.Giraldeau & Caraco (2000). Social foraging theory. Princeton University Press.Giraldeau & Gillis (1985). Optimal group size can be stable: a reply to Sibly. Animal Behaviour.Gleick (2004). Isaac Newton.Glimcher (2004). Decisions, uncertainty, and the brain: The science of neuroeconomics.Hamilton (1964). The genetical evolution of social behaviour. Journal of theoretical biology.Kauffman (1970). Articulation of parts explanation in biology and the rational search for them. PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association.Kay (2010). Obliquity.Nowak & May (1992). Evolutionary games and spatial chaos. Nature.Smaldino (2023). Modeling social behavior: Mathematical and agent-based models of social dynamics and cultural evolution. Princeton University Press.Smaldino (2017). Models are stupid, and we need more of them. Computational social psychology.Smaldino, Pickett, Sherman & Schank (2012). An agent-based model of social identity dynamics. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation.Turchin (2003). Historical dynamics: Why states rise and fall.Wimsatt (1987). False models as means to truer theories. Neutral models in biology.Wimsatt (2007). Re-engineering philosophy for limited beings: Piecewise approximations to reality.Zukav (2012). The dancing Wu Li masters: An overview of the new physics. 

If there's one thing we all know, it's that our brains work differently.  We think, relate, and communicate in unique ways. That's why communicating with anyone requires you to be a locksmith of people.  You must know your audience at such an intimate level that you're able to find the right key to the right door, and adapt your strategy to achieve common comprehension. Communicating with neurodiverse individuals has shown to be a common roadblock for many, largely due to misunderstandings, false assumptions, and lack of awareness. The goal of today's episode is to explain neurodiversity, debunk the existing myths surrounding the topic, and discuss how to better communicate with neurodivergent individuals.  Specifically, we cover: Why understanding neurodivergent individuals matters (6:00) The definitions and cognitive strengths and weaknesses of individuals with ADHD, Autism, and Dyslexia (throughout) Actionable tips for communicating and collaborating with neurodivergent individuals (56:57) How to advocate for yourself if you are neurodivergent (1:05:07) Related AoC Resources: Book: Conscious Coaching: The Art & Science to Building Buy-In Upcoming Book: Stay In the Know Online Course: Bought In Free Access to the Presentation Mentioned: Creating The Optimal Coaching Environment Quiz: What Drives You? E130: How Understanding Drives Helps Build Buy-In E59: Nathan Parnham: The Difference(s) Between Coaching Male & Female Athletes E68: Carl Coward: Embracing Difficulty & Finding Your Way For books referenced in this episode and other recommendations, check out our newly revamped Reading List Referenced Resources: American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing. Grandin, T. (1996). Thinking in pictures and other reports from my life with autism. New York: Vintage Books. Nigg, J. T. (2005). Neuropsychologic theory and findings in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: The state of the field and salient challenges for the coming decade. Biological psychiatry, 57(11), 1424-1435. Price, D. A. (2012). Neurodiversity in higher education: Positive responses to specific learning differences. Wiley. Silberman, S. (2015). NeuroTribes: The legacy of autism and the future of neurodiversity. Penguin. Sonuga-Barke, E., & Thapar, A. (2020). The Neurodiversity Concept: Is it Helpful for Clinicians and Scientists? The British Journal of Psychiatry. Thomas, C., & Baker, C. I. (2013). Teaching an adult brain new tricks: A critical review of the evidence for training-dependent structural plasticity in humans. NeuroImage, 73, 225-236. Thomas, M. S., Annaz, D., Ansari, D., Scerif, G., Jarrold, C., & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2009). Using developmental trajectories to understand developmental disorders. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 52(2), 336-358. How to Connect with the AoC Team: If you want more information on these and other similar topics, reach out to our team directly at info@artofcoaching.com! If you want to connect with us face to face, check out our Live Events schedule. And speaking of live events, this is your LAST CHANCE to sign up for our Apprenticeship Workshop in Canton, GA on July 29th & 30th.  Hosted by our good friends at PLAE, The Apprenticeship is a highly interactive 2-day workshop for those looking to improve their ability to communicate, lead, and build strong relationships.  This isn't a “rah-rah,” motivational, death by power point seminar.  On the contrary, by attending, you'll experience the practice, coaching, and feedback you need to truly grow.  And better yet, you'll get to take home a quantifiable communication evaluation tool, as well as several other tools to help you strategically approach any conversation.  Sign up TODAY.  We'll see you there! If an in-person event isn't something you can swing at the moment, we have good news for you.  TODAY KICKS OFF OUR JULY COURSE SALE - 30% OFF ALL ONLINE COURSES with promo code SUMMER30.  And for the first time ever, in addition to the course(s) of your choosing, you'll get exclusive access to our online community completely FREE for 3 months!  Our online community not only gives you access to an entire library of resources related to communication, leadership, building your brand, productivity & career advice (and so much more), but it also connects you with an entire network of professionals all over the world striving to improve themselves personally and professionally.  Don't miss out on this limited opportunity!  Gain LIFETIME access to your online course today HERE!

Dr. Charlotte Cordes spricht hier mit Dr. Antonia Pfeiffer über den noch unterschätzten Humor in der Forschung, Lachyoga und Leistungsdruck Mehr zu Charlotte Cordes: www.provokativ.com YouTube: www.youtube.com/@DrCharlotteCordes/videos Mehr zu Antonia Pfeiffer: https://www.dr-antonia-pfeiffer.de/ Studien über Humor: Wu X, Guo T, Tan T, Zhang W, Qin S, Fan J, Luo J. Superior emotional regulating effects of creative cognitive reappraisal. Neuroimage. 2019 Oct 15;200:540-551. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.06.061. Epub 2019 Jun 26. PMID: 31254647. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31254647/

En el episodio de hoy, hablamos del bonito mundo de la doble tarea, un área que ya de por sí tiene sus características en la sociedad en general y que en el campo de la rehabilitación es una categoría fundamental que tarde o temprano hay que abordar. El tema es extenso a más no poder y ha sido un poco complicado hacer una síntesis, ya que tenemos información de estudios tanto a nivel general de lo que implica la atención a dos tareas, críticas sociales (desde la sociología), estudios de neuropsicología y toda la parte de entrenamiento dual en terapia física y en diferentes patologías. Para esta ocasión, lo que me propongo es dar un marco cultural y sociológico inicial que creo que es importante para entender la globalidad del asunto; después voy a introducir conceptos fundamentales relacionados con la doble tarea y la idea después es transitando hacia estudios de correlatos neurales de la doble tarea y cómo podemos entrenar esa habilidad en neurorrehabilitación, sobre todo en la que concierne a la terapia física. Referencias del episodio: 1. Leone, C., Feys, P., Moumdjian, L., D'Amico, E., Zappia, M., & Patti, F. (2017). Cognitive-motor dual-task interference: A systematic review of neural correlates. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, 75, 348–360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.01.010 (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28104413/). 2. Kuo, H. T., Yeh, N. C., Yang, Y. R., Hsu, W. C., Liao, Y. Y., & Wang, R. Y. (2022). Effects of different dual task training on dual task walking and responding brain activation in older adults with mild cognitive impairment. Scientific reports, 12(1), 8490. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11489-x (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35589771/). 3. Li, K. Z. H., Bherer, L., Mirelman, A., Maidan, I., & Hausdorff, J. M. (2018). Cognitive Involvement in Balance, Gait and Dual-Tasking in Aging: A Focused Review From a Neuroscience of Aging Perspective. Frontiers in neurology, 9, 913. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2018.00913 (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30425679/). 4. Mac-Auliffe D, Chatard B, Petton M, Croizé AC, Sipp F, Bontemps B, Gannerie A, Bertrand O, Rheims S, Kahane P, Lachaux JP. The Dual-Task Cost Is Due to Neural Interferences Disrupting the Optimal Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of the Competing Tasks. Front Behav Neurosci. 2021 Aug 19;15:640178. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2021.640178. 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Découvrez le livre NEUROSAPIENS, sorti le 26 janvier aux éditions Les Arènes ! Pour apprendre à créer rapidement et à moindre coût son podcast, c'est par ici ! Production, animation, réalisation et illustration : Anaïs Roux Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/neurosapiens.podcast/ Ecriture : Thaïs Marques Son Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/study_and_t/?hl=fr   Produit et distribué en association avec LACME Production. Audio :  Play-Doh meets Dora - Carmen María and Edu Espinal Sources :  Albulescu, P., Macsinga, I., Rusu, A., Sulea, C., Bodnaru, A., & Tulbure, B. T. (2022). " Give me a break!" A systematic review and meta-analysis on the efficacy of micro-breaks for increasing well-being and performance. Plos one, 17(8), e0272460. Lacaze, D. H. D. C., Sacco, I. D. C., Rocha, L. E., Pereira, C. A. D. B., & Casarotto, R. A. (2010). Stretching and joint mobilization exercises reduce call-center operators' musculoskeletal discomfort and fatigue. Clinics, 65, 657-662. Park, A. E., Zahiri, H. R., Hallbeck, M. S., Augenstein, V., Sutton, E., Yu, D., ... & Bingener, J. (2017). Intraoperative “micro breaks” with targeted stretching enhance surgeon physical function and mental focus. Annals of surgery, 265(2), 340-346. Breckel, T. P., Thiel, C. M., Bullmore, E. T., Zalesky, A., Patel, A. X., & Giessing, C. (2013). Long-term effects of attentional performance on functional brain network topology. PloS one, 8(9), e74125. Gui, D., Xu, S., Zhu, S., Fang, Z., Spaeth, A. M., Xin, Y., ... & Rao, H. (2015). Resting spontaneous activity in the default mode network predicts performance decline during prolonged attention workload. Neuroimage, 120, 323-330. André, N., Audiffren, M., & Baumeister, R. F. (2019). An integrative model of effortful control. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 13, 79.

Nico Schuck is Professor and head of the research group 'Mechanisms of learning and change' at the University of Hamburg, where his research focuses on the neuroscience of learning, memory, and cognitive maps. In this conversation, we discuss his work on cognitive maps and replay in Orbitofrontal Cortex and Hippocampus, decoding even brief events with fMRI, and much more.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith.Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreonTimestamps00:00: Nico's work elicits 'limited enthusiasm'04:36: Multivariate decoding with fMRI13:23: Start discussing Nico's paper 'Human OFC represents a cognitive map of state space'19:39: Weird tasks in computational neuroscience27:30: Start discussing Nico's paper ' Sequential replay of nonspatial task states in the human hippocampus'36:45: How can the slow fMRI signal pick up on very fast neural dynamics?43:02: What is Orbitofrontal Cortex and what does it do?49:24: Some books and papers more people should read55:17: Something Nico wishes he'd learnt sooner56:40: Advice for young scientistsPodcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtNico's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/schuck-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/schuck-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/schuck-twtBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twtReferencesAly & Turk-Browne (2016). Attention stabilizes representations in the human hippocampus. Cerebral Cortex.Bishop (2006). Pattern recognition and machine learning. New York: Springer.Kaplan, Schuck & Doeller (2017). The role of mental maps in decision-making. Trends in Neurosciences.Knudsen & Wallis (2022). Taking stock of value in the orbitofrontal cortex. Nature Reviews Neuroscience.Moneta, Garvert, Heekeren & Schuck (2023). Task state representations in vmPFC mediate relevant and irrelevant value signals and their behavioral influence. Nature Communications.Schuck, Cai, Wilson & Niv (2016). Human orbitofrontal cortex represents a cognitive map of state space. Neuron.Schuck & Niv (2019). Sequential replay of nonspatial task states in the human hippocampus. Science.Shepard (1987). Toward a universal law of generalization for psychological science. Science.Skaggs & McNaughton (1996). Replay of neuronal firing sequences in rat hippocampus during sleep following spatial experience. Science.Sutton & Barto (2018). Reinforcement learning: An introduction. MIT press.Tang, LeBel, Jain & Huth (2023). Semantic reconstruction of continuous language from non-invasive brain recordings. Nature Neuroscience.Todd, Nystrom & Cohen(2013). Confounds in multivariate pattern analysis: theory and rule representation case study. Neuroimage.Wilson, Takahashi, Schoenbaum & Niv (2014). Orbitofrontal cortex as a cognitive map of task space. Neuron.

This week on #Neurosalience, we discuss the recent editorial team resignations at NeuroImage over open access publishing charges and the start of the new journal Imaging Neuroscience. We have two of the senior editors of NeuroImage, Sonja Kotz from Mastricht University, and Shella Keilholz from Emory and Georgia Tech who give us a bit more insight into the factors leading up to the resignation, and what will be happening moving forward as the editors migrate from Elsevier to a non-profit company, MIT press. Sonja Kotz and Shella Keilholz have been with NeuroImage for many years, and in this discussion, we also touch on the current publishing landscape, how that is changing as new platforms and non-profit companies emerge to help keep costs low, and the benefits to authors, readers, and science as a whole. We also discuss the extremely unique and special culture of editors of NeuroImage - now Imaging Neuroscience, and how this has been and will continue to be so fundamental to the quality of the journal over the years. Lastly, we discuss the future of publishing - from what will be published beyond just pdfs to the challenges of review and curation as more and more papers are produced.  Episode producers: Omer Faruk Gulban Jeff Mentch Brain Art Artist: Sina Mansour Title: Dreaming Connectomes Description: Connectome images transformed using Deep dream AI Please send any feedback, guest suggestions, or ideas to ohbm.comcom@gmail.com

What do we know — and what don't we know — about how the human mind works? Sean Illing talks with Paul Bloom, professor of psychology and author of the new book Psych: The Story of the Human Mind. In this conversation, Sean and Paul talk about some of the most interesting and confounding questions in psychology. They discuss the problematic theories of some giants in the history of the field, the way that AI might change psychology, and whether or not the discipline is any closer to understanding the nature of mental illness. Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray Area Guest: Paul Bloom (@paulbloomatyale), Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto; Professor Emeritus, Yale University; author References:  Psych: The Story of the Human Mind by Paul Bloom (Ecco; 2023) The Replication Crisis (Psychology Today) Freud's "primal scene" is taken from his "From the History of an Infantile Neurosis" (a.k.a. the "Wolf Man" case) (1918) The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature by Geoffrey Miller (Anchor; 2001) Aspects of the Theory of Syntax by Noam Chomsky (MIT Press; 1965) On Geoffrey Hinton: "'The Godfather of A.I.' Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead" by Cade Metz (New York Times; May 1) "The looming threat of AI to Hollywood, and why it should matter to you" by Alissa Wilkinson (Vox; May 2) "Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness" by David Chalmers (1995) A.I. Artificial Intelligence, dir. by Steven Spielberg (2001) "Development of the default-mode network during childhood and adolescence" by F. Fan et al. (Neuroimage; Feb. 2021) The Infant Cognition Center at Yale The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Enjoyed this episode? Rate The Gray Area ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of The Gray Area. Subscribe in your favorite podcast app. Support The Gray Area by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by:  Producer: Erikk Geannikis Engineers: Patrick Boyd & Brandon McFarland Editorial Director, Vox Talk: A.M. Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Puede ser que meditar no sea tan complicado como crees y encuentres en ella una herramienta que te permita alcanzar beneficios increíbles en tu bienestar físico y mental. En este episodio vamos a comprender en qué consiste la meditación tradicional, por qué los expertos nos recomiendan dedicar todos los días por lo menos 5 minutos a meditar y también veremos en qué circunstancias la meditación podría no ser una herramienta que nos beneficie y hasta pudiera resultar contraproducente.Referencias: Podcast “El poder de tu ser” de Luis Perla.Eileen Luders, Arthur W. Toga, Natasha Lepore, Christian Gaser, The underlying anatomical correlates of long-term meditation: Larger hippocampal and frontal volumes of gray matter, NeuroImage, Volume 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 672-678.Pace, T.W.W., Negi, L.T., Adame, D, Cole, S.P., Sivilli, T.S., Brown, T., Issa, M., Raison, C.L. Effect of compassion meditation on neuroendocrine, innate immune and behavioral responses to psychosocial stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2009; 34(1):87-98.Rinske A. Gotink, Rozanna Meijboom, Meike W. Vernooij, Marion Smits, M.G. Myriam Hunink, 8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction induces brain changes similar to traditional long-term meditation practice – A systematic review, Brain and Cognition, Volume 108, 2016.Yi-Yuan Tang, Qilin Lu, Xiujuan Geng, Elliot A. Stein, Yihong Yang, and Michael I. Posner, Short-term meditation induces white matter changes in the anterior cingulate, PNAS, Biological Science, 2010.

NogginsAndNeurons: The Website Join the Noggins And Neurons Facebook Group   NEXT LEVEL GERIATRIC CARE SUMMIT: A Certification Training for Rehab Professionals March 29-31 Deb's Talk: UE Mirror Therapy for Stroke Survivors: What's Behind the Reflection March 29th at 10:20 – 12: 20 Pacific, 12:20-2:20 Central, 1:20-3:20 Eastern SIGN UP HERE Questions about the summit: info@pesi.com or (800) 844-8260   EPISODE TITLE: All About The Brain Part 1 EPISODE SUMMARY: In this episode of NOGGINS & NEURONS: Brain Injury Recovery Simplified, Doro and Deb talk about the brain regions and their functions. We covered: Basic brain anatomy How much a human brain weighs The purpose of gyri & sulci Electrical connections, chemical reactions and brain function The cerebrum The lobes: frontal, parietal, temporal & occipital The cerebellum Importance of rest for recovery A little bit about aphasia We hope you enjoyed this episode of Noggins And Neurons. As always, we want to hear from you! Email us at Nogginsandneurons@gmail.com Show References Barbas, H. (2016). Executive functions: The prefrontal cortex: Structure and anatomy. In Reference module in biomedical sciences. Retrieved from ScienceDirect Central Sulcus    https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/central-sulcus   Borch, M.R., Brodie, S.M., Gray, W.A., Ionta, S., & Boyd, L.A. (2015). Understanding the role of the primary somatosensory cortex: Opportunities for rehabilitation. Neuropsychologia, 79(Pt B): 246-255. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.07.007 Kozial, L. F., Budding, D. E., & Chidekel, D. (2011). From movement to thought: Executive function, embodied cognition, and the cerebellum. Cerebellum|Review. Springer Science Business Media, LLC. DOI 10.1007/s12311-011-0321-y Reichenbach, A., Thielscher, A., Peer, A., Bulthoff, H. H., Breschiani, J-P. (2014). A key region in  the human parietal cortex for processing proprioceptive hand feedback during reaching movements. NeuroImage 84; 615-625.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.09.024   THERAPY PRACTICE RESOURCES: DEB'S RESOURCES Beyond the Basics: Motor Recovery Bootcamp (Modified Constraint Induced Movement Therapy Guide) The OT's Guide to Mirror Therapy Occupational Therapy Intervention: Scavenger Hunt Visual Scanning for Adults Occupational Therapy Intervention 2 Pack: Scavenger Hunt & Visual Trails for Adults Noggins And Neurons Podcast Creative Learning & Discussion Guide (Free for podcast members) PETE'S blog and book, “Stronger After Stroke: Your Roadmap to Recovery” 3rd edition: Blog: blogspot.com Book: Stronger After Stroke, 3rd edition DORO'S OT PRACTICE – The Neuro Hub FOR FUN: Donate to Noggins And Neurons and get an Allstar Pete Trading Card REQUEST TO BE A GUEST ON NOGGINS & NEURONS. If you're passionate about stroke recovery and have information or a story you believe will help others, we'd love help you share it on the show. Complete the guest request form below and let's see if we're a good fit! Guest Request Form MUSIC: “Soft Inspiration” by Scott Holmes/Scott Holmes Music/scottholmesmusic.com ✨Google Podcasts  ✨iTunes    ✨Spotify

Study links nutrients in blood to better brain connectivity, cognition in older adults University of Illinois, December 20, 2022 A new study links higher levels of several key nutrients in the blood with more efficient brain connectivity and performance on cognitive tests in older adults. The study, reported in the journal NeuroImage, looked at 32 key nutrients in the Mediterranean diet, which previous research has shown is associated with better brain function in aging. It included 116 healthy adults 65-75 years of age. "We wanted to investigate whether diet and nutrition predict cognitive performance in healthy older adults," said University of Illinois postdoctoral researcher Christopher Zwilling, who led the study with U. of I. psychology professor Aron Barbey in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. The analysis linked specific patterns of a handful of nutrient biomarkers in the blood to better brain health and cognition. The nutrient patterns included omega-3 fatty acids, which are abundant in fish, walnuts and Brussels sprouts; omega-6 fatty acids, found in flaxseed, pumpkin seeds, pine nuts and pistachios; lycopene, a vivid red pigment in tomatoes, watermelon and a few other fruits and vegetables; alpha- and beta-carotenoids, which give sweet potatoes and carrots their characteristic orange color; and vitamins B and D. The researchers relied on some of the most rigorous methods available for examining nutrient intake and brain health, Barbey said. Rather than asking participants to answer food-intake surveys, which require the accurate recall of what and how much participants ate, the team looked for patterns of nutrient "biomarkers" in the blood. The team also used functional magnetic resonance imaging to carefully evaluate the efficiency with which various brain networks performed. The analysis found a robust link between higher levels of several nutrient biomarkers in the blood and enhanced performance on specific cognitive tests. These nutrients, which appeared to work synergistically, included omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, carotenoids, lycopene, riboflavin, folate, vitamin B12 and vitamin D. The analysis also revealed that a pattern of omega-3s, omega-6s and carotene was linked to better functional brain network efficiency. Different nutrient patterns appeared to moderate the efficiency in different brain networks. For example, higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids paralleled the positive relationship between a healthy frontoparietal network and general intelligence. The frontoparietal network supports the ability to focus attention and engage in goal-directed behavior. "Our study suggests that diet and nutrition moderate the association between network efficiency and cognitive performance," Barbey said. "This means that the strength of the association between functional brain network efficiency and cognitive performance is associated with the level of the nutrients." (NEXT) Sunlight offers surprise benefit -- it energizes infection fighting T cells Georgetown University Medical Center, December 20, 2022 Sunlight allows us to make vitamin D, credited with healthier living, but a surprise research finding could reveal another powerful benefit of getting some sun. Georgetown University Medical Center researchers have found that sunlight, through a mechanism separate than vitamin D production, energizes T cells that play a central role in human immunity. Their findings, published in Scientific Reports, suggest how the skin, the body's largest organ, stays alert to the many microbes that can nest there. "We all know sunlight provides vitamin D, which is suggested to have an impact on immunity, among other things. But what we found is a completely separate role of sunlight on immunity," says the study's senior investigator, Gerard Ahern, PhD, associate professor in the Georgetown's Department of Pharmacology and Physiology. "Some of the roles attributed to vitamin D on immunity may be due to this new mechanism." They specifically found that low levels of blue light, found in sun rays, makes T cells move faster -- marking the first reported human cell responding to sunlight by speeding its pace. "T cells, whether they are helper or killer, need to move to do their work, which is to get to the site of an infection and orchestrate a response," Ahern says. "This study shows that sunlight directly activates key immune cells by increasing their movement." Ahern also added that while production of vitamin D required UV light, which can promote skin cancer and melanoma, blue light from the sun, as well as from special lamps, is safer. And while the human and T cells they studied in the laboratory were not specifically skin T cells -- they were isolated from mouse cell culture and from human blood -- the skin has a large share of T cells in humans, he says, approximately twice the number circulating in the blood. What drove the motility response in T cells was synthesis of hydrogen peroxide, which then activated a signaling pathway that increases T cell movement. Hydrogen peroxide is a compound that white blood cells release when they sense an infection in order to kill bacteria and to "call" T cells and other immune cells to mount an immune response. "We found that sunlight makes hydrogen peroxide in T cells, which makes the cells move. And we know that an immune response also uses hydrogen peroxide to make T cells move to the damage," Ahern says. "This all fits together." (NEXT)  Capsaicin molecule inhibits growth of breast cancer cells Centre of Genomics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany), December 22, 2022  Capsaicin, an active ingredient of pungent substances such as chilli or pepper, inhibits the growth of breast cancer cells. This was reported by a team headed by the Bochum-based scent researcher Prof Dr Dr Dr habil Hanns Hatt and Dr Lea Weber, following experiments in cultivated tumour cells. The experiments were carried out with the SUM149PT cell culture, a model system for a particularly aggressive type of breast cancer, i.e. the triple-negative type. Chemotherapy is currently the only available treatment for this type of cancer. In the cultivated cells, the team detected a number of typical olfactory receptors. One receptor occurred very frequently; it is usually found in the fifth cranial nerve, i.e. the trigeminal nerve. It belongs to the so-called Transient Receptor Potential Channels and is named TRPV1. That receptor is activated by the spicy molecule capsaicin as well as by helional – a scent of fresh sea breeze. In collaboration with Dr Gabriele Bonatz from the Augusta clinics in Bochum (Brustzentrum), Hatt's team confirmed the existence of TRPV1 in tumour cells in nine different samples from patients suffering from breast cancer. The researchers activated the TRPV1 receptor in the cell culture with capsaicin or helional, by adding the substances to the culture for a period of several hours or days. As a result, the cancer cells divide more slowly. Moreover, the treatment caused tumour cells to die in larger numbers. The surviving cells were no longer able to move as quickly as heretofore; this implies that their ability to form metastases in the body was impeded. Earlier studies had demonstrated that the chemical arvanil – with a chemical make-up similar to that of the spicy molecule capsaicin – was effective against brain tumours in mice; it reduces tumour growth in the animals. Due to its side effects, however, this substance is not approved for humans. In addition to capsaicin and helional, the endovanilloids, produced naturally in the body, also activate the TRPV1 receptor. (NEXT)  Losing body fat could be facilitated by light evening exercise and fasting Baylor College of Medicine, December 20, 2022 Making muscles burn more fat and less glucose can increase exercise endurance, but could simultaneously cause diabetes, says a team of scientists from Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions. Mouse muscles use glucose (carbohydrate) as fuel when the animals are awake and active and switch to fat (lipid) when they are asleep. The team discovered that disrupting this natural cycle may lead to diabetes but, surprisingly, can also enhance exercise endurance. The switch is controlled by a molecule called histone deacetylase 3, or HDAC3. This finding opens the possibility of selecting the right time to exercise for losing body fat but also raises the concern of using HDAC inhibitors as doping drugs for endurance exercise. The study appears in Nature Medicine. Skeletal muscles, the voluntary muscles, are important in the control of blood glucose in the body. They consume most of the glucose, and if they develop insulin resistance and consequently are not able to use glucose, then diabetes likely will develop. To study the role of HDAC3 in mouse skeletal muscle, Sun and colleagues genetically engineered laboratory mice to deplete HDAC3 only in the skeletal muscles. Then they compared these knocked out mice with normal mice regarding how their muscles burn fuel. When normal mice eat, their blood sugar increases and insulin is released, which stimulates muscles to take in and use glucose as fuel. "When the knocked out mice ate, their blood sugar increased and insulin was released just fine, but their muscles refused to take in and use glucose," said Sun. "Lacking HDAC3 made the mice insulin resistant and more prone to develop diabetes." Yet, when the HDAC3-knocked out mice ran on a treadmill, they showed superior endurance, "which was intriguing because diabetes is usually associated with poor muscle performance," said Sun. "Glucose is the main fuel of muscle, so if a condition limits the use of glucose, the expectation is low performance in endurance exercises. That's the surprise." The researchers then studied what fueled the HDAC3-knocked out mice's stellar performance using metabolomics approaches and found that their muscles break down more amino acids. This changed the muscles' preference from glucose to lipids and allowed them to burn lipid very efficiently. This explains the high endurance, because the body carries a much larger energy reservoir in the form of lipid than carbohydrate. The team performed a number of functional genomics studies that established the link between HDAC3 and the circadian clock. "In normal mice, when the mouse is awake, the clock in the muscle anticipates a feeding cycle and uses HDAC3 to turn off many metabolic genes. This leads the muscles to use more carbohydrate," said Sun. "When the animal is about to go to sleep and anticipates a fasting cycle, the clock removes HDAC3. This leads the muscles to use more lipid." Although these studies were done in mice, the researchers speculate that human muscles most likely will follow the same cycle. The study opens the possibility of promoting body fat burning by increasing exercise activity during the periods in which muscles use lipid, which is at night for people. "Losing body fat would be easier by exercising lightly and fasting at night," said Sun. "It's not a bad idea to take a walk after dinner." (NEXT)  Employees who are open about religion are happier, study suggests Kansas State University, December 17, 2022 It may be beneficial for employers to not only encourage office Christmas parties but also celebrate holidays and festivals from a variety of religions, according to a Kansas State University researcher. Sooyeol Kim was involved in a collaborative study that found that employees who openly discuss their religious beliefs at work are often happier and have higher job satisfaction than those employees who do not. "For many people, religion is the core of their lives," Kim said. "Being able to express important aspects of one's life can influence work-related issues, such as job satisfaction, work performance or engagement. It can be beneficial for organizations to have a climate that is welcoming to every religion and culture." Kim said employers might even want to consider a religion-friendly policy or find ways to encourage religious expression. For example, organizations could have an office Christmas party, but also could celebrate and recognize other religious holidays and dates, such as Hanukkah, Ramadan or Buddhist holidays. For the cross-cultural study, the researchers surveyed nearly 600 working adults from a variety of industries -- including education and finance -- in the U.S. and South Korea. The surveyed employees were all Christian, but identified with a variety of denominations, including Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist, among others. Results showed that employees who valued religion as a core part of their lives were more likely to disclose their religion in the workplace. Employees who felt pressure to assimilate in the workplace were less likely to disclose their religious identity, Kim said. But most significantly, the researchers found that the employees who disclosed their religion in the workplace had several positive outcomes, including higher job satisfaction and higher perceived well-being. "Disclosing your religion can be beneficial for employees and individual well-being," Kim said. "When you try to hide your identity, you have to pretend or you have to lie to others, which can be stressful and negatively impact how you build relationships with co-workers." Kim said the research on religion in the workplace plays a part into work-life balance. Research continues to show that individual characteristics -- such as family and religion -- can influence work-related issues. (NEXT) New Cannabis Capsule Is So Powerful It's Going To Completely Replace All Pain Killers University of Pennsylvania, December 19, 2022    In places where medical marijuana is legal, opioid abuse and addiction has fallen by 25%, but the government maintain they are stumped as to why Opioid abuse and addiction is a massive problem all over the US, hence why people are eager to find natural alternatives. The health benefits of cannabis are become more and more accepted in mainstream society, as more studies which support cannaboid use are published. This doesn't sit well with big pharma, who are desperate to hold on to the monopoly they control. In the U.S. states where medical marijuana is legal to use, deaths from opioid overdoses have decreased by almost 25 percent, according to a new data. The study was done by Bachhuber, of the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of Pennsylvania, and his colleagues who used state-level death certificate data for all 50 states. According to JAMA Medicine, in states with a medical marijuana law, overdose deaths from opioids like morphine, oxycodone and heroin decreased by an average of 20 percent after just one year. After two years, they continued to decrease to 25 percent. In the mean time, opioid overdose deaths across the country skyrocketed. The cannabis capsules are made from the extract of cannabis flower. The active ingredients are processed without microbials and then packaged with a specific mix of 60 mg of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) and 10 mg of CBD (cannabidiol). The combination together creates the perfect effect to relieve pain. The THC helps send happy feelings to the brain, while the CBD helps promote relaxation of the muscles. This helps reduce muscle spasms as well as inflammation.

In today's episode, we'll dive into the psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy of aesthetics. Find out how your brain senses aesthetic experiences, how aesthetic senses can influence your behavior, and why people have studied the field of aesthetics for so long.About Dr. Cliff Workman: When we judge people for their moral or prosocial behaviors, do our perceptions of their beauty influence our evaluations? I am interested in understanding how morality and beauty interact to modulate decision-making. Prior to joining the ChatLab, I was a postdoctoral scholar in the Social Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at the University of Chicago under the supervision of Jean Decety. Our work investigates the psycholigical and neural mechansisms underpinning political polarization and support for ideologically-motivated violence. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Manchester in England in 2016 where I investigated relations between moral cognition and emotions and the physiopathology of major depression. Before starting my PhD, I worked at Johns Hopkins University on neuroimaging studies of psychiatric disorders, and also completed a B.S. in Psychology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where I worked on studies of clinical, cognitive, and social functioning. Get started with Buzzsprout HERE!FIND DR. CLIFF WORKMANWebsite: https://cliffordworkman.com/MENTIONEDChatterjee, A., & Vartanian, O. (2014). Neuroaesthetics. Trends in cognitive sciences, 18(7), 370–375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2014.03.003Thakral, P. P., Moo, L. R., & Slotnick, S. D. (2012). A neural mechanism for aesthetic experience. Neuroreport, 23(5), 310–313. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0b013e328351759fKirk, U., Skov, M., Hulme, O., Christensen, M. S., & Zeki, S. (2009). Modulation of aesthetic value by semantic context: an fMRI study. NeuroImage, 44(3), 1125–1132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.10.009Tinio, P. P. L. (2019). Creativity and aesthetics. In J. C. Kaufman & R. J. Sternberg (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of creativity (pp. 691–708). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316979839.035Stein, J.-P., Koban, K., Joos, S., & Ohler, P. (2022). Worth the effort? Comparing different youtube vlog production styles in terms of viewers' identification, parasocial response, immersion, and enjoyment. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 16(3), 426–436. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000374Venkatesan, T., Wang, Q. J., & Spence, C. (2022). Does the typeface on album cover influence expectations and perception of music? Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 16(3), 487–503. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000330Shelley, J. (2022, February 28). The concept of the Aesthetic. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved October 25, 2022, from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aesthetic-concept/ Workman, C.I., Humphries, S., Hartung, F., Aguirre, G.K., Kable, J.W., Chatterjee, A. (2021). Morality is in the eye of the beholder: The neurocognitive basis of the “anomalous-is-bad” stereotype. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1494(1):3-17.FIND MEWMT Instagram: @walkmethrough.jpg Website: https://walk-me-through.mailchimpsites.com/Support WMT: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/walkmethroughPersonal Instagram: @eugenia.jpgCREDITSTrack: Electric Ten — Broke in Summer Support the show

Could a dead salmon be thinking or is something else at play? If you're curious about the answer to that question and want to learn more about magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), come and listen! Featuring special guest the Eventually To be Dr. Ilya, this episode discusses the science behind MRI, how noise can affect imaging and landmark studies in the field! Please rate, review, and subscribe and if you have any questions, comments, concerns, queries, or complaints, please email me at neuroscienceamateurhour@gmail.com or DM me at NeuroscienceAmateurHour on Instagram.Also if you have the means/desire to financially support this podcast - please go to https://www.buymeacoffee.com/neuroscienceI really appreciate it!!!Citations and relevant papers are below! Bennett C, Miller M, Wolford G. Neural correlates of interspecies perspective taking in the post-mortem Atlantic Salmon: an argument for multiple comparisons correction. NeuroImage. 2009;47:S125. doi:10.1016/s1053-8119(09)71202-9Scicurious. IgNobel Prize in Neuroscience: The dead salmon study. Scientific American Blog Network. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/scicurious-brain/ignobel-prize-in-neuroscience-the-dead-salmon-study/Van Dijk KRA, Sabuncu MR, Buckner RL. The influence of head motion on intrinsic functional connectivity MRI. NeuroImage. 2012;59(1):431-438. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.07.044Nishimoto S, Vu An T, Naselaris T, Benjamini Y, Yu B, Gallant Jack L. Reconstructing Visual Experiences from Brain Activity Evoked by Natural Movies. Current Biology. 2011;21(19):1641-1646. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.08.031Will GJ, Rutledge RB, Moutoussis M, Dolan RJ. Neural and computational processes underlying dynamic changes in self-esteem. FeldmanHall O, ed. eLife. 2017;6:e28098. doi:10.7554/eLife.28098‌Support the show

In this episode, I talk with Olivia Leow, who experienced an awake craniotomy for resection of a brain tumor surrounded by language areas in her left posterior temporal lobe.Vanderbilt Brain Cancer Patient Assistance Fund, established by Olivia LeowDiachek E, Morgan VL, Wilson SM. Adaptive language mapping paradigms for presurgical language mapping. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2022; in press. [pdf]Wilson SM, Yen M, Eriksson DK. An adaptive semantic matching paradigm for reliable and valid language mapping in individuals with aphasia. Hum Brain Mapp 2018; 39: 3285-307. [doi]Yen M, DeMarco AT, Wilson SM. Adaptive paradigms for mapping phonological regions in individual participants. NeuroImage 2019; 189: 368-79. [doi]Wilson SM, Lam D, Babiak M, Perry D, Shih T, Hess CP, Berger MS, Chang EF. Transient aphasias after left hemisphere resective surgery. J Neurosurg 2015; 123: 581-93. [doi]McCarron A, Chavez A, Babiak MC, Berger MS, Chang EF, Wilson SM. Connected speech in transient aphasias after left hemisphere resective surgery. Aphasiology 2017; 31: 1266-81. [doi]Penfield W, Roberts L. Speech and Brain-Mechanisms. Princeton University Press; 1959. [book]Long Monday by John PrineClay Pigeons by John Prine

No one likes to think about their eventual demise. It's science: research says our own brains keep us from dwelling on it. A recent NeuroImage study found human brains categorize death as an unfortunate event that only happens to other people. If you're a caregiver or have older parents, listen up!Fifty percent of older adults will need long-term care at some point in their lives. If you or your parents have made it to age sixty-five, congratulations! There's now a seventy percent chance of need long-term care.My guest this episode is Bryan Herdt. Bryan is long term care insurance industry rock star. This episode of The Matt Feret Show will give you a very comprehensive insider's view into long-term care insurance, what it is, how many types of long term care insurance there are, how to buy it, when to buy it, the differences in long-term care for people with insurance, what to buy, how to buy and why whatever you do, you need to hit this head on… if not for you, then for your parents and loved ones. Full episode transcript, notes, quotes and links:https://themattferetshow.com"The emotion that is brought out in people about losing their independence and losing the ability to self-manage is horrifying enough that people will just... they'll just dismiss it. They'll just say I just don't see it happening to me. And honestly, still, that's probably one of the biggest reasons why more people don't do proactive planning for long-term care.”-Bryan HerdtBe sure to check out Prepare for Medicare - The Insider's Guide to Buying Medicare Insurance. AMAZON BOOK LINK: https://amzn.to/3G4ZWbUAMAZON WORKBOOK LINK: https://amzn.to/39H7cP4FIND US AThttps://themattferetshow.comhttps://prepareformedicare.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtf1qaqtW-X3s1fry2P1nTwFOLLOW ME ON SOCIALTwitter: https://twitter.com/feret_mattFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/themattferetshow/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matt_feret/#LongTermCare #LongTermCareInsurance #longtermcarefacility #caregiver #caregivers #caregiversupport #caregiverlife #caregivertips #caregiverburnout #caregiverformom #caregivercare #caregiverssupport #PrepareforMedicare, #TMFS, #TheMattFeretShow #veteransbenefitsNeuroImage Study Link Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#10.07: Y: Your Connections: “How can I connect better with myself and others?” Connect With Your Higher Self Take the LQ test: https://dralkapatel.com/lq-test/ My guest on this week's episode of The Lifestyle First Podcast is Irini Michaelidis, who is a global business leader, coach and educator who develops leaders to take a holistic approach to leadership. In this episode we: · Discuss genuine human connection to oneself · Discuss the need to connect as a biological imperative · Explore awareness, knowing, being · Highlight the need to increase observations of self first before co-connecting with others · Explore the need to slow down to speed up · Highlight how silence and stillness enhances productivity · Talk about creating rituals for personal space · Explore creating intentions when on digital platforms · Discuss loneliness and burnout · Explore energy as a connecting force · Explore Intention. Information. Interaction · Explore connection disconnection · Understand desire for connection as a signal to take action 1. The one question we discuss is “: “How can I connect better with myself and others?” 2. The two references we look at are · Redcay E, et al. Live face-to-face interaction during fMRI: a new tool for social cognitive neuroscience. NeuroImage.2010; 50(4), 1639-47 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20096792/ · Saxe, R., et al. Acute social isolation evokes midbrain craving responses similar to hunger. Nature Neuroscience. 2020; 23: 1597-1605 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-020-00742-z 3. The three actions to take are: · Connect with self- create rituals to get centred · Connect with others - notice how you connect with others · Notice who you connect with- be intentional Which of these 3 actionable tips will you implement? Leave your comments below. -x- DISCLAIMER: This content does not constitute or substitute personal one-to-one professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or health care professional with questions about your health. -x- Find Out More/Contact/Follow: Guest: Socials https://ca.linkedin.com/in/irini-michaelidis-yu https://www.instagram.com/irini.michaelidis irini@6sess.com Host Newsletter: https://dralkapatel.com/mailinglist Website: https://dralkapatel.com/ Socials: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dralkapateluk/ https://www.facebook.com/dralkapateluk https://www.instagram.com/dralkapateluk https://twitter.com/dralkapateluk YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaQrM4ryE0a38zqsednEppQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dr-alka-patel/message

In this episode, I talk with Fred Dick, Professor of Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Birkbeck, University of London, about his work, with a focus on his recent paper ‘Extensive tonotopic mapping across auditory cortex is recapitulated by spectrally directed attention and systematically related to cortical myeloarchitecture'.Dick F, Bates E, Wulfeck B, Utman JA, Dronkers N, Gernsbacher MA. Language deficits, localization, and grammar: evidence for a distributive model of language breakdown in aphasic patients and neurologically intact individuals. Psychol Rev 2001; 108: 759-88. [doi]Dick F, Tierney AT, Lutti A, Josephs O, Sereno MI, Weiskopf N. In vivo functional and myeloarchitectonic mapping of human primary auditory areas. J Neurosci 2012; 32: 16095-105. [doi]Lutti A, Dick F, Sereno MI, Weiskopf N. Using high-resolution quantitative mapping of R1 as an index of cortical myelination. NeuroImage 2014; 93: 176-88. [doi]Dick FK, Lehet MI, Callaghan MF, Keller TA, Sereno MI, Holt LL. Extensive tonotopic mapping across auditory cortex is recapitulated by spectrally directed attention and systematically related to cortical myeloarchitecture. J Neurosci 2017; 37: 12187-201. [doi]Dick faculty webpageTranscript

Soutenir et s'abonner à NeurosapiensDans cet épisode, nous allons aborder ensemble le sujet de l'intelligence et plus spécifiquement du haut potentiel intellectuel.Cet épisode sera découpé en 3 grands thèmes. Pour commencer, on se fera un petit mémo sur l'intelligence. Ce qu'elle est, ce qu'elle n'est pas. Ce qu'on sait sur l'intelligence aujourd'hui en neurosciences. Ensuite, nous ferons un focus sur le haut potentiel actuel où nous décortiquerons les mythes et les réalités.L'Instagram de Confidences de Psy :https://www.instagram.com/confidencesdepsy/Production, animation, réalisation et illustration : Anaïs RouxInstagram : https://www.instagram.com/neurosapiens.podcast/neurosapiens.podcast@gmail.comMusique d'intro KEEP ON GOINGMusique proposée par La Musique LibreJoakim Karud - Keep On Going : https://youtu.be/lOfg0jRqaA8Joakim Karud : https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudSOURCESG. E. Gignac et al., Brain volume and intelligence : The moderating role of intelligence measurement quality, Intelligence, vol. 64, pp. 18-29, 2017.K. H. Lee et al., Neural correlates of superior intelligence : Stronger recruitment of posterior parietal cortex, Neuroimage, vol. 29, pp. 578-586, 2006.S. Sniekers et al., Genome-wide association meta-analysis of 78,308 individuals identifies new loci and genes influencing human intelligence, Nature Genetics, vol. 49, pp. 1107, 2017.D. Zabaneh et al., A genome-wide association study for extremely high intelligence, Molecular Psychiatry, vol. 23, pp. 1226-1232, 2018.F. Schmiedek et al., Within-person structures of daily cognitive performance cannot be inferred from between-person structures of cognitive abilities, PeerJ Preprints, vol. 7, 7:e27576v1, 2019. Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/neurosapiens.

Over the thirty-nine episodes of this podcast, Peter Bandettini, PhD (twitter: @fmri_today), has guided interesting conversations with brain scientists of all types about the latest developments, controversies, findings, and challenges in the field of brain mapping. Of course, Dr. Bandettini is an impressive and fascinating scientist in his own right, so we on the Neurosalience production team thought it was time to turn things around and shine the spotlight on Peter. About our "guest": Dr. Bandettini is Chief of the Section on Functional Imaging Methods at the National Institute of Mental Health, as well as Director of the Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Core Facility and Director of the Center for Multimodal Neuroimaging. Peter received a bachelor's degree in Physics from Marquette University and his Ph.D. from the Medical College of Wisconsin, followed by postdoctoral training at the Massachusetts General Hospital Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center and Harvard Medical School, before returning to the Medical College of Wisconsin as assistant professor. In 1999, Dr. Bandettini moved to the National Institute of Mental Health, where he has been ever since. As of this recording, his research has been cited almost 44,000 times, with 5 of his papers having over 2000 citations, 10 papers with over 1000 citations, and 20 with over 500 citations. Dr. Bandettini has also written the book on functional MRI published by MIT Press, entitled, appropriately, “fMRI”. Peter has been highly involved in the Organization for Human Brain Mapping since essentially the beginning, including serving as President, Program Chair, and scientific advisory board member. Peter is also a Fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, where he was awarded the ISMRM Gold Medal in 2020, and he was previously the editor-in-chief of the journal NeuroImage, along with serving as associate editor for that journal and many others. Through all of this, Dr. Bandettini has advised numerous grad students and postdocs, some of whom you'll hear about in today's episode. We'll hear about Peter's approach to mentorship, to science in general, and to science communication, and to much, much more. About our guest host: Kevin Sitek, PhD, is a research scientist at the University of Pittsburgh. Kevin joined the OHBM Communications Committee in 2020 and has worked with the Neurosalience production team since the podcast started in early 2021. You can find Kevin on twitter at @krsitek.

This episode originally aired on 2/21/2020. New episodes coming soon. Learn about whether people think in words or in pictures; why brussels sprouts really are tastier than they used to be; and why buying luxury items might make you feel like an impostor.Whether People Think in Words or Pictures by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Alicia)(2020). Twitter. https://twitter.com/KylePlantEmoji/status/1221713792913965061Heavey, C. L., & Hurlburt, R. T. (2008). The phenomena of inner experience. Consciousness and Cognition, 17(3), 798–810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2007.12.006Pristine Inner Experience. (2020). Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/pristine-inner-experienceAmit, E., Hoeflin, C., Hamzah, N., & Fedorenko, E. (2017). An asymmetrical relationship between verbal and visual thinking: Converging evidence from behavior and fMRI. NeuroImage, 152, 619–627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.03.029Why Brussels Sprouts Taste Better Now by Steffie DruckerFrom Culinary Dud To Stud: How Dutch Plant Breeders Built Our Brussels Sprouts Boom. (2019, October 30). NPR.Org. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/10/30/773457637/from-culinary-dud-to-stud-how-dutch-plant-breeders-built-our-brussels-sprouts-boBeck, A. (2019, November 7). It's Not Your Imagination, Brussels Sprouts Really Do Taste Better Now. Better Homes & Gardens; Better Homes & Gardens. https://www.bhg.com/news/brussels-sprouts-less-bitter/Pearson, H. (2006, September 18). Distaste for sprouts in the genes. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/news060918-1Perman, A. (2011, November 1). The “brussels sprouts” gene: TAS2R38 | Anna Perman's Genetic Spaghetti. The Guardian; The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2011/nov/01/brussel-sprout-geneNeuroscience for Kids - Bitter Taste Gene. (2003, July 15). Washington.edu. http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/bitter.htmlMasur, L. (2019, December 26). The Top 10 Food Trends of the Entire Decade. Kitchn; Apartment Therapy, LLC. https://www.thekitchn.com/decade-food-trends-2010-2019-22973978Luxury Buying Makes People Feel Fake by Kelsey DonkLuxury consumption can fuel “impostor syndrome” among some buyers. (2019). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-12/bc-lcc122019.phpWong, K. (2020, January 30). Why Your Designer Bag Is Making You Feel Worse. The Financial Diet. https://thefinancialdiet.com/luxury-consumer-imposter-syndrome/Goor, D., Ordabayeva, N., Keinan, A., & Crener, S. (2019). The Impostor Syndrome from Luxury Consumption. Journal of Consumer Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcr/ucz044Want to learn even more? Head to discovery+ to stream from some of your favorite shows. Go to discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial today. Terms apply.

Itch is... uncomfortable. We've all been there before, one motivated mosquito takes a bite out of you, and you are left with an itchy red spot for a few days that only scratching can temporarily relieve. Have you ever wondered how that sensation is transferred to the brain and processed? How about why pain, like pressing really hard on that mosquito bite makes the itching go away. If the answer to any of these questions is YES, come and take a listen to learn a little bit more about what's happening upstairs!Please rate, review, and subscribe and if you have any questions, comments, concerns, queries, or complaints, please email me at neuroscienceamateurhour@gmail.com or DM me at NeuroscienceAmateurHour on Instagram.Citations and relevant pictures are below:Henley C. Touch: The Skin. openbookslibmsuedu. Published online January 1, 2021. https://openbooks.lib.msu.edu/neuroscience/chapter/touch-the-skin/#:~:text=with%20the%20skin.-‌Feher J. 4.3 - Cutaneous Sensory Systems. ScienceDirect. Published January 1, 2012. Accessed March 13, 2022. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128008836000355Ringkamp M, Meyer R. Pruriceptors. PubMed. Published 2014. Accessed March 13, 2022. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK200917/Schmelz M. Itch Processing in the Skin. Frontiers in Medicine. 2019;6. doi:10.3389/fmed.2019.00167Ikoma A, Cevikbas F, Kempkes C, Steinhoff M. Anatomy and Neurophysiology of Pruritus. Seminars in cutaneous medicine and surgery. 2011;30(2):64-70. doi:10.1016/j.sder.2011.04.001Potenzieri C, Undem BJ. Basic mechanisms of itch. Clinical & Experimental Allergy. 2011;42(1):8-19. doi:10.1111/1. Shim W-S, Oh U. Histamine-Induced Itch and its Relationship with Pain. Molecular Pain. 2008;4:1744-80694-29. doi:10.1186/1744-8069-4-29j.1365-2222.2011.03791.xForster C, Handwerker HO. Central Nervous Processing of Itch and Pain. PubMed. Published 2014. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK200926/Papoiu ADP, Coghill RC, Kraft RA, Wang H, Yosipovitch G. A Tale of Two Itches. Common Features and Notable Differences in Brain Activation Evoked by Cowhage And Histamine Induced Itch. Neuroimage. 2012;59(4):3611-3623. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.10.099Ishiuji Y. Addiction and the itch‐scratch cycle. What do they have in common? Experimental Dermatology. 2019;28(12):1448-1454. doi:10.1111/exd.14029Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/neuroscienceamateurhour)

If we knew the real power of the breath in our bodies, we would never breathe shallow again. 'From ancient wisdom to modern day science, the gifts of breath go beyond our heart pumping, to our emotional capacity for spiritual awakening. Learn two vital breath techniques for supporting your best self, and the mysterious ways our breath is our best friend. 02:34 - the science of mind/body connection and practices 10:30 - the wisdom traditions around breath 14:44 - breath work in trauma 19:52 - 2 breath techniques to try It's Her Turn website and social media links:  website http://www.katedow.com (www.katedow.com)   My Book Fear-Less:The Art of Using Anxiety to Your Advantage https://bit.ly/Fear-LessBook (https://bit.ly/Fear-LessBook) Podcast Dr Kate Dow FB page https://www.facebook.com/drkatedowfemininewisdom (https://www.facebook.com/drkatedowfemininewisdom) FB Community group Fearless Feminine Wisdom https://bit.ly/FFWfacebookgroup (https://bit.ly/FFWfacebookgroup)  Show Resources: Bhajan, Yogi The Aquarian Teacher (Kundalini Research Institute, 2003) Doll A, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=H%C3%B6lzel%20BK%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=27033686 (Hölzel BK), https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Mulej%20Bratec%20S%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=27033686 (Mulej Bratec S), https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Boucard%20CC%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=27033686 (Boucard CC), https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Xie%20X%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=27033686 (Xie X), https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Wohlschl%C3%A4ger%20AM%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=27033686 (Wohlschläger AM), https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Sorg%20C%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=27033686 (Sorg C) Mindful attention to breath regulates emotions via increased amygdala-prefrontal cortex connectivity. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Mindful+attention+to+breath+regulates+emotions (Neuroimage) 2016 Jul 1;134:305-313. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.03.041) Epub 2016 Mar 24.) Cho H, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Ryu%20S%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=27764151 (Ryu S), https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Noh%20J%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=27764151 (Noh J), https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Lee%20J%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=27764151 (Lee J). The Effectiveness of Daily Mindful Breathing Practices on Test Anxiety of Students. (Plos One 2016 Oct 20;11(10):e0164822. doi: .1371/journal.pone.0164822. eCollection 2016.) Brown RP, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Gerbarg%20PL%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=15750381 (Gerbarg PL). Sudarshan Kriya yogic breathing in the treatment of stress, anxiety, and depression: part I-neurophysiologic model. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15750381 (J Altern Complement Med.) 2005 Feb;11(1):189-201.)

Certaines personnes auraient-elles des prédispositions cérébrales à apprendre une langue ?Le fait de parler plusieurs langues a-t-il un impact sur le cerveau ?Cela présente-t-il des avantages ou des inconvénients pour le cerveau de devoir passer d'une langue à une autre ? Bébé bilingue : est-ce mauvais pour le cerveau ?Production, animation, réalisation et illustration : Anaïs Roux♥️ Pour faire un don : https://ko-fi.com/neurosapienspodcast SOURCESI. Nocus et al., L'école plurilingue en Outre-mer : Apprendre plusieurs langues, plusieurs langues pour apprendre, Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2014.H. D. Duncan et al., Structural brain differences between monolingual and multilingual patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease: Evidence for cognitive reserve, Neuropsychologia, vol. 109, pp. 270-282, 31 janvier 2018.Bialystok E, Craik FI, Luk G. Bilingualism: consequences for mind and brain. Trends Cogn Sci. 2012 Apr;16(4):240-50. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.03.001. PMID: 22464592; PMCID: PMC3322418.J. Diamond, The benefits of multilingualism, in Science, vol. 330, pp. 332-333, 2010.L.-A. Petitto, New discoveries from the bilingual brain mind across the life span : implications for education, in Mind, Brain, and Education, vol. 3(4), pp. 185-197, 2009.L. Boroditsky et A. Gaby, Remembrances of times east : absolute spatial representations of time in an Australian aboriginal community, Psychological Science, vol. 21, pp. 1635-1639, novembre 2010.C. M. Fausey et al., Constructing agency : the role of language, Frontiers in Cultural Psychology, vol. 1, pp. 1-11, octobre 2010.Bialystok E. The bilingual adaptation: How minds accommodate experience. Psychol Bull. 2017 Mar;143(3):233-262. doi: 10.1037/bul0000099. PMID: 28230411; PMCID: PMC5324728.[Conférence] Cerveau et bilinguisme : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR5XKIiyqJgAnderson JAE, Grundy JG, De Frutos J, Barker RM, Grady C, Bialystok E. Effects of bilingualism on white matter integrity in older adults. Neuroimage. 2018 Feb 15;167:143-150. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.11.038. Epub 2017 Nov 22. PMID: 29175203; PMCID: PMC5845836.Peal, E., & Lambert, W. E. (1962). The relation of bilingualism to intelligence. Psychological Monographs: General and Applied, 76(27), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0093840Pliatsikas C, Moschopoulou E, Saddy JD. The effects of bilingualism on the white matter structure of the brain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Feb 3;112(5):1334-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1414183112. Epub 2015 Jan 12. PMID: 25583505; PMCID: PMC4321232.Chihiro Hosoda et al., « Dynamic neural network reorganisation associated with second language vocabulary acquisition. A multimodal imaging study », Journal of Neuroscience, vol. XXXIII, n° 34, 21 août 2013.Musique d'intro KEEP ON GOINGMusique proposée par La Musique LibreJoakim Karud - Keep On Going : https://youtu.be/lOfg0jRqaA8Joakim Karud : https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/neurosapiens.

This show is dedicated to Joe Kamiya The “Father of Neurofeedback” https://neurenics.com/meet-father-neurofeedback-dr-joe-kamiya/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNPRyAW30xg Tomas Ros, Ph.D. Cognitive Neuroscientist joined our Neuropsychologists, Dr. Laura Jansons, Dr. Skip Hrin, and QEEG Tech Legend Jay Gunkelman Tomas Ros Publications https://www.tomasros.com/publications Tomas Ros Neurofeedback Past, Present, and Future Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7gn9I2lr_s P300 Marker for ADHD PTSD Alpha Waves Beta Spindles Joe Kamiya Lawrence Kline Tomas Ros Bio:https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/70712/bio PhD with John Gruzelier at the University of London, he used transcranial magnetic stimulation to probe for the plastic effects of neurofeedback, showing for the first time cortical excitability changes directly after a training session (Ros et al 2010, Eur J Neuro). He then joined Ruth Lanius at University of Western Ontario, a specialist in neuroimaging of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), where they uncovered a neurofeedback protocol that positively correlated with reductions in mind-wandering, together with enhanced functional connectivity in a key cognitive control network (Ros et al 2013, NeuroImage). This led to the first translational study investigating its impact on patients with PTSD, revealing a positive effect on well-being and a plastic modulation of salience/default-mode networks (Kluetsch et al 2014, Acta Scand Psych). His research interests at the University of Geneva was focused on the potential application of neurofeedback in the study of neurocognitive function as well as in the treatment of brain disorders (for example, major depression). His aim was to use multiple windows (fMRI, EEG and TMS) to explore the brain's remarkable plasticity, in the hope that the outcome of this research may inform future treatment options for psychiatry and neurorehabilitation. Have an idea for a topic or guest? pete@neuronoodle.com Want to buy us a cup of coffee? https://www.patreon.com/NeuroNoodle --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/neuronoodle/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/neuronoodle/support

La créativité humaine est quelque chose d'incroyable. C'est grâce à elle que notre société évolue sans cesse. On développe, on améliore, on crée. C'est en même temps quelque chose de fondamental à notre espèce et d'unique, mais aussi quelque chose de très personnel pour chaque individu. D'où vient cette capacité humaine unique ? Quels processus neuronaux rendent possibles l'émergence de nouvelles idées ? Comment pouvons-nous tous développer cette capacité incroyable ? La créativité étant un vaste sujet, aujourd'hui je vais m'atteler à trois choses : 1/ Démanteler le mythe que la créativité vient du cerveau droit2/ Montrer comment naît une idée dans le cerveau 3/ Vous prouver que la créativité s'apprend et peut tout à fait se développer dans le cerveau.Si vous souhaitez avoir un éclairage neuro sur un sujet en particulier de la vie quotidienne, de notre fonctionnement, écrivez-moi à neurosapiens.podcast@gmail.com Production, animation, réalisation et illustration : Anaïs RouxLe site internet : www.neurosapiens.frSources : Bendetowicz D, Urbanski M, Garcin B, Foulon C, Levy R, Bréchemier ML, Rosso C, Thiebaut de Schotten M, Volle E. Brain. Two critical brain networks for generation and combination of remote associations. 2017 Nov 22.G. Gonen-Yaacovi et al., Rostral and caudal prefrontal contribution to creativity : a meta-analysis of functional imaging data, in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, vol. 7, pp. 1-22, 2013.Rosen DS, Oh Y, Erickson B, Zhang FZ, Kim YE, Kounios J. Dual-process contributions to creativity in jazz improvisations: An SPM-EEG study. Neuroimage. 2020 Jun;213:116632. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116632. Epub 2020 Feb 28. PMID: 32114150.Beaty, R. E., Kenett, Y. N., Christensen, A. P., Rosenberg, M. D., Benedek, M., Chen, Q., Fink, A., Qiu, J., Kwapil, T. R., Kane, M. J., & Silvia, P. J. (2018). Robust prediction of individual creative ability from brain functional connectivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(5), 1087–1092.Li, W., Yang, J., Zhang, Q., Li, G., & Qiu, J. (2016). The Association between Resting Functional Connectivity and Visual Creativity. Scientific reports, 6. Durante, D., & Dunson, D. B. (2018). Bayesian inference and testing of group differences in brain networks. Bayesian Analysis, 13(1), 29-58.Musique d'intro : KEEP ON GOINGMusique proposée par La Musique LibreJoakim Karud - Keep On Going : https://youtu.be/lOfg0jRqaA8Joakim Karud : https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/neurosapiens.

Kim, S., & Pylkkänen, L. (2021). How the conceptual specificity of individual words affects incremental sentence composition: MEG evidence. Brain and Language, 218, 104951. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2021.104951 Background papers: Westerlund, M., & Pylkkänen, L. (2014). The role of the left anterior temporal lobe in semantic composition vs. semantic memory. Neuropsychologia, 57, 59-70. Zhang, L., & Pylkkänen, L. (2015). The interplay of composition and concept specificity in the left anterior temporal lobe: An MEG study. NeuroImage, 111, 228-240. Williams, A., Reddigari, S., & Pylkkänen, L. (2017). Early sensitivity of left perisylvian cortex to relationality in nouns and verbs. Neuropsychologia, 100, 131-143. Transcript: https://wp.nyu.edu/neurolinglab/nellabspotlight_ep5-songhee-kim/

Meditation has been around for 5,000 years. This ancient practice has transcended over the years to the point of modern science being able to study and understand it at a deeper level. Join me on this episode to hear more history and tips to implement right now! References: Eisler, M. (2014, July 28). The History of Meditation. Chopra. https://chopra.com/articles/the-history-of-meditation Chow, S. (2021, March 19). Meditation History. News-Medical.Net. https://www.news-medical.net/health/Meditation-History.aspx Doll, A., Hölzel, B. K., Mulej Bratec, S., Boucard, C. C., Xie, X., Wohlschläger, A. M., & Sorg, C. (2016). Mindful attention to breath regulates emotions via increased amygdala–prefrontal cortex connectivity. NeuroImage, 134, 305–313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.03.041 Breathing. (2016, October 12). Retrieved January 19, 2021, from https://www.lung.ca/lung-health/lung-info/breathing Russo, M. A., Santarelli, D. M., & O'Rourke, D. (2017). The physiological effects of slow breathing in the healthy human. Breathe (Sheffield, England), 13(4), 298–309. https://doi.org/10.1183/20734735.009817 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The good news from neuroscientists in Australia (Jiang, et al, 2020), as published in NeuroImage and reported in Psychology Today (“How Some People Stay Sharp After 95”, May 6, 2020), is that very elderly people (90-100 yr-olds) exhibiting strong connectivity between the right and left frontal parietal lobes tend not to experience cognitive decline. The bad news is that, while it may sound like a great idea for nonagenarians to keep walking and learning new things, scientists find it hard actually to demonstrate the benefits of any specific activity in preserving brain function. It's also hard, ethically, to defend the notion that staying “sharp” represents a “model of successful ageing”.In the latest episode of The Neuromantics, we stop to consider some of the prejudices at work behind this view of longevity and cognitive health. To whom are we comparing these elderly groups? Often there's context missing from the discussion (the socio-economic background of any late learner is as significant as the task s/he undertakes) and an unwillingness to accept that our educational development, at any age, has a dual aspect: we make bad choices as well as good ones. A useful guide to the limited predictive value of the things we do to “stay sharp” is the French philosopher Michel de Montaigne (1533–92). In three witty essays – “On the Length of Life”, “There is a Season for Everything”, and “On Not Pretending to be Ill” – the rationalist lawyer and devout Catholic advises us to enjoy a contemplative old age. In particular he tells us to deepen our thinking; to aim for intellectual consistency – the perfection of habit – rather than novelty. “We can always continue our studies,” he suggests, “but not our schoolwork.”

Liner NotesHow the pandemic has disrupted our routines, and how the lack of routine impacts children. Listen to episode #1….Jean Twenge websiteMonitoring the Future Survey – websiteThe UnLonely Project - websiteAdam Leventhal – psychologist at USCTo learn more about Internet Safety, go to the START HERE document where you can watch videos, download resources and more. To learn more about joining the Big Mama's House Fan Club go to www.Patreon.com/BigMamasHouse------------------------------------------------------------Episode HighlightsHow the pandemic has impacted time managementLessons learned from the stay at home orderWe are all expendableTime is the only constant in lifeTime is the only currency that mattersAllocating our “time expenses”Dunkin Donuts coffee versus Starbucks coffeeIncreased content consumption because of the pandemicIncreased device time because of the pandemicWhy I can't watch national morning shows anymoreHow news delivery had changed our tolerance for factsThe impact of device time on young brainsChildren born between 1995 and 2012 are the loneliest people on the planetHow loneliness can shorten your life spanRising rates of depression among childrenSocial media use increases rates of depression and anxietyScreen time is linked to diminished mental healthReading on PAPER improves mental health outcomes and improves development and health of physical structures in the brainHow device use impacts sleep among teensImpact of device time on the brain development of preschoolersImpact of device time on long-term development of 8 to 12 year oldsHow smartphone use among adolescents may trigger ADHD like symptoms and changes the brainHow screen-based activities make teens less happyThe Unlonely Project and using creative pursuits and bibliotherapy to improve mental healthTips and tricks for parents to improve the mental health of their childrenTips and tricks for educators to improve the mental health of their student------------------------------------------------------------SourcesHorowitz-Kraus, Tzipi, and John S. Hutton. “Brain Connectivity in Children Is Increased by the Time They Spend Reading Books and Decreased by the Length of Exposure to Screen-Based Media.” Acta Paediatrica, vol. 107, no. 4, 2017, pp. 685–693., doi:10.1111/apa.14176.Hutton, John S., et al. “Associations Between Screen-Based Media Use and Brain White Matter Integrity in Preschool-Aged Children.” JAMA Pediatrics, vol. 174, no. 1, 2020, doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.3869.Leventhal, Adam M., “Digital Media Use and ADHD Symptoms” JAMA. 2018 12 25; 320(24):2599-2600.Meldrum, Ryan.C, J.C. Barnes, and Carter Hay. “Sleep Deprivation, Low Self-Control, and Delinquency: A Test of the Strength Model of Self-Control.” Journal of Youth and Adolescence 44.2 (2013): 465-77.Ryan, Richard M., Deci, Edward L. “Self-Determination Theory and the Facilitation of Intrinsic Motivation, Social Development, and Well-Being,” American Psychologist, January 2000. Schrobsdorff, Susanna. “Anxiety, depression, and the modern adolescent.” Time, November 7, 2016. Tarokh, Leila, Jared M. Saletin, and Mary A. Carskadon. “Sleep in adolescence: Physiology, cognition and mental health.” Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 70 (2016): 182-88.Telzer, Eva H., Andrew J. Fuligni, Matthew D. Lieberman, and Adriana Galvan, “The effects of poor quality sleep on brain function and risk taking in adolescence.” NeuroImage 71 (2013): 275-283.Twenge, Jean M. IGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood: and What That Means for the Rest of Us. Atria Paperback, 2018.Weinberger, Jesse The Boogeyman Exists: And He's In Your Child's Back Pocket, 2nd ed.OvernightGeek, 2019

Resources - If you're a member of the Big Mama's House Fan Club, go to the channel to download the PDF Cheat Sheet specifically for this episode which includes: a checklist, full transcript, sources, and more To learn more about Internet Safety, go to the START HERE document  where you can watch videos, download resources and more.--------------------------------------------------------SourcesStudent survey responses dataWeinberger, Jesse “Internet Safety & Digital Parenting: Your kids want you to say ‘no' – to them AND to yourself. I have proof” OvernightGeekUniversity.com (2018) Routine and well-beingRead more about Donald Winnicott, psychoanalyst with some excellent advice for parents. “The road to a better society begins in the nursery.”(Kaufman Citation) - Williams, Alice. “By Age 7 the Foundations for Your Child's Adult Brain Are Pretty Much Set.” NewsComAu, News.com.au, 29 Oct. 2016Larsen, Kristy L., "Organized Chaos: Daily Routines as a Potential Mechanism Linking Household Chaos and Child Behavior Problems" (2019). Master's Theses. 627.Fiese, Barbara H., et al. “A Review of 50 Years of Research on Naturally Occurring Family Routines and Rituals: Cause for Celebration?”Journal of Family Psychology, vol. 16, no. 4, 2002, pp. 381–390., doi:10.1037/0893-3200.16.4.381.  Adolescents and sleepWeinberger, Jesse The Boogeyman Exists: And He's In Your Child's Back Pocket, 2nd ed.OvernightGeek, 2019Telzer, Eva H., Andrew J. Fuligni, Matthew D. Lieberman, and Adriana Galvan, “The effects of poor quality sleep on brain function and risk taking in adolescence.” NeuroImage 71 (2013): 275-283.Meldrum, Ryan.C, J.C. Barnes, and Carter Hay. “Sleep Deprivation, Low Self-Control, and Delinquency: A Test of the Strength Model of Self-Control.” Journal of Youth and Adolescence 44.2 (2013): 465-77.Tarokh, Leila, Jared M. Saletin, and Mary A. Carskadon. “Sleep in adolescence: Physiology, cognition and mental health.” Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 70 (2016): 182-88.--------------------------------------------------------Episode Highlights00:57 Why two episodes this week?01:34 Stopping the bleeding – aka parental triage03:07 Humans need structure05:09 Why children in particular require structure, daily routines, and ritual07:05 Why limits matter07:36 What 1,040 students want parents to know about tech use09:00 What all effective digital parenting strategies and tips have in common10:50 Tip 1: Parent Heal Thyself13:00 Tip 2: Geographic Restriction14:10 Tip 3: Drop Dead Device Deadline15:16 Verizon Smart Family App – as an example16:19 Setting limits on gaming time17:56 Poor sleep= damage to adolescents

  Show Topic: Latest Discoveries in Medicine: A Look at Recent Research Co-Hosts:  Judy Gaman, Walter Gaman, Mark Anderson Guest: no guest Segment 1: About once a year we do a show that focuses on interesting articles and studies we find in the news, in the medical journals, and anywhere else it seems to pop up. If you're a fan of the Doc Shock portion of the show – this will be like an entire hour of Doc Shocks! Dr. Anderson - 15 minutes of exercise can help you retain a new skill according to a study published in NeuroImage. https://www.futurity.org/15-minutes-exercise-brain-motor-skills-1805322/ Dr. Gaman – Can your gene's jump? Judy – Have we finally found a blood test for autism? According to an article in Bioengineering & Translational Medicine we have. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180619122434.htm https://www.facebook.com/stayyoungmediagroup/ https://twitter.com/StayYoungMedia?lang=en https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/staying-young-show-2-0-entertaining-educational-health/id1008910015?mt=2 http://www.stayyoungamerica.com/ Call us at  844-well 100 Segment 2: Today's focus is all on new and exciting research that is changing medicine. Immortal minute Dr. Gaman – Have we identified gene expression in Alzheimer's brains? https://hhv-6foundation.org/alzheimers-disease/robust-analysis-points-to-hhv-6a-as-potential-causative-agent-in-alzheimers-disease Dr. Anderson – Is there a new treatment for fatty liver? The National Institutes of Health, the Michigan Diabetes Research Center, the Michigan Nutrition and Obesity Center, and Novo Nordisk did the work, now you can understand what they found. https://www.futurity.org/hormone-fatty-liver-disease-1599692/ Judy Gaman – The UK may be changing their policy on Vitamin D, making it routine to check vitamin D levels in pregnant women and babies. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180626112955.htm Segment 3: Today's show is all about the research studies that have recently been released. With so much news focused on politics, we wanted to catch you up medical news you should be reading about. All of these studies have been linked in the show notes, so you can follow us on social media or find the show notes on the podcast version Staying Young Show 2.0. Judy – More reasons to take Probiotics! Women – strengthen your bones with improved microbiome. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180621101329.htm Dr. Gaman – Blood Pressure Medication for Diabetes? https://dlife.com/blood-pressure-medication-found-effective-as-type-1-diabetes-therapy/ Segment 4:  Medical Mania Trivia – Victoria Which supplement is most often taken to repair and replace the gut microbiome? (Probiotics) How many pounds of skin will you shed per year? >1, 1.5, or 3 (1.5) What is the average breaths per minute in a healthy adult? (12-15) What percentage of men snore by age 60? (60%) T or F. The pituitary gland produces anti-diuretic hormone, the hormone that keeps you from urinating the bed. (T) DEMENTIA DEFENDER LAST WEEKS RIDDLE WAS: I am often a reflection of a price you must pay. Can be found in the river, but also refer to events of today. What am I?   A. Current This week's riddle: Your friend gives you five dollars to buy something that: you can eat, you can drink, you can plant, and you can feed the cow.  What do you choose to buy? End Show Thank you for listening to the Staying Young Show! With all the mixed messages on health, you need information that you can use and that you can trust. Listen in as the experts discuss all topics health related. It's time to STAY YOUNG and stay healthy! Each week we tackle a topic and often with leading scientists, best-selling authors, and even your favorite celebrities! As a listener of our show, your input is important to us. Please take a moment to fill out this quick survey so we can serve you better - https://survey.libsyn.com/stayingyoung2 For more information on The Staying Young Show, please visit our website at www.StayYoungAmerica.com, and subscribe to the show in iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app. You can also reach out to our host, Judy Gaman on www.judygaman.com for book purchasing, and speaking opportunities in your area!