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CBD For Anxiety: Hope Or Hoax?

If you haven’t been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard of CBD. The natural remedy du jour, CBD is being touted as a miracle drug — a cure-all for everything from cancer to epileptic seizures. But what about anxiety? The science is in the early stages, but scientists are (cautiously) enthused.

People Love Reality TV: Does It Affect How We Treat Each Other?

Because they are not directly participating in any of these hijinks, most viewers feel that watching reality TV is a harmless recreation, an escape from their own lives. Yet some psychologists are discussing whether reality shows are as harmless as most people believe. After all, whose reality are we viewing?

Brain-STEM: Using Interdisciplinarity to Improve Our Minds and Our Schools

Students beginning kindergarten this fall will likely retire around the year 2080. An unpredictable world awaits them. How do we prepare our children for the future, with such an uncertain economy and rapidly evolving technology? According to Microsoft CTO Cameron Evans, current educational approaches were designed to prepare students

Easy Listening — The Neuroscience of Music: An Interview with Dr. Daniel Levitin

In addition to being a neuroscientist, musician, and author of the best-selling books — “This is your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession,” “The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature,” and “The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload” — Dr. Daniel Levitin is also the

Stroke Awareness with Dr. Ali Krisht

“Time is brain” when it comes to treatment and brain health after a stroke. Dr. Ali Krisht, director of the Arkansas Neuroscience Institute at CHI St. Vincent, said when asked about stroke treatment and care. Think of a stroke as a brain attack. Someone who has a stroke either has a clot or a bleeding

The Nature of Nurturing Love

Research tells us that a mother may say “hello” to her baby as often as 15 times a minute. The welcome implicit in this greeting began not only in the womb as the mother carried the infant for nine months, but already in the brains of mother and child. The brain chemicals that bind mother and child begin their work

Dolphins Sleep With One-Half of Their Brain At A Time

At the end of the day I all too frequently find myself in disbelief that the time to turn in for the night has arrived so soon. With much left on my to-do list, I struggle to fight the strong urge to close my eyes and drift into the state of non-productivity we call sleep, albeit, with great futility. Once

Anticipation: Changing the Way We Think about Stuttering

Many people who stutter are able to identify a moment when they know they are about to trip up on a word or phrase. According to Eric S. Jackson, assistant professor at NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, that moment can be characterized as “anticipation” and is largely invisible

Every Human Being Has The Fundamental Right To Education

Education is also important because development is not just economic growth; education equips people with the values that make it possible for us to peacefully and respectfully coexist in our diversity, and it actually enables us to live peacefully together.

Imagine That — Imagination Is Lot Like the Real Thing (To Your Brain)

Albert Einstein once famously remarked that imagination was better than knowledge, since knowledge is limited. It may sound like a justification of ignorance to some, but a recent study suggests he was onto something. New research in brain imaging conducted by researchers at the University at Colorado

Know Your Brain: The Pituitary Gland — Understanding The Master Gland

In a powerhouse of this size — controlling our day-to-day decisions, motor functions, vision, and nerves — so much depends upon a small gateway, known as the “third eye” for its location between the eyes, nestled just below the center of your forehead. It’s only about the size of a pea, controlled

Caring for Our Veterans: The Wounded Warrior Project

If ever you want a lesson in courage, strength, and the ability to persevere despite any obstacle, talk to one of the wonderful people who participate in the Wounded Warrior Project. The Jacksonville, Florida-based nonprofit organization’s purpose is to raise awareness for veterans and physically and mentally injured military service

Guiding Meditation: An Interview with “Brain Whisperer” Kelly Howell

Can we rise above our alleged “genetically determined” fates and environment to become who we want to be? Kelly Howell thinks we can. She credits meditation with helping her heal from a devastating car accident at age 22, when she broke her neck, which left her suffering from depression and headaches

What Makes a Child “Gifted”?

These characteristics are all common among gifted children: not only are they typically academically advanced and highly creative, they also tend to experience hypersensitivities and often find ethical issues particularly salient. Carol Bainbridge, an expert on the subject, enumerates a long list of traits and abilities

Where’s Your Brain’s Dictionary?

Research from MIT suggests that there are parts of our brain dedicated to language and only language, a finding that marks a major advance in the search for brain regions specialized for sophisticated mental functions. Functional specificity, as it’s known to cognitive scientists, refers to the idea that discrete parts of the brain

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