Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in News | Posted on 29-07-2010 | 
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ScienceDaily (2010-07-28) — Michelangelo, the 16th century master painter and accomplished anatomist, appears to have hidden an image of the brainstem and spinal cord in a depiction of God in the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling, a new study reports. These findings by a neurosurgeon and a medical illustrator may explain long controversial and unusual features of [...]
Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in News | Posted on 08-07-2010 |
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ScienceDaily (2010-07-07) — Soccer referees may have an unconscious bias towards calling fouls based on a play’s direction of motion, according to a new study. Researchers found that soccer experts made more foul calls when action moved right-to-left, or leftward, compared to left-to-right or rightward action, suggesting that two referees watching the same play from [...]
Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in News | Posted on 22-06-2010 |
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ScienceDaily (2010-06-21) — Researchers are the first to identify brain abnormalities in children at high risk for schizophrenia shortly after birth. The finding could lead to earlier detection of schizophrenia and enable better prevention and treatment. Read full article here.
Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 20-06-2010 |
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Photo source: Shadows So it took me two years to post a blog entry about one of my favorite animated movies: “Kung Fu Panda”. I recall I was anxiously waiting for a DreamWorks comedy, but what I actually got has been so much more rewarding. Considering the multitude of hidden and not-so-hidden messages and lessons, [...]
Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in News, psychology | Posted on 09-06-2010 |
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ScienceDaily (2010-06-08) — Exposure to secondhand smoke appears to be associated with psychological distress and the risk of future psychiatric hospitalization among healthy adults, according to a new report. Read full article here.
Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in News | Posted on 02-06-2010 |
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Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 01-06-2010 |
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ScienceDaily (2010-05-29) — A researcher using computer-rendering programs has uncovered what makes Rembrandt’s masterful portraits so appealing. Rembrandt may have pioneered a technique that guides the viewer’s gaze around a portrait, creating a special narrative and “calmer” viewing experience. Read full article here.
Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in News | Posted on 25-05-2010 |
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ScienceDaily (2010-05-24) — Exposure to specific bacteria in the environment, already believed to have antidepressant qualities, could increase learning behavior, according to new research. Read full article here.
Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in Motivation | Posted on 17-05-2010 |
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Two days ago I was writing about the young Greyson Chance, that impressed the world with his cover of Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi”. Young talent being recognized and the great example he sets for youngsters everywhere. Today, a good friend of mine (thank you, Ana!) showed me this video of Mrs. Janey Cutler singing “No regrets” [...]
Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in Parenting | Posted on 15-05-2010 |
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Greyson chance performing “Paparazzi”/ Original Artist: Lady Gaga/ Video Source: YouTube Okay. By now, everybody knows that the world went gaga over the young Greyson Chance after his YouTube video displaying his piano and voice cover for Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” song hit the internet. And I must say I went gaga over the core story: [...]
Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in Brain, Neurons, News, Stress | Posted on 11-04-2010 |
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ScienceDaily (2010-04-11) — Stress can literally warp your brain, reshaping some brain structures that help cope with life’s pressures. In the short term, the stress response can be helpful — i.e., fight or flight — but over time it leads to a wear and tear that can cause disease in both the brain and other [...]
Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in Brain activity, News | Posted on 06-04-2010 |
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ScienceDaily (2010-04-05) — A new study of brain activity in depressed and anxious people indicates that some of the ill effects of depression are modified — for better or for worse — by anxiety. Read full article here.
Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in News | Posted on 26-03-2010 |
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ScienceDaily (2010-03-26) — Researchers have found that even before infants begin to speak, words play an important role in their cognition. For 3-month-old infants, words influence performance in a cognitive task in a way that goes beyond the influence of other kinds of sounds, including musical tones. Read full article here.
Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in Brain, Neuroscience, News | Posted on 15-03-2010 |
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ScienceDaily (2010-03-15) — The brains of psychopaths appear to be wired to keep seeking a reward at any cost, new research finds. The research uncovers the role of the brain’s reward system in psychopathy and opens a new area of study for understanding what drives these individuals. Read full article here.
Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 10-03-2010 |
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ScienceDaily (2010-03-10) — For all those dismayed by scenes of looting in disaster-struck zones, whether Haiti or Chile or elsewhere, take heart: good acts — acts of kindness, generosity and cooperation — spread just as easily as bad. And it takes only a handful of individuals to really make a difference. Read full article here.
Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in Neuroscience, News | Posted on 28-02-2010 |
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ScienceDaily (2010-02-27) — Many modern dolphin brains are significantly larger than those of humans and second in mass to the human brain when corrected for body size, says a scientist. Some dolphin brains exhibit features correlated with complex intelligence, including a large expanse of neocortical volume that is more convoluted than that of humans, extensive [...]
Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in Brain, Neuroscience, News | Posted on 23-02-2010 |
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ScienceDaily (2010-02-23) — Neuroscientists have mapped the brain structures that affect general intelligence. The study adds new insight to a highly controversial question: what is intelligence, and how can we measure it?
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Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in News | Posted on 12-02-2010 |
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Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in News | Posted on 11-02-2010 |
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As a member of the organizing committee, I have the pleasure to invite you to the “17th European Congress of Psychotherapy”, that will be taking place in Bucharest, from July 1st to the 4th.
The event, called “Crisis: change or challenge” will benefit from the extraordinary participation of special guests invited by the Romanian Schools of [...]
Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 23-01-2010 |
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Psychology Corner starts this year with an article presenting the main Swiss contributors in the field of psychology. Carl Jung, Jean Piaget, Hermann Rorschach and Max Lüscher have changed the way we understand and approach theory, development and diagnosis in psychology.
Carl Gustav Jung (1875 – 1961) – Psychiatrist, founder of [...]
ScienceDaily (2010-01-07) — Neuroscientists have developed a powerful new class of tools to reversibly shut down brain activity using different colors of light. When targeted to specific neurons, they could potentially lead to new treatments for abnormal brain activity associated with disorders including chronic pain, epilepsy, brain injury and Parkinson’s disease.
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Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 23-12-2009 |
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Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in Dyslexia, High IQ, News, Reading | Posted on 20-12-2009 |
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ScienceDaily (2009-12-19) — Contrary to popular belief, some very smart, accomplished people cannot read well. This unexpected difficulty in reading in relation to intelligence, education and professional status is called dyslexia, and researchers have presented new data that explain how otherwise bright and intelligent people struggle to read.
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ScienceDaily (2009-12-09) — Researchers are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are wired to be selfish. In a wide range of studies, social scientists are amassing a growing body of evidence to show we are evolving to become more compassionate and collaborative in our quest to survive and thrive.
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ScienceDaily (2009-12-06) — Even the anticipation of sweets may cause our muscles to start taking up more blood sugar, say researchers. That message is delivered via neurons in the brain’s hypothalamus containing the chemical known as orexin and the sympathetic nervous system, the studies in mice and rats suggest.
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