It's easy to study the brain activity of someone who is listening to a song, for instance, as we have the technology to record and analyze the neural responses that each sound produces as it is heard. It's much more complicated, however, to try and understand what happens in our brain...
Emily Hollenbeck lived with severe depression. She compared it to a black hole. She felt as though her arms and legs could barely move. She knew both of her parents had taken their lives and that her condition was dang...
These little hits of dopamine keep you addicted to your phone, and train your brain to hate any activity that doesn't provide instant gratification.这些微量的多巴胺让你沉迷于手机，并训练大脑对不能提供即时满足感的活动进行排斥。As a result, people develop clinical-level anxiety, depression, and at...
It’s hard to nail down what that means, but it does rightly suggest that there is an involuntary takeover of the brain that compromises decision-making and diminishes freedom of choice, making quitting difficult even in the face of desire to do so. What happens in addiction is that, throu...
But while that might work for many people, it may not be so easy for those with untreated depression, a new brain study finds. The pain of social rejection lasts longer for them—and their brain cells release less of a natural pain and stress-reducing chemical called natural opioids, resear...
attract– v.to cause (someone or something) to go to or move to or toward a place response– v.something that is done as a reaction to something else 往期内容: 题源学习VOA:Electrical Device in Brain Might Help with De...
it’s not necessarily the easiest starting point for someone with serious depression, bipolar disorder, OCD, schizoaffective disorder, or other neurological conditions that destroy quality of life. Intelligently administered psychiatric drugs are a reasonable choice for someone who is suffering intensely...
when someone’s struggling with depression, it can be hard to even get out of bed some days, let alone make healthy food choices. Similarly, eating these foods in the middle of an anxiety attack isn’t going to provide instant relief. However, making minor dietary adjustments may help to ...
The gut-brain axis has been well-established; for example, occludin and zonulin are two proteins that govern gut permeability as well as the permeability of your blood-brain barrier. (5) It’s not uncommon at all for someone to come into my clinic looking for help with depression or br...
But while that might work for many people, it may not be so easy for those with untreated depression, a new brain study finds. The pain of social rejection lasts longer for them—and their brain cells release less of a natural pain and stress-reducing chemical called natural opioids, resear...