Posts Tagged ‘brain connections’
Study: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), not medication, drives long-term rewiring of the brain to help reduce psychosis symptoms
Talking therapy changes the brain’s wiring, study reveals for first time (ScienceDaily): “A new study from King’s College London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has shown for the first time that cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) strengthens specific connections in the brains of people with psychosis, and that these stronger connections are associated…
Read MoreUnderstand your connectome, understand yourself
—– NO ROAD, NO trail can penetrate this forest. The long and delicate branches of its trees lie everywhere, choking space with their exuberant growth. No sunbeam can fly a path tortuous enough to navigate the narrow spaces between these entangled branches. All the trees of this dark forest grew from 100 billion seeds planted…
Read MoreTo Be (Your Connectome), or Not to Be (Your Genome)
The brain’s billions of neurons resemble trees of many species and come in many fantastic shapes. Only the most determined explorers can hope to capture a glimpse of this forest’s interior, and even they see little, and see it poorly. Would your connectome reveal anything interesting about you? Learn about connectome from this book.
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