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How Motherhood Affects Creativity

By Erika Hayasaki — 2017

Cultural messages tell women that making art and having children are incompatible pursuits. But science suggests that women may become more creative after having kids.

Read on www.theatlantic.com

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Cultivating Empathy in My Children, from a Neuroscience Perspective

Empathy is divided into cognitive, emotional and applied empathy, all of which are valuable. For empathy to truly be useful to the human condition, our kids must have applied empathy, or compassion.

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Erin Clabough
2019
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The Lama in the Lab: Neuroscience and Meditation

Daniel Goleman reports on the Dalai Lama and the dialog between science and Buddhism, especially on how neuroscientists are measuring the effects of meditation.

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Daniel Goleman
2013
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How Are The Mind & The Brain Different? A Neuroscientist Explains

So what exactly is the difference between the mind and the brain? Well, the mind is separate, yet inseparable from, the brain. The mind uses the brain, and the brain responds to the mind.

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Caroline Leaf
2021
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Focal Dystonia: A Musician Overcomes a Movement Disorder With a Change of Mind

After graduating with his doctorate in sports medicine, Farias developed a neuroplasticity training program to help other dystonia patients recover, using his toolbox of strategies to teach them how to retrain their brains.

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Iris Kulbatski
2020
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Harvard Psychologist to Parents: Do These 7 Things If You Want to Raise Kids with Flexible, Resilient Brains

Based on years of research in neuroscience and psychology, here are seven parenting rules to help your kid build a brain that is flexible and therefore resilient.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett
2020
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Neurosculpting: Mapping the Mindscape

It is now widely accepted, and empirically proven, that our brains are elastic and regenerative. Here are ten practical tips to help mitigate stress, and map a new mindscape.

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Lisa Wimberger
2011
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Affirmations and Neuroplasticity

Affirmations can help us develop a more optimistic way of looking at ourselves.

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David Hanscom
2020
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How to Train Your Brain to Chill Out

Stressed? Anxious? Can’t sleep and lacking in energy? You are not alone. 75 percent of people are experiencing the same thing every day. It is an epidemic, and this is why Poppy Jamie has built a new mindfulness app, Happy Not Perfect. She describes the need for it here.

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Poppy Jamie
2018
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Why Do We Dream? A New Theory on How It Protects Our Brains

Whenever we learn something new, pick up a new skill, or modify our habits, the physical structure of our brain changes.

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David Eagleman, Don Vaughn
2020
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Train Your Brain to Build Resilience

Getting back up when you stumble may seem easier for some than it does for others. The good news is, resilience is a like a muscle—here’s how you can strengthen yours over time.

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Linda Graham
2019
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