3 RELATED ARTICLES ON THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS: TikTok & Tics =================================== ARTICLE #1 TITLE Tics and TikTok: Can social media trigger illness? DESCRIPTION Throughout history and especially during the pandemic, groups have been shown to experience a kind of mass hysteria for lack of a better expression up… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Nervous System
Psychology Update — 3 Breathing Exercises to Relieve Stress and Improve Health
TITLE 3 Breathing Exercises to Relieve Stress and Improve Health DESCRIPTION This is a genuinely fascinating article. The medical researchers (including Psychologists and Psychiatrists) have performed research investigating “breath work”. “Over the last few decades, research has started to confirm what ancient cultures around the world have long believed: Breath work, the practice of… Read more »
Psychology Update — 3 articles related to the topic of Sensation and Perception
This week’s Psychology Update presents 3 articles related to the topic of Sensation and Perception. Though the articles focus on different sensory and perceptual systems, the studies are fascinating and demonstrate the importance of understanding Psychology and Behavior in the context of S&P. ARTICLE #1 TITLE How Do You Smell? | Science DESCRIPTION… Read more »
Psychology Update — New traumatic brain injury test is ‘game-changing’ (VIDEO)
TITLE New traumatic brain injury test is ‘game-changing,’ concussion experts say There are millions of TBI hospitalizations and deaths each year. DESCRIPTION This is a popular article given interests in injuries that occur in football season. What is Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)? “TBI is a disruption in normal brain function caused by a blow… Read more »
Psychology Update — A Test for C.T.E. in the Living May Be Closer Than Ever
TITLE A Test for C.T.E. in the Living May Be Closer Than Ever DESCRIPTION AT THE END OF FOOTBALL SEASON AND LONG TERM INJURIES TO PLAYERS This is an important article regarding C.T.E., or chronic traumatic encephalopathy (live link). The condition is most associated with older former N.F.L. football players, and the fact that… Read more »
Psychology Update — Can a ‘Fingerprint’ of Your Brain Help Predict Disorders?
TITLE Can a ‘Fingerprint’ of Your Brain Help Predict Disorders? Using new medical imaging techniques, researchers are working to identify early signs of developmental disorders and mental illness DESCRIPTION What a fascinating article!!! The article discusses new cutting edge research on the interplay of recorded brain activity while sleeping and various types of both… Read more »
Psychology Update — Why Do You Get Sleepy After Eating?
TITLE Why Do You Get Sleepy After Eating? DESCRIPTION A genuinely interesting article about the effects of eating on feeling sleepy, or in other words how behavior and physiological functioning interact in our daily lives. “If eating makes you tired, you’ve got something in common with most people—and, for that matter, with most living things…. Read more »
Psychology Update — For Better Well-Being, Just Breathe
TITLE For Better Well-Being, Just Breathe DESCRIPTION This short article begins with the author’s anecdotal story of her own difficulties after the tragic 9/11 events in New York where she was living at the time. She developed significant anxiety which she found could not be relieved by many different meditation techniques. She eventually found… Read more »
Psychology Update — Scientists Update Map of How Our Brains Control Movement
TITLE Scientists Update Map of How Our Brains Control Movement DESCRIPTION WOW! This Smithsonian article describes new research that provides a better understanding of “how our brains control movement.” Chapters in biology and Psychology textbooks usually have a diagram of the homunculus map of the section of the brain that control various aspects of… Read more »
Psychology Update — TEDMED – Talk Details – Why do our brains get addicted?
TITLE TEDMED – Talk Details – Why do our brains get addicted? DESCRIPTION From the TedMed Talk Site This includes a 16 minute Ted Talk by Dr. Volkow. “Neuroscientist Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the NIH, will apply a lens of addiction to the obesity epidemic. “We already… Read more »
Psychological Science: The Curious Mind
Abnormal Psychology, 15th Edition DSM-5-TR Update
Behavioral Neuroscience
Personality, 15th Edition
Cognition, 11th Edition
