Posts Categorized: States of Consciousness

Psychology Update — Scientists Are Learning to Read—and Change—Your Nightmares

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TITLE Scientists Are Learning to Read—and Change—Your Nightmares   DESCRIPTION Really an amazing and fascinating article about dreams, nightmares, their causes externally and internally.  The article further describes the neurobiology behind nightmares, the brain mechanisms, methods of study, and techniques to overcome very scary nightmares.  The beginning of the article describes a child’s nightmare of… Read more »

Psychology Update — Insomnia treatment: Cognitive behavioral therapy instead of sleeping pills

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TITLE Insomnia treatment: Cognitive behavioral therapy instead of sleeping pills   DESCRIPTION Though this article is a few years old, it highlights an important development in the treatment of sleep disorders:  Cognitive behavioral therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I).  “Insomnia is a common sleep disorder that can make it hard to fall asleep, hard to stay asleep,… Read more »