Psychology Update — PATIENT VOICES

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This week’s Psychology Update takes a different approach to the field of Abnormal Psychology, Behavioral and Physical Problems, and Health Psychology.  The links to the New York Times “Patient Voices” presents the experiential side of disorders.  Based upon philosophical underpinnings, Psychology studies both the phenomenal (the objects and events of the world around us) and… Read more »

Psychology Update — Can Music Help People With Epilepsy?

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TITLE Can Music Help People With Epilepsy? DESCRIPTION Can music help those with epilepsy?   Researchers using randomized trials of music and silence found that brain waves of those with temporal lobe epilepsy synchronized with the music suggesting that a possible treatment (along with other therapies) might be developed.  The researchers found significantly higher levels of… Read more »