Lateral Minds

03/01/2024

Therapists need to understand this better.

https://www.facebook.com/TED/videos/383104554167259/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

13/08/2022

Another great article from health SMH writer Sarah Berry.

Many of us have felt the drain of domino illnesses and difficult events over the past three years. But, be resilient or build resilience, right? The resilience backlash is here.

06/04/2022

Dodgy logic.

Election 2022 is coming and we are being bombarded with skillful flawed reasoning, in both the media and flowing out of politicians mouths. See if you can identify the logical fallacies and indeed your own cognitive biases.

Language, narrative and context are everything.

26/01/2022

MIND-BODY-MIND-BODY

The notion that the mind and body are separate is simply false. The nervous system bridges them both and they communicate in both directions to direct our states. States include emotions but are a larger umbrella for emotional responses that include bodily responses too. States are also more objective to define.

This is a heat map from a study described in the book "The Neuroscience of Emotion" by Adolphs and Anderson at Caltech. People vary in how they express emotions verbally but the body representations are relatively stereotyped.

We are sophisticated animals but we are still animals and these maps are established by our genome, modified by experience but nonetheless relatively hardwired. Learning to recognize your bodily responses to different mental states is powerful.

More on the science of emotion coming soon here and on the HLP…. how to use the body to adjust mental states and vice versa.

Please put your questions in the comment section below this post and as always, thank you for your interest in science!

21/01/2022

A different take on the Djokovic saga and the athlete mindset.

Novak Djokovic is chasing aloneness at the top, to the point that he’s willing to sacrifice not just his reputation but his well-being for it.

02/01/2022

https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/do-dreams-mean-anything-we-asked-experts-20211231-p59l2o.html

Why do I feel like I’m falling? Or wake up feeling paralysed? Experts answer some of the most common questions about dreams.

22/12/2021

https://theconversation.com/are-you-a-more-holistic-or-analytic-thinker-take-this-quiz-to-find-out-170018

You weren’t born as an analytic or holistic thinker, you were made. Our quiz will show you how much you are one or the other, helping you to better understand yourself and others.

17/12/2021

https://theconversation.com/brain-fog-during-menopause-is-real-it-can-disrupt-womens-work-and-spark-dementia-fears-173150?fbclid=IwAR3PQ_9H7R5pqYN7l31-bHQaHlWHOtl8zc-vpb1jSE9CDXzOjeZFtURFAro

The symptoms of menopause, which can include sleep disturbance, depression, anxiety and ‘brain fog’ can span perimenopause and last for up to ten years.

17/12/2021

13/12/2021

True friendships take a lot of time….

To begin, don’t dismiss the humble acquaintance.

15/11/2021

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is not what it once was. It is currently being explored to not only treat mental illnesses, but for Alzheimer’s, stroke, epilepsy and OCD.