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03/14/2022

Mark your calendars! So excited for this coming season! Thank you to our sponsors who stepped forward to keep this going! Waunakee Utilities Edward Jones Little Strokes Swim Academy Waunakee Rotary Club Stonetree Therapy Waunakee Lions Clubs and Tosslet We have a great lineup of bands coming!

01/14/2022

Researchers propose forgetting memories or things we have learned may be a functional feature in the brain and actually an additional form of learning.

12/04/2021

"What if I was to tell you that a game of peek-a-boo could change the world?" asks seven-year-old Molly Wright, one of the youngest-ever TED speakers. Breaking down the research-backed ways parents and caregivers can support children's healthy brain development, Wright highlights the benefits of pla...

10/05/2021

We all want to raise intelligent, confident and successful kids. But where to begin? And what's the best parenting style to go with?

Parenting styles fall under four main categories. It might be that you use one or more of these different styles at different times, depending on the situation and context.

A child psychologist and mother of two breaks down what authoritative parenting means — and why researchers agree it's the best type.

08/30/2021

People tend to incorrectly assume that psychological disorders “in the brain” are immutable and innate

"In reality, every psychological state is a brain state, so the fact that a psychiatric disorder is 'in the brain' really says nothing about whether the person was born with the disorder, nor does it tell us about how severe or lengthy it is. Yet people tend to incorrectly assume that 'what’s in t...

08/27/2021

“We found a just-right ‘Goldilocks’ effect in which moderate amounts of online coping helped mitigate surges in negative emotions and dips in happiness,”

Cell phones and social media can help teens cope with stressful events—as long as they strike the right balance between spending time online and pursuing other coping activities.

08/03/2021

As Maslach came to define burnout, the phenomenon has three key ingredients.
1. Exhaustion: A person feels completely drained, with a persistent feeling of being wiped out;
2. Cynicism: A person feels emotionally detached and pulls back from their work;
3. Loss of productivity: A person no longer performs basic functions or believes they can master their responsibilities

Everyone Says We’re All Experiencing Burnout — Except the Woman Who Invented the Term. The Truth About What We’re Feeling and How to Respond.

07/30/2021

Did you know your therapy sessions could be tax deductible?

Relationships, finances and anxieties are three reasons to seek therapy -- and so is a fractured arm or a stiff neck. As with any medical expense, it pays to save up your receipts for any kind of therapy you're undergoing. Any related expenses not covered or reimbursed by insurance can help to whitt...

07/27/2021

"Prominent Olympic athletes—including Naomi Osaka, Simone Biles, and Michael Phelps—have spoken out about their mental health struggles, while the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has increased the size and scope of its cadre of psychologists."

Sport psychologists and mental health providers are working with Olympic athletes to enhance performance and provide support outside of competition.

07/27/2021

"Mental health is health period," Austin said. "And we have to approach it with the same energy that we apply to other – any other health issue, with compassion and professionalism and resources. And so if you're hurting, there are resources available."

In addressing troops in Alaska, where there has been a spate of deaths by su***de, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin decried mental health stigma.

07/22/2021

"Although much of the literature focuses on the distress of strangers, in everyday life, people mostly empathize with very close others, and they empathize with positive emotions 3 times as frequently as with negative emotions."

We used experience sampling to examine perceptions of empathy in the everyday lives of a group of 246 U.S. adults who were quota sampled to represent the popula...

07/19/2021

"We show that inducing pain analgesia also reduces pain empathy, and that this is associated with decreased activation of empathy-related brain areas...This finding suggests that pain empathy is grounded in .. activity related to first-hand pain."

Empathy is of major importance for everyday social interaction. Recent neuroscientific models suggest that pain empathy relies on the activation of brain areas that are also engaged during the first-hand experience of pain. These models rely on rather unspecific and correlational evidence. Here, we....