(Exploring Your Mind) Neuroscientists call the neurological structures that mediate anxiety disorders the “web of fear”. Out of all these areas, the most relevant is the brain’s amygdala: a region as small as a marble.
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The Effects of Cocaine on the Brain
(Exploring Your Mind) Cocaine is one of the most consumed and addictive drugs out there. Its effects in the brain are quite harmful, aside from the feeling of euphoria and well-being it initially produces. Continue reading to find out more about the effects of cocaine on the brain. Related Five Traits of People Who Know How […]
Love Makes Us More Intelligent, According to Neuroscience
(Exploring Your Mind) Some researchers concluded that love makes us more intelligent. This is because our brains have a “love neural network” and a particular biochemistry that activates and increases a series of cognitive functions.
Bowel and Brain – The Connection
(Exploring Your Mind) The mind-body connection is now more likely than ever according to science. So, the time has come to reconnect with your body and take care of your mind. It’s also time to adopt healthier eating habits and to begin to pay attention to the connection between your bowel and your brain.
The Myth of Charon, Ferryman of the Underworld
(Exploring Your Mind) The myth of Charon is a story about a very interesting character whose job was to transport dead people to their final abode: Hades’ underworld. Charon was a mysterious being with an ugly personality. He was a creature of the night and shadows.
Some Dreams Prepare You to Face Your Fears
(Exploring Your Mind) Many of your fears and anxieties appear in the form of bad dreams. The good news is that science now has some insight into how dreams could be a psychological mechanism to prepare you to deal with your everyday life fears.
Emotional Self-Harm: What it Is and How to Avoid It
(Exploring Your Mind) It’s easy to hurt yourself emotionally. One of the many forms of emotional self-harm is neglecting yourself on a daily basis in order to prioritize others. It’s when you always fall into the same harmful relationships, don’t know how to set boundaries, and neglect that beautiful person that looks back at you in the mirror.
Five Traits of People Who Know How to Love Their Partner
(Exploring Your Mind) People who know how to love their partner are able to trust, share, dialogue with, respect, and be patient with the person they love. After all, love is learned and requires will and hard work.
Emotional Expressions and Their Benefits
(Exploring Your Mind) People used to restrain emotional and artistic expressions. Thus, any negative feelings had to be disguised. Today, emotional expressions make the world feel freer.
Three Escape Routes that Feed Your Anxiety
(Exploring your Mind)We take escape routes before many different situations that unsettle us. Find out why, what they are, and what to do about them.
Wegner’s Theory of Dream Rebound: The Effect of Thought Suppression
(Exploring your Mind)Suppressing thoughts can cause thought rebound, which can make them impossible to get rid of. Curious? Keep reading to learn more about this interesting theory!
Heart and Brain – Understanding Your Emotions
(Exploring Your Mind) Fear, anxiety, stress, anger, shame… Emotions are still our unfinished business. Pon Corazon a Tu Cerebro, is an offer to take a journey of discoveries and practical exercises so that you reach psycho-completeness. Continue reading to find out more about it!
The Myth of Hermes (the Intellect), the Divine Messenger
(Exploring Your Mind) The myth of Hermes tells us about one of the most important gods in Greek mythology. He was considered to be the messenger of the gods, not only because he communicated between different worlds, but also because he mediated to solve conflicts.
How Lockdown Affects the Brain
(Exploring Your Mind) We each face confinement in different ways. However, our brain can suffer very specific problems in these difficult days. Knowing about them will allow us to apply a series of strategies in order to take better care of our mental health.
Naggers, Complainers, and Ruminants: Three Different but Similar Perspectives
(Stillness in the Storm Editor) Can we choose how we feel? In some sense, we can but not directly. You can’t use sheer will or choice to force yourself to feel better about something. But you can access a deep part of you, what I call the interpretive frame, to change your thinking, which in […]