On rare occasions we will experience a Moment, something more than a great performance, more than a standing ovation; a performance that is unexpected, unscheduled, and shared.
Four boys and their coach are still trapped in the Thailand cave. As the world waits for good news, thousands of children from Yemen die. Why is that story not as riveting?
Finding a mentor is much more than a good career move; it can lead to a lifelong, two-way relationship bringing multiple benefits to your own life and those of your mentees.
New research finds happiness expands when we play infinite games where all are invited and no-one wins, over finite games, where membership is restricted and winning is the goal.
In today’s hectic, noisy, and stressful world we need to make time for quiet. Reading quiet books can provide this and give us an island of rest and happiness.
You can’t prevent others getting into fraught discussions when everyone has gathered for the annual celebrations, but you can stop yourself being drawn into them!
No one can read minds, but we can improve our ability to guess what people are thinking and feeling, and to know when what they say is not what they think.
Camping in the wilderness is an experience unlike any other. It has its downsides, especially in the Australian Outback, but the upsides include therapeutic bird watching!
The Bank of England has unveiled a ten pound note celebrating Jane Austen. Virginia Woolfe also has some insightful messages, still relevant today, about money and women writers.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that enjoyment of life is a common ingredient in those who still excel either physically or cognitively into their very old age.
Studies have found that debilitating fatigue is a common symptom of many types of brain damage and disorders, from mild head injury to benign pituitary adenoma to dementia.
The NYT article heralding a controversial new book on amnesiac HM, the neurosurgeon who operated on him, and the scientists who studied him is a poor reflection of the whole truth.
A series about the ethical standards of different fictional biographies and factual biographies of famous psychologists and scientists.The first is on John Watson & Rosalie Rayner
The US is high in the statistics for mass killings of their own citizens. Will it act on research from other countries who have shown it is possible to reduce carnage and fear?
Steven Pinker famously said that music was simply “auditory cheesecake,” a pleasurable activity with no useful or adaptive qualities. Prince fans may not agree!
Woody Guthrie died of the terrible genetic disorder Huntington’s Disease when little was known about it.Today fertilization technology can save the children of HD gene carriers.
Climate change is an important issues in today’s world. Living off-grid or partially off-grid is one way to limit our personal carbon footprint and bring us happiness as a bonus.
In neuropsychology, functional MRI and other high-tech methods cannot give the detail single cases can provide. And the history of science, whatever the discipline, still has lessons for students and researchers in today's world.
A neuropsychologist muses on brains, books and being happy
Jenni Ogden, Ph.D., clinical neuropsychologist and author of Trouble in Mind, taught at the University of Auckland.
About Trouble in Mind
A neuropsychologist and writer discusses the brain and its mind, recounts stories of courageous people whose behaviors, emotions and thinking processes become disordered following brain damage, and recommends non-fiction books and novels with a psychological or medical theme.
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