Science has made enormous strides forward every area of medicine over the last 40 years — except in the area of mental health. Although more than £18 billion has been spent every year on psychiatric research and even more on mental health services in the UK, too much of this…
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is without doubt the disease of the new century — or at least it would be if it were not for the fact that humans have all too often been the authors of their own foreboding… unkindness to their fellows, wars, exploitation, sexual violence etc.…
British hypnotherapist Steve Burgess, has written a book entitled ‘Famous Past Lives’ which I think it’s still available on Amazon. The book concentrated on three of his clients, all of whom were convinced they had lived before as famous historical figures. Two women, both of whom were convinced they had…
There has been much research that proves music lessons and musical training from an early age improves spatial awareness. Research has shown that the motor cortex, the cerebellum and the corpus callosum (which connects the two sides of the brain) is more developed in musicians than in those who have…
Researchers from University College London Psychology & Language Sciences studied some of the ways in which every day social experiences put a strain on mental well-being. In an online experiment involving more than 2,000 people, they found that social differences alone are enough to strike paranoia. For example, differences in…
Children can be cheeky monkeys, they also laugh like chimpanzees! Babies and baby chimps chuckle while inhaling and exhaling, unlike adult humans who laugh mainly during exhalation. It’s thought that babies, like apes, don’t have full control over their vocal muscles, so they laugh as they inhale as well as…
Human evolution has dictated that males have only (relatively) recently become involved in childcare. The human brain is now six times larger than any other mammal of our body size. Unlike all other mammals, at birth, babies brains are not yet fully developed and so are incapable of survival alone…
Are people really willing to suspend their sense of right and wrong when it comes to their own family, even if it means breaking the law? A University of Michigan study found that when a family member behaves very badly, other family members are often inclined to protect them and…
Speaking to young children in a high-pitched and exaggerated voice helps them develop their language skills. Parents may feel self-conscious, but talking to a baby in a silly voice really could help them learn. A study of 71 families looked at ‘parentese’ — the slow, high-pitched, happy-sounding voice which many…
We are all subject to the butterflies of first love and to the physical pain when a relationship fails. We know what it feels like to hold our new born child, or even our cat. Those feelings are part of love. Thanks to ever-improving technology, scientists are able to look…