by Jodi Pawluski | Jul 1, 2017 | Magazine, Prefrontal Muse
Members Download Article: TNPTVol5Issue7pp16-19 The perinatal period is a time when a significant number of women struggle with clinical levels of anxiety and depression: Estimates indicate 10–20% of 4 million peripartum women in the United States (with similar rates...
by Mark Griffiths | May 2, 2017 | Magazine, Prefrontal Muse
Work Stressed and Play? A brief look at competitive gaming Members Download the Article here: TNPTVol5Issue5pp48-54 To date, competitive gaming has not been widely researched or recognised in the scientific and professional literature on video games. As the name...
by Ruth Bettelheim | Feb 1, 2017 | Magazine, Prefrontal Muse
Download: TNPTVol5issue2pp58-61 Valentine’s Day inundates us with images of romance, often leaving us feeling wistful or lonely, as our own lives—whether single or coupled—seldom seem as rich or passionate as the ones on TV. For some, this is a passing melancholy; but...
by Richard Hill | Feb 16, 2016 | Magazine, Prefrontal Muse
Members Download: TNPTVol4Issue2pp28-37 “Spirituality” is a term that can vary in its definition according to the user (Rose, 2001). It is often attached to religious practices, but mostly to aspects relating to a non-material world. I suggest that spirituality...
by Richard Hill | Nov 7, 2014 | Magazine, Prefrontal Muse
Curiosity and the Learning brain: An Educational Perspective Richard Hill Subscribers Download Article: Curiosity and the Learning brain Teachers (and therapists) know that interested, curious students pay attention and learn more (Berlyne, 1954; Engel, 2013)....
by Richard Hill | Sep 4, 2014 | Prefrontal Muse
Smiling has to be a good thing and, broadly speaking, it is, but Aparna Labroo and colleagues have conducted research that shows it depends on what you are expecting. Despite the somewhat infamous title line from Monty Python, the research examined the principle that...
by NPT | Jul 18, 2014 | Prefrontal Muse
We are social creatures. We seek interaction, and we communicate, working to understand each other in a myriad of ways. We observe body language, we get a sense of a person’s energy, and we LISTEN to what is being said. Or do we? Listening is vastly more than just...
by NPT | May 18, 2014 | Prefrontal Muse
The Heart’s Intuitive Intelligence Next quarter we will be doing a special issue of The Neuropsychotherapist all about the heart and the role it plays in our personal and interpersonal lives. Scientists at the Institute of HeartMath (IHM) and Global Coherence...
by Andrew Fingelkurts | Apr 7, 2014 | Prefrontal Muse
doi: 10.12744/tnpt(4)120-122 Does everyone benefit equally from the same meditation technique? Andrew Fingelkurts and Alexander Finkelkurts BM-Science, Brain and Mind Technologies Research Centre, Espoo, Finland Tarja Kallio-Tamminen KalpaTaru, Kirkkonummi, Finland...