Experience-Dependent Plasticity: The Science of Epigenetics Louis Cozolino Back in my undergraduate days, it was popular to debate whether something was the result of nature or of nurture. Musical talent, intelligence, and athletic abilities had avid proponents on both sides of the argument....

Wired to Connect Mona Fishbane   Humans are social animals.  Our species developed in social groups; it has been suggested that our relatively big brains evolved to cope with the vast amount of information we need to process our interactions with others.  Furthermore, in early human...

Behavioral Epigenetics and Attachment Jonathan Baylin DOI: 10.12744/tnpt(3)068-079 One of the hottest areas of neuroscience is the study of how life experience affects patterns of gene expression in the brain, what some call behavioral epigenetics (Weaver, 2004; McEwen, 2012).  Of great...

Basic Needs   Klaus Grawe (2004, 2007) developed a view of mental functioning from conceptualizations formed in mainstream contemporary psychology, yet with a particular ‘driver’ that may not be altogether ‘mainstream’. That is, “the goals a person forms during his or her life...

A New Frontier - Neuroscience & The Workplace Pieter Rossouw Connie Henson The Neuropsychotherapist Members Only content MEMBERS: Be sure you are logged in to see your viewing options Members Login Not a member?  Click on Subscription to find out...

The Benefits of Brainwave Treatment with the Adopted Child Paul G. Swingle This PDF is 552KB Dr Swingle looks at traumatic abandonment issues with adopted children, some of the underlying neural markers, and how neurological treatments can provide help. Click on the cover above to read the...