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Tag Archives: happiness
Oxytocin – the many facets of love harmone
Oxytocin is mammalian hormone that acts as a neurotransmitter in brain. It’s released mainly in women when they are about to go into labor or when mother’s are breast feeding their infant babies. it is released in large amounts after … Continue reading
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You are what’s in your gut
It’s been well known that serotonin production is regulated by bacteria (good bacteria) in the guts now new research seems to indicate that they also regulate synapse functioning. However, these effects were only confirmed in mice and it’s too early … Continue reading
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Love is unbound by time
A new study led by Bianca Acevedo, Ph.D., and Arthur Aron, Ph.D., of the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University, and colleagues, compared the neural correlates of long-term married and in love individuals with individuals who had recently fallen … Continue reading
Gardening however, small helps older people with happiness and well being
I have written about the positive benefits of gardening – increased levels of serotonin and physical fitness. Now a study in Netherlands about the effects of allotment gardening – small plots of land given to community members to cultivate vegetables … Continue reading
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Want someone to do something for you? Use “blue light” and speak softly!
Light therapy is known to help seasonal mood disorders. Light therapy not only helps with mood disorders, bright light also known to help with other mental disorders like bipolar disorder, depression. Here is a chart from psycheducation.org showing the comparison of … Continue reading
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Is exercise is good for a sound body? How much and what kind?
Of course, exercise is good for us. How much – the more we do the better. (It’s important to not over do and injure ourselves so have a trainer who understands what to do and how much to do, especially … Continue reading
Whatever can’t kill us makes us stronger – new “scientific” evidence!
A new national multi-year longitudinal study of the effects of adverse life events on mental health has found that adverse experiences do, in fact, appear to foster subsequent adaptability and resilience, with resulting advantages for mental health and well being. … Continue reading
Addicted to love? Better than any drug or pain killer!
Love-induced pain relief was associated with the activation of primitive brain structures that control rewarding experiences, such as the nucleus accumbens – shown here in color. Courtesy of Sean Mackey and Jarred Younger This brain study shows that intense and … Continue reading
Essence of happiness
A really good explanation of neural nature of happiness Though couple years old, I find this article fascinating. It’s very interesting to see how money or in the case of the rats the light itself is the source of happiness. … Continue reading
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Cuddle harmone Oxytocin plays an important role in Fatherhood too!
Oxytocin has long been associated with Motherhood and the love a mother feels for her baby. Now a new study links transition to fatherhood being linked closely to Oxytocin levels. This explains why not only women but men also feel … Continue reading
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