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Copyright (c) 2008 SharpBrains Given the growing media coverage of brain fitness and brain training, we have produced this compilation of the Top 21 Books that help understand these trends, the research behind them, and the implications for all of us. For your easy browsing, we have categorized them into seven groups: 1) Fascinating books on neuroplasticity (the ability of the brain to rewire itself through experience): - Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves - by Sharon Begley. - The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science - by Norman Doidge. - The Executive Brain: Frontal...

Autism does not have a long history, and this is due to the fact that the history of autism really didn't begin until the first decade of the 20th century. Although, autism as a condition was around prior to this time, it was not a recognized condition and most people would have been regarded as insane. In fact, it wasn't even until the Swiss psychiatrist, Eugene Bleuler, coined the term "autism" in the 1912 issue of the American Journal of Insanity, did the term even exist. However, despite being the first person to use the term, Bleuler considered autism to be another form of schizophrenia in which schizophrenic's lacked social skills with others, and were more absorbed in themselves. Bleuler's...

They say that women are too emotional. And when it comes to troubles, the women are much too engrossed in them. You may have seen women back in your elementary and high school days pushing each other, slashing spiteful words at each other, pulling each other's hair, and the likes. This behavior is quite integrated naturally into the persona of the women in general. Wherever you go, there are those bullies who make meddling with the lives of others their utmost business. In the corporate world, such environment remains to be present. It is but natural to encounter people who bully their fellow women by using the smear campaign. These days, the most common is the smear campaign. And definitely, once...

The growth rate for employment as a psychologist is above average due to an increased demand for these services in hospitals, schools, mental health centers, social service agencies, consulting firms and substance abuse clinics. Further, the average earnings enjoyed by industrial-organizational psychologists as of 2004 were $71,400. Online psychology programs give people the opportunity to study for a career in this challenging, rapidly growing field without compromising their other daily activities. Students pursuing psychology online degrees learn about the human mind and behavior and its biological, social and cognitive bases, as well how to apply this knowledge to practical problems. Student...

Whether you are venturing on your first college experience or getting a second degree, you now have the choice of a nontraditional way of earning your degree. Through distance education, you can obtain your education through online programs offered by various universities and colleges. There are many degree courses and programs being offered online, including the field and discipline of Psychology. You can earn your Associate's Degree, a Bachelor's in Science or Arts Degree, a Master's or Doctorate Degrees through online education. Advancements in information technology applications have made it possible for online programs to simulate real-time classroom discussions, laboratory setups, instructions...

Many people think that a group can outperform an individual, sometimes we see this is the case, as we watch popular TV Shows like; "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," where the contestant gets to poll the audience, of course realize the questions are trivia based and any given amount of people might know the answer. But alas the demonstration of the intelligence of the collective is a trick for in most cases it does not work that way. For instance take a committee, supposedly two heads are better than one and supposedly many people in a committee are better than one, but whereas they may be able to accomplish more by dividing up the work load the decisions they reach are most often not as good as that...

Studies have shown that effectively changing our lifestyle involves journaling out food, exercise and daily thoughts. It does not have to be anything fancy, though; the important thing is that you allow yourself freedom to express your thoughts and feelings about anything that is happening in your life right now. Remember, any form of self-monitoring will help you manage your total well being better. Emotional eaters need to expand the food journal to include feelings on why they eat a particular food item, because it's not only important to track how much you eat, but also why and when you eat it. Identifying the feelings and issues that trigger and accompany overeating is an important step toward...

Do you believe that if you do what other successful people do you will also become successful? You should, because your beliefs become your reality! There is a song with a line in it that goes: Free your mind, the rest will follow... That is absolutely correct. Our thinking is the critical factor in how our daily lives turn out. Because you BECOME what you THINK ABOUT most of the time. So think about your goals and how to get them most of the time. GOALS: It is essential to have goals; you have to have a focal point. Write down on a piece of paper 10 goals that you have. Which one is the most important to you? Focus on that goal. OPTIMISM: This is a key characteristic of Successful People. Eliminate...

Examining the impact of downward comparisons, many studies have assessed social comparisons by asking individuals to rate their situation in comparison to that of others. Tennen and Affleck refer to such measures as comparison conclusions, Wood and VanderZee use the term comparative ratings, whereas Buunk used the term relative evaluations. Diener and Fujita and Wood and VanderZee argue that such comparative ratings may not reflect the outcome of a comparison process at all, but -- more so than other measuressomething else, such as a positive mood. Although the meaning of comparative ratings may not be completely unambiguous, the evidence for positive associations between well-being and a feeling of...

The parameters surrounding qualification in psychology, though exact, are not as exacting as those for the more clinical area of psychiatry. More than anything else, qualifying as a psychologist calls for intense academic study. Qualification via correspondence courses has long since been an acceptable form of doing this, and it is possible to earn a diploma, certificate, or even a degree online. The courses now available through various course providers span the entire field of psychology. In the United States and most of the rest of the Western world, an individual who qualifies in any of these fields is an eminently employable and much sought-after professional. Such a person can pursue a career...

Situated in beautifully-historic Charleston, South Carolina, Miller-Motte Technical College skillfully serves students with diploma, certificate, and degree programs in a variety of career-training courses designed to fit busy lifestyles. Both day and evening classes are offered at the Charleston campus. Whether you choose to participate in its massage therapy program, or would like to earn a degree in management, Miller-Motte Technical College provides these educational programs as well as additional coursework in medical assisting, criminal justice, paralegal, surgical technology, esthetics, among others. In its Associate of Applied Science Degree program in therapeutic massage, Milller-Motte...

Pharmaceuticals are big business. From the prominence of drug manufacturers in the stock market to the scores of prescriptions dealt each day by physicians across the nation, pharmaceuticals touch most Americans through illness, injury or enhancement. One area where the prescribing of drugs has seen major increases over the last several years can be found is in traditionally psychological treatment. From attention deficit disorder medications to selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, few problems associated with the mind are left to time or discussion. Many problems associated with the mind can be better treated through medication, but not all problems benefit from their use. Still, the...

Copyright 2006. Reproduction of this material is allowed as long as it is unaltered and complete with Mind Alive contact information. Reproduction for marketing purposes is prohibited without permission from Mind Alive Inc. History Clinical reports of flicker stimulation appear as far back as the dawn of modern medicine. It was at the turn of the 20th century when Pierre Janet, at the Salpêtrière Hospital in France, reported that when he had his patients gaze into the flickering light produced from a spinning spoked wheel in front of a kerosene lantern, it lowered their depression, tension and hysteria (34). Then, in 1934, Adrian and Matthews published their results showing that the alpha rhythm...

Today's high stress world has been playing havoc with our sleep. Sleep Disorders increase as stress increases and as we age. Sleep comprises one third of our life, and controls everything from hormones to sell rejuvenation. Stress and anxiety are not difficult to manage. Relaxation practices may not sound realistic or viable. Many people do not understand how sitting on the floor and raising the arms slowly will improve your health. However, you need to step back and understand the Pavlov effect. This phenomenon is simply the power to train your brain to respond the way you want it to. Raising and lowering your arms while in the Lotus position have minimal medical benefits on its own, but its...

There are several subgroups of Anxiety Disorders, with different causes and treatment. Anxiety disorders are a serious social and financial concern to American business, since they cost the country more than $42 billion a year in healthcare costs and lost productivity, according to "The Economic Burden of Anxiety Disorders," a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. More than $22.84 billion is spent on healthcare services, as those with anxiety disorders seek relief for emotional distress and physical symptoms. Sufferers are 300 to 500 percent more likely to go to the doctor and 600 percent more likely to be hospitalized for psychiatric disorders than non-sufferers. Anxiety disorders...

Psychology dissertation writing is one of the most technical forms of dissertation writing. Psychology is a field itself that is very technical. It has many theories and clinical trials that serve as issues to write about. In addition to this, there is so much more to write on in the field of psychology. This means that Psychology dissertation writing is interesting, detailed and requires immense research and technical writing approaches in order to produce a standard dissertation. To write a standard Psychology dissertation, you need to belong to the field of psychology. People from other fields can't really produce the quality required of a psychology dissertation that someone from the field of...

JOURNAL OF INDIAN ACADEMY OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY, JANUARY 2007, Vol. 33, No.1, p:129-132. INTRODUCTION The innovations in the field of science and technology during the 20th and 21st centuries have caused an explosion in the use of electronic items throughout the globe. Prevalence and excessive use of electronic goods has been found among people cutting across cultural differences. Electronic technology is changing our life-style to a great extent. There are many areas of electronic technology helping different sections of common man. Breakthroughs made in the arena of information technology and communications (ICT) have resulted in the emergence of e-banking, e-commerce, e-governance and e-medicine...

INDIAN JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY, VOL.20, No.4, 2006, p:405-416. INTRODUCTION Electronic technology is changing our life-style to a great extent. Prevalence and excessive use of electronic products found among people, cutting across cultural differences, have set in a trend for e-culture. Electronic-culture is new. It is emerging as a transnational and global phenomenon; not confined to geographical boundaries. Internet, especially, is expected to bring in sweeping and lasting cultural transformations. For instance, terms like e-commerce, e-business, e-banking, e-mails, e-organizations, e-governance, e-journals, e-books, e-medicine, internet, web-shopping, etc have become part of the current lexicon...

The word 'trauma' originates from the Greek 'wound', and it is commonly defined as being of psychological or physical nature. Trauma occurs as a result of an event, and it has deep roots in various levels of the human mind and behaviour. In a world with excessive reasons to experience a traumatic event, understanding this condition may be the key approach to combat its symptoms. The Causality of Trauma Psychological trauma is a broad concept, and its origins are co-related with two well-know mechanisms of the human mind: stress and memory. In order to fully understand this relationship, we'll briefly explain these two processes: Stress Albeit commonly associated with negativeness, stress is an...

Beliefs and Practices in Women Health • Ramaiah Bheenaveni * Rural women's health is an infinitely broad topic. Many Indian women have come from circumstances in which women have limited access to healthcare. Traditionally, there has been discrimination towards women in decision-making; access to resources such as food, education and health care; job opportunities; and in child-rearing and parenting. However, women's health in rural areas affects everything in their environment from their families to their economies and vice versa. A woman's health, especially among the poor and illiterate, is often neglected not just by her family but by the woman herself. She is taught not to complain and if...

Norfolk State University, located in Norfolk, Virginia was founded in 1935. Virginia has a populace of approximately 241,000, and is also a port city. The contiguous environment is quite urban. Students can visit a zoo, botanical gardens, the National Maritime Center, museums and several historical sites that are located near Norfolk State University. It is regarded as a historically black university. Norfolk State University (NSU) offers four-year courses in liberal arts and it's a fast growing inspiration of Science and Technology. It was previously known as Norfolk State Unit of Virginia Union University (VUU). Latter on it was renamed as Norfolk State College. Finally it was granted university...

Copyright (c) 2007 SharpBrains Today we interview Prof. Robert Emmons, Professor of Psychology at UC Davis and Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Positive Psychology. He has just published Thanks: How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier, a book that provides a research-based synthesis of the topic as well as practical suggestions. Alvaro Fernandez (AF): Welcome. Prof. Emmons, could you please provide us an overview of the Positive Psychology field so we understand the context for your research? Robert Emmons (RE): Sure. Martin Seligman and colleagues launched what was called "positive psychology" in the late 90s as an antidote to the traditional nearly exclusive emphasis of "negative...

Psychology (from Greek: ψÏ...χÎ(R), psukhÄ", "spirit, soul"; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge") is both an academic and applied discipline involving the scientific study of mental processes and behavior. Psychologists study such phenomena as perception, cognition, emotion, personality, behavior, and interpersonal relationships. Psychology also refers to the application of such knowledge to various spheres of human activity, including issues related to daily life-e.g. family, education, and work-and the treatment of mental health problems. As a social science, psychology attempts to understand the role human behavior plays in social dynamics (e.g., culture, economics, and...

SCOPE-ANNAMALAI PSYCHOLOGY JOURNAL, DECEMBER 2006, Vol.2, p:1-7. INTRODUCTION Electronic technology is changing our life-style to a great extent. There are many areas of electronic technology helping different sections of a common man. For instance, terms like e-commerce, e-business, e-banking, e-mails, e-organizations, e-governance, e-journals, e-books, e-medicine, internet, web-shopping, etc have become part of the current lexicon. Advances made in the fields of information and communication technology (ICT) and electronics has resulted in the emergence of e-culture. Electronic culture is enveloping the entire world, it is a global phenomenon. Today e-culture is the reality that we live in; it is...

All over the world, mental health is a serious issue these days. Most oftenit is prevalent in people suffering from deteriorating socio-economicconditions, hectic lifestyles and troubled relationships. There are severalother reasons for one to succumb to dire circumstances and become a victim ofmental illness. A psychologist is an expert in the systematic investigation of the human mind,which includes behaviour, cognition and affect. Many people are often confusedbetween a psychologist and a psychiatrist. Psychologists hold a masters degreein psychology with specialisation in clinical, child or physiological psychologyto name a few. Psychologists, through counselling and various psychologicaltests...

The evidence of Hypnosis is as old as the origin of mankind itself. For example, the genesis writers had reported that God put Adam in deep sleep & took his rib to form Eve. Plus in book "The World's Greatest Hypnotists" authors John C. Hughes & Andrew E. Rothovius (published in 1996) spots ancient record suggesting hypnosis was used by the oracle at Delphi and in rites in ancient Egypt. And the book the "Manu-Smriti" in Sanskrit from India provides categories of different states of hypnosis. In fact, the modern history of Hypnosis goes back to late 1700s, when Franz Anton Mesmer's discovery revived an interest in hypnosis. He is considered the father of modern hypnosis. Franz Anton Mesmer...

Scientific jobs usually involve some research. The jobholder would have specialized training and experience in a field, and the ability to draw on it to conduct field or laboratory research. For example, a clinical research assistant working for a clinical research organization can be required to go out into the field and record the findings of clinical trials for medical devices or medication. In such cases, in addition to knowledge in the field of science, the job holder will also have to be familiar with research methodology to ensure adherence to quality research practices, so that the research findings will be acceptable to practitioners in the relevant field. Furthermore, the jobholder might...

"What Should I Write About" How to Select Your Topic  At the beginning of this process, you may feel as if you have entered a strange territory without a map. You need guanidine for choosing your topic if you must select your own or for narrowing a general topic assigned to you. This section shows you how to get ideas for topics and what subjects are best to avoid.  Three Criteria for a Topic  Whether you write a literary, argumentative, position, or description paper, the subject you select must meet three important criteria.  - The topic should interest you. - It should be written your abilities. - There should be enough information available on it to complete a paper...

It is well known that the natural sciences will do everything possible they can at least to reduce the degree of subjectivity as for their field, if not to absolutely annihilate it. To the contrary, the society regards the social sciences as absolutely subjective. Well, this is really so if we regard both sciences just at a glance, but, having a second look at this matter we may find out that even the natural sciences may be also not delivered from a certain touch of subjectivity hidden in it. This pretension is grounded on the following basics: the scientist, who carries out his experiments and other vital stuff in the sphere of natural sciences, ethical matters, and choosing of a...

Obesity or corpulence, is malnutrition more prevalent in developed countries. This health condition is like a spider's web. Once you're obese, you're at risk of a variety of other health conditions, mental and physical. It causes type 2 diabetes, heart diseases, sleep apnea, osteoarthritis, depression etc. This is the sad cost of obesity. This translates to health care expenditures that are directly and indirectly caused by obesity. In the United States, an estimated cost of obesity is 12% of the national health care budget, studied by the World Watch Institute and the World Bank. In a 1999 Lewin Group study commissioned by the American Obesity Association, the direct health care cost of obesity...

Dog Training ">Top Dog K9 Trainers Academy is a school designed to train students to become pet dog trainers and instructors using clicker training and positive reinforcement for the ever growing dog owner population. More and more people are turning away from the older methods of training and want something that is more enjoyable for the whole family. Our training is centred around these people and our classes incorporate a wide range of study, including, psychology, training aspects, client relationships, canine health care and much more. Dog Training Top Dog K9 Trainers Academy is a school designed to train students to become pet dog trainers and instructors using clicker training and positive...

There are various types of questions: Open-ended questions - broad in nature, 'opens the door', generates free thinking, allows freedom in responding /determining the amount and kind of info to give "Tell me about yourself." "Tell me about your administrative duties." "How would you characterize your managing style?" Closed-ended questions - restrictive in nature 'keeps door fairly closed', asks for narrow, structured response-often a single, one-syllable, direct answer. Limits answer options, often supplying all possible answers in the question "How long have you held this position?" "Did Ms. Adams hire you?" " How would you rank these in order of your frequency of using them on the job...