• Depression and Anxiety: Do They Impact Infertility Treatment?

    Updated: 2010-06-30 16:02:57
    Infertility affects an estimated 10-15% of couples of reproductive age.  Several studies have indicated that patients undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) experience high levels of stress, depression, and anxiety.  Multiple risk factors for anxiety and depression during infertility treatment have been identified; these include being female, age over 30, lower level of education, lack of [...]

  • Binge drinking and the adolescent brain.

    Updated: 2010-06-29 16:14:00
    : . skip to main skip to sidebar Deric Bownds' MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , and behavior as well as random curious stuff Deric s Website HOME DERIC'S MIND BLOG BIOLOGY OF THE MIND BOOK AND COURSE LECTURES AND WRITING DERIC PERSONAL , Piano Performance , Professional , Personal History EMAIL DERIC MINDBLOG : PODCASTS The I-Illusion The Beast Within MindStuff : a user's guide Twitter Updates Follow me on Twitter Scientific American Partner Search : MindBlog Selected Blog Categories acting choosing 228 aging 111 animal behavior 160 attention perception 287 autism 19 brain plasticity 175 consciousness 155 culture 15 culture politics 398 deric 160 embodied cognition 27 emotion 221 evolution debate 92 evolutionary psychology 89 faces 76 fear anxiety stress 186

  • Being hungry or full influences our risk taking.

    Updated: 2010-06-29 11:30:00
    : . skip to main skip to sidebar Deric Bownds' MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , and behavior as well as random curious stuff Deric s Website HOME DERIC'S MIND BLOG BIOLOGY OF THE MIND BOOK AND COURSE LECTURES AND WRITING DERIC PERSONAL , Piano Performance , Professional , Personal History EMAIL DERIC MINDBLOG : PODCASTS The I-Illusion The Beast Within MindStuff : a user's guide Twitter Updates Follow me on Twitter Scientific American Partner Search : MindBlog Selected Blog Categories acting choosing 228 aging 111 animal behavior 160 attention perception 287 autism 19 brain plasticity 175 consciousness 155 culture 15 culture politics 398 deric 160 embodied cognition 27 emotion 221 evolution debate 92 evolutionary psychology 89 faces 76 fear anxiety stress 186

  • Brain features associated with neonatal risk for schizophrenia

    Updated: 2010-06-28 11:14:25
    Writing in the American Journal of Psychiatry, John Gilmore and colleages reported that the size and structure of the brains of newborn boys—but not girls—who are at risk for developing schizophrenia differ from those of their peers. Using multiple scanning methods at different times during gestation and infancy, the researchers compared the brains of offspring [...]

  • Antipsychotic drug shrinks the brain

    Updated: 2010-06-24 11:15:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Deric Bownds' MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , and behavior as well as random curious stuff Deric s Website HOME DERIC'S MIND BLOG BIOLOGY OF THE MIND BOOK AND COURSE LECTURES AND WRITING DERIC PERSONAL , Piano Performance , Professional , Personal History EMAIL DERIC MINDBLOG : PODCASTS The I-Illusion The Beast Within MindStuff : a user's guide Twitter Updates Follow me on Twitter Scientific American Partner Search : MindBlog Selected Blog Categories acting choosing 228 aging 111 animal behavior 160 attention perception 287 autism 19 brain plasticity 175 consciousness 155 culture 15 culture politics 398 deric 160 embodied cognition 27 emotion 221 evolution debate 92 evolutionary psychology 89 faces 76 fear anxiety stress 186

  • Antidepressants and Risk of Spontaneous Abortion

    Updated: 2010-06-21 16:42:05
    Although the last several decades of research have yielded important findings regarding the safety of antidepressants during pregnancy, some areas are still understudied.  For example, there are no conclusive results concerning the risk of spontaneous abortions following antidepressant exposure during the first trimester.  Several recent meta-analyses, including one from the Motherisk program (Hemels, 2005), have [...]

  • Followup on acupuncture

    Updated: 2010-06-21 15:00:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Deric Bownds' MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , and behavior as well as random curious stuff Deric s Website HOME DERIC'S MIND BLOG BIOLOGY OF THE MIND BOOK AND COURSE LECTURES AND WRITING DERIC PERSONAL , Piano Performance , Professional , Personal History EMAIL DERIC MINDBLOG : PODCASTS The I-Illusion The Beast Within MindStuff : a user's guide Twitter Updates Follow me on Twitter Scientific American Partner Search : MindBlog Selected Blog Categories acting choosing 228 aging 111 animal behavior 160 attention perception 287 autism 19 brain plasticity 175 consciousness 155 culture 15 culture politics 398 deric 160 embodied cognition 27 emotion 221 evolution debate 92 evolutionary psychology 89 faces 76 fear anxiety stress 186

  • Associating a nerve growth factor with positive affect - depression therapy?

    Updated: 2010-06-18 11:25:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Deric Bownds' MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , and behavior as well as random curious stuff Deric s Website HOME DERIC'S MIND BLOG BIOLOGY OF THE MIND BOOK AND COURSE LECTURES AND WRITING DERIC PERSONAL , Piano Performance , Professional , Personal History EMAIL DERIC MINDBLOG : PODCASTS The I-Illusion The Beast Within MindStuff : a user's guide Twitter Updates Follow me on Twitter Scientific American Partner Search : MindBlog Selected Blog Categories acting choosing 228 aging 111 animal behavior 160 attention perception 287 autism 19 brain plasticity 175 consciousness 155 culture 15 culture politics 398 deric 160 embodied cognition 27 emotion 221 evolution debate 92 evolutionary psychology 89 faces 76 fear anxiety stress 186

  • Is that my Mobile ringing? Rapid brain processing

    Updated: 2010-06-18 11:10:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Deric Bownds' MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , and behavior as well as random curious stuff Deric s Website HOME DERIC'S MIND BLOG BIOLOGY OF THE MIND BOOK AND COURSE LECTURES AND WRITING DERIC PERSONAL , Piano Performance , Professional , Personal History EMAIL DERIC MINDBLOG : PODCASTS The I-Illusion The Beast Within MindStuff : a user's guide Twitter Updates Follow me on Twitter Scientific American Partner Search : MindBlog Selected Blog Categories acting choosing 228 aging 111 animal behavior 160 attention perception 287 autism 19 brain plasticity 175 consciousness 155 culture 15 culture politics 398 deric 160 embodied cognition 27 emotion 221 evolution debate 92 evolutionary psychology 89 faces 76 fear anxiety stress 186

  • Observing disease symptoms causes a more vigorous immune response

    Updated: 2010-06-15 11:30:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Deric Bownds' MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , and behavior as well as random curious stuff Deric s Website HOME DERIC'S MIND BLOG BIOLOGY OF THE MIND BOOK AND COURSE LECTURES AND WRITING DERIC PERSONAL , Piano Performance , Professional , Personal History EMAIL DERIC MINDBLOG : PODCASTS The I-Illusion The Beast Within MindStuff : a user's guide Twitter Updates Follow me on Twitter Scientific American Partner Search : MindBlog Selected Blog Categories acting choosing 228 aging 111 animal behavior 160 attention perception 287 autism 19 brain plasticity 175 consciousness 155 culture 15 culture politics 398 deric 160 embodied cognition 27 emotion 221 evolution debate 92 evolutionary psychology 89 faces 76 fear anxiety stress 186

  • Valproic Acid and the Risk of Major Malformations

    Updated: 2010-06-14 18:41:10
    Previous studies have indicated that infants exposed to valproic acid in pregnancy are at increased risk for a range of malformations, including neural tube defects.  While these studies have shown an association between valproic acid and various malformations, they have been limited in their ability to quantify the risk of certain, less common malformations.  To [...]

  • Men Get Postpartum Depression Too

    Updated: 2010-06-07 21:23:08
    While postpartum depression (PPD) is typically considered to be a woman’s illness, a number of studies have suggested that, although men do not experience any of the dramatic physiologic or hormonal changes that go along with pregnancy, new fathers may also suffer from PPD.  The most recent study was a meta-analysis published in the May [...]

  • Herpes Complicates Schizophrenia

    Updated: 2010-06-03 14:02:06
    In a small cohort study of schizophrenia patients, exposure to herpes simplex 1 was associated with worse scores on a range of cognitive tests, as well as reductions in brain volume.

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