The MindFields College Blog

There’s been fascinating new research surrounding sleep and emotions recently.
A study headed by Matthew Walker (The human emotional brain without sleep - a prefrontal amygdala disconnect. Current Biology, Vol 17, R877-R878, 23 October 2007) from the University of California, provides neuroimaging evidence to show how, in sleep deprived subjects, the amygdala (the emotional centre of […]

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Details of a new MindFields College workshop, taught by Emily Lindsay Clark, called ‘From Self Harm … to Self Belief’ have been released.
Self-harming behaviours, in both men and women, are on the increase, but it is one of the behaviours many find hard to understand or sympathise with. A recent study of reported incidents of […]

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“The Right Brain vs Left Brain test … do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?
If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.
Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you […]

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The British Psychological Society research digest blog asks the question and receives fascinating answers from 13 high profile psychologists and psychology bloggers.
The answers are inspiring, including “Caring for psychotic patients with maximum kindness and minimum medication” from Richard Bentall, and “Changing the focus of psychotherapy to what is good in your life” from Martin Seligman.
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