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June 2010
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How
Estrogen
Can Lead to Addiction
In
a recent study, neuroscientists at the
University of California, Berkeley, report that hormone fluctuations
during a
woman's menstrual cycle may affect the brain as much as do substances
such as
caffeine, methamphetamines or the popular attention drug Ritalin. Read on....
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May 2010
Full
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How
Mobile
Phones
Could Provide a Breakthrough for
Alzheimer's
Mobile
phones could actually help your mental health?
What
is Jayne on about now?!
I
always like it in science when there are two completely opposite
effects
reported. It reminds me not to get too black-and-white about things
being
'good' for us or 'bad' for us. Read on.....
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April 2010
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Going out with a Bang!
You are
probably no stranger to the fact that people who have come back from
the verge
of death have said that it was as if 'their whole
life flashed before their
eyes.'
Very
recently, unusual research into brain activity just before death offers
clues
about why such experiences occur. Read on....
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March 2010
Full March 2010
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Stop Thinking - And Avoid Crumbling
Under Pressure!
Have you ever frozen under
pressure?
Have you inexplicably
screwed up just when it mattered the most?
Maybe you were about to
give a presentation and suddenly you couldn't remember your words. Or
you went
into an exam and your mind went blank. Or maybe you play a musical
instrument
and suddenly your fingers no longer knew what they were supposed to do.
All these examples can
happen when we choke under pressure. But did you know that this happens
when
you actually think too much...? A surge of recent research can help us
to leave
these self-sabotaging tendencies behind. Read on......
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February 2010
The
Brain on Chocolate? Chocolate on the Brain?
Did you know
that chocolate can help your heart? This makes
it good for Valentine's day!
Read about
how research drop outs helped advance medical science because they
could not resist the call of the cocoa bean.
A study on
elderly Dutch men has shown that chocolate can extend your life. You can
live longer and enjoy living longer :=)
If you
sometimes crave chocolate, then it
may not be because you are deficient in nutrients, but are experiencing
part of a 'complex bio-psycho-social paradigm' (whoah, now that sounds
mighty scientific).
And,
finally, they do say "One man's meat can be another man's poison." Find
out what chocolate can do to dogs. After
reading this you may want to eat your Valentine's chocolates for
yourself rather than share them with Fido, Fikkie and Rover.
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January 2010
How Does Meditation Work at Cell Level?
Many of you
may be familiar with the Dalai Lama's interest in neuroscience (http://www.jaynejubb.com/julyarticle.htm). At the
2005 Society for
Neuroscience meeting, the
Dalai Lama explained
that
although
he
meditates
for
four hours every morning, it is hard
work. If neuroscientists could find a way to put electrodes in his
brain and create the same outcome he gets from meditating, he would be
an eager volunteer......
Well, be careful what
you wish for...read on
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December 2009
Can You Lose Weight Through Sleeping?
Yes I know
it sounds too good to be true: 'Snooze While You Lose' but recent
research indicates that there is a connection between how much you
weigh and the amount of sleep you get per night. Read on.....
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November 2009
Born to Be Kind?
Why do people do good things?
Is kindness hardwired into the
brain?
Or does this tendency arise from experience?
Read on.....
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October 2009
Full October
2009 pdf newsletter download
Perfection, but at What Price?
'Good, better, best
Never let it rest
Until your good is better
And your better is your best'.
This little rhyme was something many of you will remember and have
engrained since childhood. Perfectionism was always encouraged to be
something very noble, but what price do we pay for striving for this
particular goal? Read on....
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September 2009
Full September
2009 pdf newsletter download
Little
Words
Mean
a
Lot:
The
Secret
Life of Pronouns
We all know
that the words we write or speak are an expression of our inner
thoughts and personalities. But you probably didn't know that there are
unique insights to be had in the use of the little words such as I,
you, the, we, & but. Find out what is really lurking in YOUR small
print Read
on....
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August 2009
No On
The Border this month - summer holiday break
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July 2009
Full
July
2009 pdf newsletter download
Can
Healing
Therapies
Go
Global?
This is
down-to-earth practical stuff and yet highly inspirational!
You have
probably heard about the heroic exploits of Medecins Sans Frontieres
(Doctors Without Borders), but did you know that there are some
innovative healing therapy programs that are repairing the psyches of
civil war survivors and depressed mothers in developing countries? Read on....
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June 2009
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June
2009 pdf newsletter download
Does a Good Laugh
Really Help?
We all know that we feel much better after a really good,
stomach-muscle-aching belly laugh, but is laughter really the best
medicine? Read
on....
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May 2009
Full
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2009 pdf newsletter download
Is Sitting Behind
Your Computer Helping or Harming Your Brain?
I love technology - and at times I absolutely hate it!
Having been chained to my computer for the last few months
(unfortunately I'm not exaggerating) I find myself getting nervous,
irritable and just plain unhappy. The tasks that need to be done -
crunching numbers for my research project, writing articles, answering
emails etc etc - all are necessary, and I do so appreciate being able
to communicate quickly.
But then....I just step outside into our lovely garden or hop on my
bike to go do some shopping, and a sense of relaxation comes over me. I
start to question what on earth I am doing spending so much time behind
the computer when it feels, to put it bluntly, so unnatural.
So I decided to go on a hunt for what is known about the effects of the
computer on our brains. Read on....
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April 2009
Full
April
2009 pdf newsletter download
Why
It
Hurts
To
Be
Separated
From
a Loved One
It's no fun
to be away from your loved one. For many years studies have suggested
that long-term separation from a romantic partner can lead to increased
anxiety and depression as well as problems such as sleep disturbances.
Now researchers are identifying the neurochemical mechanisms behind
these behavioural and physiological effects. Read on....
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March 2009
Full
March
2009 pdf newsletter download
A
Mother's
Life
Experience
Affects
Her
Child's
Memory
Scientists
have just published groundbreaking research which revolutionises our
understanding of how nature and nurture can combine to regulate not
only the health of subsequent generations but also the incidence of
disease. Read
this month's article.
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February
2009
Full
February
2009 pdf newsletter download
Use
Your
Hands!
They
Keep
You
Happy
& Healthy
Have the
changes in our lifestyle over the last century contributed to us being
less happy and more depressed? We are clearly using our hands and
brains differently (less!) than our more physically-working ancestors
did a hundred years ago, but is there brain evidence that using our
hands makes us happier? There certainly is....So before you pick up
your knitting, start sticking in holiday photos or begin making
biscuits, read
this
month's
article.
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January 2009
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January 2009
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Shock!
Horror!
Psychotherapy
Beats
Anti-Depressants
It always
raises a smile when I read that, on some front, science has caught up
with energy therapies.
So now
imagine my deep belly chuckle when I read that pyschotherapy has now
been proved not only to work as well as antidepressants in treating
depression, but that its effects are longer lasting. (The exact
statement was: "Studies have shown that cognitive therapy is as
efficacious as antidepressant medication at treating depression, and it
seems to reduce the risk of relapse even after its continuation.")
So join me
this month in looking at the latest research into depression, what it
is, how it is treated and how studies have helped show that treating
the symptoms (i.e. with pills) does NOT give long-lasting effects. Read on.....
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December 2008
Full December
2008 pdf
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Why Getting a Good
Night's Sleep Helps You Learn Better
As we
hurtle towards the shortest day of the year, we are probably more
confronted with sleep now than at other times of the year. With the
shorter days, longer nights and dark mornings you may think that you
feel like hibernating under the duvet and just sleeping....but exciting
findings in recent years have shown that while we sleep our brain is
anything but inactive. Read on...
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November 2008
Full November
2008 pdf
newsletter download
The Brain Biology
of Brilliance
You
probably know that intelligence is measured by IQ, but what makes
somebody a genius? The development of neuro-imaging has enabled
scientists to start studying regions in the brain to unearth the
biology of brilliance. And if you have ever wondered if size really
does matter (?!) then read on....
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October 2008
Neuroscience
Research
into
Emotions
&
Empathy
This month
I've discarded the usual format because I need your help!
I am
looking for volunteers - males & females between the ages of 18 and
65 - to help me with my Neuroscience research study between now and
January. Would you like to take part? I can promise you it will be very
a interesting experience, you'll enjoy it - and you will even get
paid for it.
All the
details about the entire study, background and criteria for
participation can be found on the Dutch website http://www.jaynejubb.com/moebius/index.html.
Should
you
wish
to
participate
in
English all the tests, letters and
information are also available in English. You will, however, need to
be a Dutch resident in order to participate though.
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September 2008
Full September
2008 pdf
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Why Does Science
Have Two Sets of Laws?
The mystery of why we need two sets of rules to describe the world can
be traced back to an experiment that was first carried out almost a
hundred years ago in 1909 by British physicist Geoffrey Ingram Taylor.
This was the birth of Quantum Mechanics. Even though it is 'ancient',
its results are still the subject of much controversy. It literally
shook the foundations of the physics world, and it still does! Read on....
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August 2008
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August 2008
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How Life Experience Chemically Coats
Your DNA and Shapes Your Life
We have
known intuitively for a long time that our life experience is part of
who we are and shapes who we become. An area of genetics is now helping
to show that it does literally form us: it alters the actual shape of
the DNA by allowing 'cling-on' molecules to attach themselves. Read on...
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July 2008
Full July 2008 pdf
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One
Person
Can
Make
a
Difference:
Scientific
Proof
Yes,
okay, I know you've heard it before and have probably paid lip
service to it on several occasions, but scientific studies have been
showing that one person really can and does make a difference.
Research
has found that when people within a group share a common experience of
consciousness, the effects can be detected beyond the group itself and
even outside the building where the individuals are meeting. It would
seem that the inner experiences are being carried through some subtle
conduit in a way that is not restricted by the laws of physics (or at
least, the laws as we currently understand them!) or limited to the
immediate surroundings. Read on....
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June 2008
Full June 2008 pdf
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The Distance Between Us: Cells Separated From Body
Remain Connected To It
Would you expect a tissue sample - like
a DNA mouth swab done in CSI -
to still be connected to its owner once it had been taken?
Traditional, everyday thinking, would suggest that once tissue, skin,
organs or bones are removed from a person, any connection with those
parts of the body should no longer exist. Well, think again! It appears
that this is definitely not the case. Read on....
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May 2008
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When Placebo Was More Powerful Than Brain Surgery
I am sure that you have all heard of the
'placebo effect' - the expectation of improvement actually changing the
outcome. But did you know that in 2004 an Italian study found that the
placebo effect was actually more powerful than brain surgery? Read on....
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April 2008
Full April 2008 pdf
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Life
After
Death:
Scientists
Study
This
Last
Frontier
In 2001 Dutch cardiologist, Pim van
Lommel, created a stir in mainstream medicine by publishing hard core
scientific research into Life After Death in the famous medical
journal 'The Lancet'. Never before had such a thorough study been
done into the experiences of people who had been declared dead and had
then been resuscitated back to life. Read on....
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March 2008
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Kiss &
Tell: The Chemistry of Kissing
Have you ever
really liked someone, yet when you came to kiss them it was more a
turn-off than a turn-on?
Kissing - or osculation it is called scientifically (how unromantic!) -
should unleash a cocktail of chemicals that govern
human stress, motivation,
social bonding and sexual stimulation. But is
kissing necessary? And, are you a right-leaning kisser or a
left-leaning kisser? Read
on....
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February 2008
Full February
2008 pdf newsletter download
Ghost Busting:
The Mystery of Phantom Limb Pain
The
phenomenon
of
'phantom
limb'
has
fascinated
me for years: the strange
feeling that a missing body part is still present and attached to the
body even when it has been amputated. Energetically, this has always
seemed perfectly logical. The physical part has been removed but the
energy field from which it arose and which supported it for years can
still be present. Well now (hooray) neuroscience is catching up, and
catching on. This is real, exciting 'On the Border' stuff, so read on...
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January 2008
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January 2008
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Resolutions: Two Sides To
Every Story
Science
always seems to be able to prove just about anything! First butter is
good for us, then it's bad; coffee is bad for the heart, then it's good
for memory, cancer and menopausal women. Have you made any resolutions
for this year? Do you still have them, or have they already been packed
away for another year along with the Christmas decorations? Here are
some of the latest surprising scientific findings on a few 'baddies' to
help you keep from getting too fanatical. Remember, there are two sides to every story.
Happy New Year! Read on....
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December
2007
Away
on holiday in Vietnam - no edition this month
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November 2007
Full November 2007
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Create
Your
Future:
Remembering
the
Past
to
Imagine the Future
A rapidly
growing number of recent studies show that imagining the future depends
on much of the same brain machinery that is needed for remembering the
past. These findings have led to the concept of the prospective brain -
an idea that a crucial function of the brain is to use stored
information to imagine, simulate and predict possible future events.
Great news for those of us who want to consciously create our futures! Read on....
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October 2007
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Mirror Neurons
Reflect How We Learn & Empathise
How did you first learn to stick your tongue out? When someone starts
yawning do you start to yawn too? When watching a film, do you share in
the joys and pain of the characters? The answers to what goes on
in your brain are in ‘mirror neurons’. Read on....
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September 2007
Full September 2007
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Rhythm
and
Blues:
Biological
Clock
Depends
on
Light
We’ve all
felt the effects of the biological clock – jet lag when returning from
a trip, and winter blues when the days are grey and short – but the
biological clock really does exist. From the energetic perspective, the
fact that we are ‘beings of light’ (however New Agey that might sound)
is not surprising. Yet the fact that science is now increasingly able
to demonstrate just HOW our dependence on light affects so much of our
well being is fascinating. Read on....
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August 2007
Full August
2007 pdf newsletter download
Epilepsy: A Modern
Day Twist to an Ancient Remedy
One of the major modern day quandaries in the treatment of epilepsy is
that about 30-40% of patients become immune to the medicines that they
are given to combat the seizures. Recently, modern day research methods
applied to an age old remedy have provided exciting new avenues into
this frustrating medical problem. Read on....
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July 2007
Full
July 2007 pdf
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If You Don't
Use It - You'll Lose It!
Buddhists Monks
give Insights Into Happiness Set Point and Obsessive-Compulsive
Behaviour
That the thoughts we think can change the way we are and our health is
nothing new to those of us involved in energy work and
self-development. But have you considered HOW it actually works?
‘Virtual piano playing’, Buddhist monks, and patients with
obsessive-compulsive disorder have provided some exciting clues. Read on....
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June 2007
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newsletter download
It's Proven! Friendship IS Really Good For You
A landmark
study suggests that women respond to stress with a cascade of brain
chemicals that causes them to make and maintain friendships with other
women. It's a stunning find that has turned 5 decades of stress
research upside down. Friendship has also been shown to reduce blood
pressure, heart rate and cholesterol, helping us to live longer and
live better. Diet and exercise will only get you so far it seems.... :=)
So
gentlemen, if you are wondering why your girlfriend or wife really
needs a 'Girls' Night Out' then click here to read
on. And ladies, when your husband or boyfriend want to go out with the
boys, it could be actually be help him reduce the risk of heart
disease....click here
to read further.
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