Cognitive Behavior Therapy better than Ambien for Insomnia

In a study conducted by Dr. Gregg Jacobs at Harvard Medical School (funded by the National Institutes of Health and published in the Archives of Internal Medicine), his Cognitive Behavioral Therapy program was more effective than Ambien for the treatment of insomnia. The source I originally heard this from said it was 40% more effective [...]

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Entrainment of Free-Running Circadian Rhythms by Melatonin in Blind People

The following article talks about how blind people have a free running circadian rhythm; in other words their wake/sleep cycle is not affected by light as with people who can see. Below is the title and link to the article: Entrainment of Free-Running Circadian Rhythms by Melatonin in Blind People Robert L. Sack, M.D., Richard W. Brandes, B.S., [...]

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Things that influence our dreams

This original article was posted here: http://www.oprah.com/health/Things-That-Influence-Dreams-Dream-Facts/1 Unexpected Things That Influence Your Dreams You know that sounds, smells and situations can invade them and certain medications spin them out of control. But not in your wildest dreams (maybe) did you think these could play a role. By Jena Pincott Your "Favored Position" Being nude, unable to move, using hand tools, making [...]

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The Heart’s Intuitive Intelligence

Did you know that the heart has an electromagnetic field that can be measured outside of the body? The Institute of HeartMath is doing some amazing research, and now they have this beautiful video as well (below).  The video illustrates how the electromagnetic field of the heart operates not only within us (in communication with our [...]

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Inside a Psychic’s Brain

I've seen Dr. Daniel Amen on PBS, he is known for his work with brain scans.  And I love Teresa Caputo and her tv show 'Long Island Medium' (she is a medium, a very accurate one). I remember thinking "I wish that Amen guy could do a scan of Teresa's brain". Well guess what? They [...]

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The Neurology of Dreaming

We tend to speak in generalized terms of dreams happening in the unconscious (or subconscious) mind, or how it happens mostly in the right (intuitive) brain and that the left (logical) brain goes 'offline' during sleep (with exceptions such as lucid dreaming).  While these generalizations may apply, it is much more complicated than that. There are many [...]

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The Stages of Sleep

For a really great interactive online chart exploring the different stages of sleep, visit: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/sleep-memory.html  and click on "LAUNCH INTERACTIVE". What happens in your brain as you cycle through the various stages of sleep, and how does this activity affect learning and memory? See what scientists are learning about REM (rapid-eye movement) sleep and other phases, and explore [...]

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Brain Visions converted to Digital Video!

I have been waiting for this day! Here is a fascinating article by Jesus Diaz. I would LOVE to watch my dreams played back on a video some day! Of course, this won't capture the feelings/emotions, sounds, smells, tastes, etc. that happen in dreams, but the visual component of dreaming is huge. How fun would this [...]

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Psychic Science

In Dean Radin’s book “Entangled Minds” he writes about many different scientific experiments that confirm the existence of psychic phenomena, also known as ESP or ‘psi’. It seems that people who are very closely bonded together experience more psychic connections with each other than those who are not close or emotionally invested in one another. Dean [...]

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Can Computers Read Minds?

A couple months ago, CBS’s ‘60 minutes’ did a show about a new form of technology called “Thought Identification”. Through the use of a form of MRI scanning called functional MRI (fMRI), scientists can see the parts of the brain that are active when a person thinks about something like an object or a place. [...]

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