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Radiolab: Song of the #Cerebellum

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Misophonia I would cut my ears off if I could.

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"When I hear a siren from an emergency vehicle, I hide until it passes. The tap of someone’s foot makes me want to die. When people speak to me, I appear as if I am being tortured. Because I am. "
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Neuroscientist breaks down why 'normal tween girl drama' deserves a lot more compassion If you’ve ever raised _tween girls_, been a tween girl yourself, or watched any shows with tweens in them, you’ll be all too familiar with tween _girl drama_. The eye rolling, the aloofness, the cattiness, the _meltdowns_…you get the idea. But what if this newfound attitude isn’t just preteen girls being difficult, but a symptom of chronic dysregulation? That was the insight recently given by Dr. Chelsey Hauge Zavaleta, who argued that most parents don’t understand that between the ages of 8 and 12, their daughter's brain is “rewiring itself while her confidence forms.” And because of that, Zavaleta explained, her “nervous system is stuck in a constant state of overwhelm.” “She will be unable to cooperate, not that she __won't__ , not that she's being bratty, refusing, defiant, rude, she __cannot__ cooperate. Her nervous system is too overwhelmed, and your task is to help her bring it down.” Zavaleta then listed the five typical “tween drama” behaviors that, when constant and persistent, could be signs of an overworked nervous system. #### 1. She can't do basic routines that she has always done before. It's not just laziness. Photo credit: Canva While it might be irksome for parents to now give reminder after reminder for something they know their daughter knows about, Dr. Zavaleta kindly offered the reminder that, “This isn't defiance. She's too dysregulated to access her thinking brain.” #### 2. She makes nasty comments during family time. It's not just sibling rivalry. Photo credit: Canva This doesn’t come from meanness so much as deep insecurity. “She's sitting there in your family, feeling judged and alone. The attention feels overwhelming when her nervous system is already maxed out,” said Zavaleta. #### 3. She doesn't care about stuff she used to care about. It's not just depression.Photo credit: Canva Contrary to what it looks like, she actually cares __so much__ that it is unbearable. To cope, she willfully disconnects. “She cares so much, it hurts, but caring feels dangerous right now. Disconnection is protection when everything feels too intense.” #### 4. She is constantly picking fights with her siblings. It's not just an attitude. Photo credit: Canva “She's looking for connection, but she only knows how to get attention through conflict. Her nervous system is seeking regulation through the friction created by drama,” Zavaleta explained. #### 5. She cries over “nothing.” It's not just a meltdown. Photo credit: Canva “Spilled milk becomes a huge meltdown,” said Zavaleta, painting a picture. Thing is, “when your system is already flooded, the smallest thing is gonna tip you right over,” she added. “Those tears aren't about the milk, they're about everything else.” When put through this lens, it’s easy to see how “these are not behavior problems to be fixed with consequences,” as Zavaleta put it. Rather, they're “regulation problems” that need co-regulation support from the parents. After all, at this age kids are still hardwired to their parents' nervous systems, making it all the more imperative for parents to model healthy regulation practices. “When you stay calm and grounded, she can access that state as well. When you are also dysregulated because parenting a dysregulated tween is hard, you're both stuck in survival mode.” > @drchelsey_parenting Join me for my LIVE webinar DECODING TWEEN GIRLS Comment TWEENGIRL for the registration link- and clear your calendars- being there live is the best thing! > ♬ original sound - Dr. Chelsey HaugeZavaleta, PhD Bottom line: when you think about all the inner “construction” going on, in addition to external factors—more and more school responsibilities, increasingly complicated friendships, a transforming body, etc.—there’s no doubt that young girls didn’t suddenly become ornery for no reason. When parents feel that a boundary needs to be made, child counselor _Katie Lear_ suggests offering a chance for “do-overs” when they catch an attitude. This helps preteens become more aware and gives them another opportunity to communicate calmly. Alternatively, parents can offer “natural consequences” that help preteens better understand cause and effect. She uses the example of not being available to drive her to a friend if you’re spending time doing the chores she fails to do. None of this makes parenting during the tween phase any easier, per se. However, it does hopefully provide insight and tools that can elicit compassion, strengthen relationships, and offer an opportunity for both parents and children to emerge from a notoriously tumultuous chapter a little more grounded.

17-year-old French girl has such an exceptional memory researchers call her a 'time-traveler' For most of us, memories aren’t very vivid unless we've encoded them as important. Still, they aren’t that reliable and are bound to fade over time. However, there is a tiny group of people with a condition known as hypermnesia who have a memory that’s so incredible that if you ask them what happened on a random date, they can tell you precisely what went on. Hyperthymestic people can move within their minds with incredible speed and ease to retrieve highly detailed memories and paint vivid pictures of the future that are rich with perceptual information. "In these individuals, known as hyperthymesics, memories are carefully indexed by date. Some will be able to describe in detail what they did on July 6, 2002, and experience again the emotions and sensations of that day,” Valentina La Corte, a research professor at the Memory, Brain, and Cognition Laboratory at Paris Cité University, told Paris Brain Institute. ## A girl with an extremely rare ability Researchers from the Paris Brain Institute recently studied a 17-year-old French girl they call TL, whose hypermnesia allows her to travel through different locations in her mind to retrieve detailed memories. While most of us are groping in the dark when we attempt to access memories, TL has her brain mapped out like rooms in a house. She has “dark memories” that contain encyclopedia information, such as things she learned in school, that carry little emotional charge. But her emotional autobiographical memories are laid out like a floor plan. A map of TL's mind.via Paris Brain Institute In her mind's “white room," TL has the events of her life filed chronologically. When looking back, she can flip through the files to recall information about her family life, childhood objects, and vacations. She also has rooms she visits to soothe herself emotionally. There’s a “pack ice” room where she sits to cool her anger and a “problems” room where she reflects on her difficulties. Inside the white room, she has a chest that contains painful memories of her grandfather’s death. ## TL’s visions for the future are incredibly detailed “When researchers asked her to imagine future events, she provided an unusually rich amount of temporal, spatial, and perceptual information, far beyond what an ordinary person can produce,” the Paris Brain Institute said in a statement. “These observations reinforce the idea that mental travel into the future relies on mechanisms similar to those used in conscious exploration of the past. In both cases, sensory information seems to play a crucial role.” Traveling through time.via Canva/Photos Researchers say that hyperthymestic people are so adept at recalling events from their past and foreseeing events in the future that they are akin to time-travelers. However, this can bring up some serious mental problems, especially when they recall painful moments of their lives that return to them with incredible intensity. TL is just one of a handful of people with hypermnesia, so researchers have a lot of work to do to get a firm grasp on the mysterious condition. “It is difficult to generalize findings about hyperthymesia, since they rely on only a few cases. Does ageing affect the memories of these individuals? Do their mental time-travel abilities depend on age? Can they learn to control the accumulation of memories? We have many questions, and everything remains to be discovered. An exciting avenue of research lies ahead,” La Corte told Paris Brain Institute.

Friendship Synchronizes Brains - Neuroscience News A new study reveals that close friendships can synchronize brain activity and influence decision-making, particularly in consumer behavior.

Friendship can affect consumer behavior!

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Neuroscience of Zen: How gardens help our brains The international research team believes their findings help people affected by neurodegenerative diseases.

The international research team believes their findings in a new scientific study could help people affected by neurodegenerative diseases: talker.pub/4j5ktir

#gardens #Zen #nature #studies #research #nueroscience #brains #science

💫 Mental Mastery: Science

Integration activates prefrontal cortex, limbic system, & visual cortex simultaneously, creating faster change than isolated techniques.

Science meets Spirituality! ✨️

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Sam Harris | #91 - The Biology of Good and Evil Sam Harris speaks with Robert Sapolsky about the brain and human behavior.

Bad souls or socially malfunctioning machines? The evidence suggests the latter.

The Biology of Good and Evil

Sam Harris speaks with Robert Sapolsky about the brain and human behavior. 

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#science #NueroScience #evolution #biology

What's so special about the human brain? Torrents of data from cell atlases, brain organoids and other methods are finally delivering answers to an age-old question.

The confluence of technologies has energized researchers to look afresh at a classic question, says Lancaster. “I feel lucky to be doing science at this moment.”

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How the brain responds to reward is linked to socioeconomic background Neuroscientists have found that the brain’s sensitivity to rewards — a critical factor in motivation and attention — can be shaped by socioeconomics.

"Until recently, we did not realize that principles of brain development vary in relation to the environment in which one grows up, and there was very little evidence about the influence of SES.”

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