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Love and Power. Rewiring Your Emotions. Think you're destined to respond the same way emotionally to the same old triggers? Not necessarily so, says Sharon Begley. With a little mind training, you can chart new pathways. Illustration by Malin Rosenqvist By Sharon Begley Google changes the brain. If you half expect this ever-lengthening list to eventually include, oh, making matzoh-ball soup changes the brain, you are not alone.

It’s a shame to see something as scientifically significant as neuroplasticity— the ability of the adult brain to change its structure or function in an enduring way—overpopularized to the point that it could start losing its real meaning. The promise of tapping neuroplasticity to relieve suffering is genuine. Perhaps as far as an emotional reset— harnessing neuroplasticity to change how you respond emotionally to the ups and downs of life. This mission is still in its infancy, but there are hints that it works. This is easier to understand with examples. What are the limits of neuroplasticity? It's not the morphine, it's the size of the cage: Rat Park experiment upturns conventional wisdom about addiction - garry's subposthaven.

Why Teenagers Are So Impulsive. SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA—Why do teens—especially adolescent males—commit crimes more frequently than adults? One explanation may be that as a group, teenagers react more impulsively to threatening situations than do children or adults, likely because their brains have to work harder to rein in their behavior, a research team reported here yesterday at the Society for Neuroscience meeting. Whether it's driving too fast on a slick road or experimenting with drugs, teenagers have a reputation for courting danger that is often attributed to immaturity or poor decision-making.

If immaturity or lack of judgment were the only problem, however, one would expect that children, whose brains are at an even earlier stage of development, would have an equal or greater penchant for risk-taking, says Kristina Caudle, a neuroscientist at the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City who led the study. Home | Trauma Sensitive Schools. Final Report of the Massachusetts Behavioral Health and Public Schools Task Force - 0811behavioralhealth.pdf. Schools That Separate the Child From the Trauma. Fixes looks at solutions to social problems and why they work. Recently, I reported on the damaging effects that prolonged stress can have on young children who lack adequate protection from adults.

Over the past 15 years, researchers have learned that highly stressful — and potentially traumatic — childhood experiences are more prevalent than previously understood. Now scientists are shedding light on the mechanisms by which they change the brain and body. These insights have far-reaching implications for schools, where it’s still standard practice to punish children for misbehavior that they often do not know how to control. What good are the best teachers or schools if the most vulnerable kids feel so unsafe that they are unavailable to learn? Thankfully, some places are getting smarter. When a child violates rules or expectations, the standard response is to try to reason with the child or use punishment, he added. “It’s not to avoid tasks,” she added.

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