Recent research by Sian Beilock, associate professor in psychology at the University of Chicago, establishes a clear relationship between working memory, math anxiety and salivary cortisol. According to Beilock, “We found that cortisol, a hormone released in response to stress, …
Positive Psychology: Happiness and Flow States
As Kay Cahill Allison explains in her article, “The Power of Positve Psychology: Finding Happiness in a Cold Ocean Stream” (featured on Harvard’s Health Blog), experts have found that people often guess wrong about what will bring them happiness. However, …
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Mind Brain Health and Education: Action Magazine
MBHE: Action Magazine (Castellana, Gunawan, Luis and Walters; Harvard Graduate School of Education; June, 2010) is a group project I completed for Dr. Fischer and Dr. Peabody‘s class, “Mind, Brain, Health and Education.” I served as the editor and nutrition author. Click here …
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Physical Benefits of Meditation
In the February 2011 edition of Self magazine, Erin Bried reviews research by Dr. Herbert Benson, director emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Some highlights: Mind/body practices (like meditation, yoga) calm the release …
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Laughter Improves Health
P.J. Skerret addresses the physical benefits of laughter in the Harvard Health Blog: “From brain scans and other tests, neuroscientists are compiling evidence that laughter triggers chemical responses in the brain that lead to feelings of pleasure and a sense …
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Stress and Environmental Influences
I just started a new class, “Newsworthy Topics in Contemporary Life Sciences,” with Dr. William J. Anderson (senior lecturer in stem cell and regenerative biology at Harvard University). Much of my argument for the use of holistic treatments in addressing …
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