The autonomic nervous system is the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls visceral functions such as heart rate, respiratory rate and digestion. It consists of enteric, parasympathetic ...
One philosophical view proposes that life is absurd. However, having hope and creating a purposeful life are correlated with ...
One longitudinal study (published in 2017) found that overall, Facebook was negatively associated with well-being. Another ...
What if a soft material could move on its own, guided not by electronics or motors, but by the kind of rudimentary chemical signaling that powers the simplest organisms? Researchers at the University ...
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Wellbeing: How to stop fighting stress - and start listening to it
It’s National Stress Awareness Day. Here’s what stress is telling us - and why we should listen - writes Claire Buttrum, ...
Understanding and attuning to your nervous system can assist you in handling conflict, leaving risky situations, identifying ...
We repeat what feels familiar, not what feels good. Healing begins when we help the nervous system relearn what safety ...
Breath is the fastest way to shift the nervous system from fight-or-flight to grounded presence. Practices like box breathing (inhale for four, hold for four, exhale for four, hold for four) or ...
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Quantifying the intensity of emotional response to sound, images and touch through skin conductance
When we listen to a moving piece of music or feel the gentle pulse of a haptic vibration, our bodies react before we ...
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