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You have the power to change your brain! Make watching our videos a habit and SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Got a bad habit you just can’t seem to break? That’s because it’s literally wired into your brain. Every single thought, action, and feeling changes your brain. When repeated enough times, a habit is formed. This week we’ll talk about how an advertiser in the early 1900s got half of Americans to pick up a new behavior - and make it a habit we all know today. #habits #brain #neuroscience REFERENCES: The power of habit: Why we do what we do in life and in business, Charles Duhill, 2012. Smith, K. (2016). Habit formation. Dialogues Clin Neurosci, 18(1), 33–43. Schultz, W., Apicella, P., and Ljungbergb , T. (1993). Responses of Monkey Dopamine Neurons to Reward and Conditioned Stimuli during Successive Steps of Learning a Delayed Response Task. The Journal of Neuroscience, 13(3), 900-913 Christina M.Gremel, C. M., Chancey, J.H., Atwood, B.K., Luo, G., Neve, R., Ramakrishnan, C., Deisseroth, K., Lovinger, D.M., and Costa, R.M. (2016). Endocannabinoid Modulation of Orbitostriatal Circuits Gates Habit Formation. Neuron, 93(6), 1312-1324. ----------- FOLLOW US: Twitter: @DrJoeHanson @okaytobesmart Instagram: @DrJoeHanson Merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmart ----------- It’s Okay To Be Smart is hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D. Director: Joe Nicolosi Writer: Kimberly McCoy, Ph.D. Creative Director: David Schulte Editor/animator: Karl Boettcher Producers: Stephanie Noone and Amanda Fox Produced by PBS Digital Studios Music via APM Stock images from Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com

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We can't control if we'll die, but we can "occupy death," in the words of Peter Saul, an emergency doctor. He asks us to think about the end of our lives -- and to question the modern model of slow, intubated death in hospital. Two big questions can help you start this tough conversation.

Matthew O’Reilly is a veteran emergency medical technician on Long Island, New York. In this talk, O’Reilly describes what happens next when a gravely hurt patient asks him: “Am I going to die?”

A funeral, punctuated with technical difficulties and expressions of deep love, reveals the new rituals we are creating in crisis.

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that affect children while growing up, such as suffering child maltreatment or living in a househol...

"Out of sight, out of mind" isn't the same thing as object permanence. | Category: ADHD 101

Blanket social media bans aren’t the answer, but reform is promising.

The last few years have been a strain on nearly everyone, with routines disrupted, social interactions curtailed, and stress and anxiety running high. ...

What is your attachment style?

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Osmosis presents this thorough overview of Autism Spectrum Disorder, or ASD. Review information useful to medical students and medical residents about this c...

"Out of sight, out of mind" isn't the same thing as object permanence. | Category: ADHD 101

A growing body of research suggests that kindness is an effective stress management practice. Here's how to relieve stress by being kind.

SSRIs are the most widely-used treatment for depression, and have been since their introduction to the market in the late 1980s. They were formulated based on the hypothesis that depression is due to low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin. In this video, I discuss how SSRIs work, along with some questions that have been raised about the serotonin hypothesis since the introduction of SSRIs. TRANSCRIPT: Welcome to 2 minute neuroscience, where I explain neuroscience topics in 2 minutes or less. In this installment I will discuss selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs. SSRIs were developed in the 1970s with the goal of treating depression by increasing serotonin levels. This goal was formulated based on the serotonin hypothesis of depression, which suggests that depression is caused by low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin. SSRIs work by inhibiting a mechanism called reuptake. In reuptake, a protein called a transporter transports excess neurotransmitter molecules out of the synaptic cleft, usually back into the neuron that released them. SSRIs inhibit the reuptake of serotonin. By inhibiting the removal of serotonin from the synaptic cleft, this causes levels of serotonin in the synaptic cleft to rise. These increases in serotonin levels have been hypothesized to be the mechanism by which SSRIs can treat the symptoms of depression. There are reasons now, however, to believe that there must be more to the mechanism of SSRIs than just changing serotonin levels. For example, when someone begins taking an SSRI, they generally have to wait about 4 weeks before their symptoms improve. Evidence suggests, however, that their serotonin levels rise as quickly as within an hour after taking the medication. Thus, it seems likely that SSRIs may affect serotonin levels, which then leads to other effects that influence the symptoms of depression. Therefore it’s probable that more than serotonin levels must be changed for SSRIs to work, which suggests that depression isn’t caused only by low serotonin levels. Additionally, evidence has now emerged that questions the effectiveness of SSRIs. Some research has found they do not work much better than placebos, and may only benefit those who are most severely depressed, which is a minority of patients who actually take the drugs. REFERENCES: Invernizzi R, Velasco C, Bramante M, Longo A, Samanin R. Effect of 5-HT1A receptor antagonists on citalopram-induced increase in extracellular serotonin in the frontal cortex, striatum and dorsal hippocampus. Neuropharmacology. 1997 Apr-May;36(4-5):467-73. Kirsch I, Deacon BJ, Huedo-Medina TB, Scoboria A, Moore TJ, Johnson BT. Initial severity and antidepressant benefits: a meta-analysis of data submitted to the Food and Drug Administration. PLoS Med. 2008 Feb;5(2):e45. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050045.

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APS Fellow Robert Plomin has received the 2020 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology for his research on how DNA shapes personality.

For all videos in this playlist, go to: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRfHZ9wXKs6dptZx0YVwH0B-H0T4VOK57 In this video, Dr. Thomas Doherty, Psy.D., provides an overview of how psychology incorporates “nature” into both theory and practice. The sub-discipline of environmental psychology and the approaches of ecopsychology and conservation psychology are situated in this larger context. Dr. Thomas J. Doherty is a licensed psychologist whose work integrates clinical, environmental and organizational perspectives. He specializes in ecopsychology–a perspective that views psychology, identity and mental health in terms of ecology and global sustainability. Thomas has worked with individuals and groups for over 25 years. He co-founded and directs the Ecopsychology Certificate Program at Lewis & Clark Graduate School. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, Past President of the Society for Environmental, Population and Conservation Psychology, and founding editor of the Ecopsychology journal. Thomas has published articles and chapters on topics such as research methods in outdoor therapy and the psychological impacts of global climate change. For more information on the research cited in this video see: http://selfsustain.com/psychology-and-nature-video-resources/ or contact Thomas Doherty (clientcare@selfsustain.com). Additional information: American Psychological Association Division 34, the Society for Environmental, Population, and Conservation Psychology website: http://www.apa.org/about/division/div34.aspx Sustainable Self: ‪http://www.selfsustain.com Portland Community College’s Psychology program: ‪http://www.pcc.edu/programs/psychology Ecopsychology Certificate Program at Lewis & Clark Graduate School: https://graduate.lclark.edu/programs/continuing_education/certificates/ecopsychology/ Ecopsychology Journal: ‪ http://www.liebertpub.com/overview/ecopsychology/300/ American Psychological Association Task Force on Global Climate Change Report: ‪http://www.apa.org/science/about/publications/climate-change.aspx Teaching Psychology for Sustainability: ‪http://www.teachgreenpsych.com/ This video was produced by the: Psychology Program, Video Production Unit and Distance Education at Portland Community College. Written and performed by: Dr. Thomas Doherty Produced by: Dr. Tatiana Snyder Produced and directed by: Michael Annus Lighting: Mike McNamara Camera: Kevin Forrest Grip/Teleprompter: Derek Skeen Editor: Lucia DeLisa

Watch Niki Harré talk about her book "Psychology for a Better World". The book can be downloaded for free from: http://www.psych.auckland.ac.nz/psychologyforabetterworld Hard copies can be ordered from the website or from Amazon or Lulu. Kindle version also available. Film Credits Produced by Charlotte Blythe Animated by Graeme E. Bibby Illustrated by Lucy Yu - http://cargocollective.com/lucyyuart

As the effects of climate change become more evident, more than half of U.S. adults (56%) say climate change is the most important issue facing society today, yet 4 in 10 have not made any changes in their behavior to reduce their contribution to climate change.

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Our willingness to engage in proenvironmental activities reflects how we identify as a part of our social and political ecosystems, as well as how we envision our relationship with science itself.

As the effects of climate change become more evident, more than half of U.S. adults (56%) say climate change is the most important issue facing society today, yet 4 in 10 have not made any changes in their behavior to reduce their contribution to climate change, according to a new poll by the American Psychological Association. For more info, visit https://on.apa.org/climate-change-survey __________________________________ The American Psychological Association is the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States, with more than 118,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students as its members. To learn more about APA visit http://www.apa.org Follow APA on social media: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AmericanPsychologicalAssociation/ Twitter https://twitter.com/apa LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/american-psychological-association/

Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, discusses myths about the brain, the theory that it evolved not to think but to control our bodies, and her research on how emotions are not something we experience, but things that the brain creates in order to make sense of the signals it receives from the world.

Psychology articles from Neuroscience News cover research from science labs, university research departments and science sources around the world.

New research could explain why women athletes report more severe brain injury symptoms than men

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