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‘Irrational emotions’ and their cognitive impenetrability
History & The Arts

‘Irrational emotions’ and their cognitive impenetrability

...and London: Chicago University Press. McRae, K., Misra, S., Prasad, A. K., Pereira, S. C., Gross, J. J. (2012). ‘Bottom-up and Top-down Emotion Generation: Implications for Emotion Regulation’. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 7: 253-62. LeDoux, J. E. (1996). The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life. New York: Simon & Schuster....
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Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender

...neuroscience, trans and queer scholarship, intersectional thinking, and gender-affirmative psychotherapy; we introduce these ideas simply and clearly, and develop activities to enable readers to apply them to their own lives. The key methods that we employ to do this include: An examination of how gender is seen in broader culture, and how experiences of gender are...
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Investigating Links Between Pesticides and Mental Health
Science, Maths & Technology

Investigating Links Between Pesticides and Mental Health

...the neurotransmitter serotonin (pink triangles) is released from the top cell and detected by receptors on the bottom cell. When the signal is complete, serotonin is taken back up to the first cell by a transporter. Antidepressant medicines like Prozac work by preventing this reuptake and allowing the signal to persist for longer. More neuroscience explainer articles...
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How can the arts improve health and wellbeing?
History & The Arts

How can the arts improve health and wellbeing?

...neuroscience: theoretical and practical perspectives. Routledge. Levine, E. and Levine, S.K. (2011) Art in action: expressive arts therapy and social change. Jessica Kingsley. Malchiodi, C.A. (2020) Trauma and expressive arts therapy: brain, body, and imagination in the healing process. Guildford Press. Zarobe, L. and Bungay, H. (2017) ‘The role of arts activities in...
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5 reasons why exercising outdoors is great for people who have dementia
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 reasons why exercising outdoors is great for people who have dementia

...Neuroscience reports. 2010; 10(5):352-8. Leschenes CL & McCurry SM. Current treatments for sleep disturbances in individuals with dementia. Current Psychiatry reports. 2009; 11(1):20-26. Prince M, Knap M, Guerchet M, McCrone P, Prina M, Comas-Herrera A, Wittenberg R, Adelaja B, Hu B, King D, Rehill A, Salimkumar D. Dementia UK update. UK: Alzheimer’s society; 2014....
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Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression

...neurosciences and mental health. Focusing on anxiety and depression, you will consider key issues concerning diagnosis, causes and interventions, exploring how these conditions relate to each other. You will also explore some of the more contemporary and controversial findings within the field...This free advanced level course, Exploring the relationship between anxiety...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?

...Neuroscience, 271(2), pp. 223-234. Klosok, A. and Church, B. (2020) Athletes come to terms with 'heartbreaking' Tokyo 2020 postponement. Available at: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/25/sport/athletes-reaction-tokyo-2020-olympics-postpone-spt-intl/index.html (Accessed: 12 July 2021). Mon-López, D., García-Aliaga, A., Ginés Bartolomé, A. and Muriarte Solana, D. (2020)...
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Understanding depression and anxiety
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding depression and anxiety

...Neuroscience, vol. 6, pp. 241–6. Castre´n, E. (2005) ‘Is mood chemistry?’, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, vol. 6, pp. 241–6. Clark, L.A., Watson, D. and Mineka, S. (1994) ‘Temperament, personality, and the mood and anxiety disorders’, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, vol. 103, pp. 103–16. Drevets, W.C. (1998) ‘Functional neuroimaging studies of depression:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs