The medical community is becoming more and more open to the idea that by letting patients draw an illness, it can offer insights into their state of mind.

Matt Davis · Big Think 12 Feb 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

Traumatic brain injury in female inmates is taking a heavy toll – yet it’s overlooked

People with traumatic brain injuries are more likely to be violent, more likely to go to prison at a younger age, yet little research exists on brain injury among female prisoners.

Emily Glorney · The Conversation 08 Feb 2019

Neuroscience

Here's what household clutter does to your brain and body

A decluttering craze is underway, led by Japanese tidying aficionado Marie Kondo, author of a New York Times bestseller and Netflix show Tidying Up, but how does mess affect us mentally?

Libby Sander · The Conversation 05 Feb 2019

Neuroscience

Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work

In a popular online article, Millennials were once dubbed 'the burnout generation'. Rather than becoming resilient to burnout, we should instead look to improve the way we work.

Rajvinder Samra · The Conversation 04 Feb 2019

Mental Health

It's time to end the stigma surrounding mental health

There remains too much of a stigma around mental health, argues Bernard J. Tyson.

Bernard J. Tyson · Project Syndicate 21 Jan 2019

Mental Health

This is the world's biggest mental health problem - and you might not have heard of it

While depression is the condition most will associate with mental health issues, and the leading cause of disability worldwide, it is not the number one mental health concern people face.

Sean Fleming 14 Jan 2019

Mental Health

Enjoy seeing others fail? You're only human

Finding pleasure in others' misfortune has rattled the brains of psychologists seeking to understand this complex human emotion - and one team may have done just that.

Shensheng Wang · The Conversation 11 Jan 2019

Neuroscience

Your brain has more in common with an ant colony than you realised

An ant colony has memories that its individual members don’t have, just as our brains have memories that individual neurons do not.

Deborah M. Gordon · Big Think 10 Jan 2019

Biotechnology

The science behind your decision-making

What drives us to stick with what we're familiar with, or explore the unknown? It's all in our minds.

Fanny Cazettes · The Conversation 07 Jan 2019

Neuroscience

The number of people with dementia has doubled in just 26 years

Those living with the neurodegenerative disease has rapidly risen, according to research. But there's more that can be done to enhance quality of life.

Futurity 04 Jan 2019

Neuroscience

A treatment to reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer's is moving to human trials

The drug-free treatment uses ultrasound waves to clear the toxic amyloid plaques associated with dementia.

Kristin Houser · Futurism 02 Jan 2019

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