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Researcher in neuroscience, psychology, pharmacology, and the intersections therein. Dabbler of cybersecurity and data/internet privacy. Document editor extraordinaire.
Joined Apr 2019
The roots causes of depression.
"This is radical, but it is not, I discovered, a maverick position. In its official statement for World Health Day in 2017, the United Nations reviewed the best evidence and concluded that “the dominant biomedical narrative of depression” is based on “biased and selective use of research outcomes” that “must be abandoned”. We need to move from “focusing on ‘chemical imbalances’”, they said, to focusing more on “power imbalances."
@sda Great to hear your marriage is so strong! The fact that you've moved so frequently is, like you said, never giving you time for boredom. So you're actually fitting quite neatly into this research-backed list. Communication is also the point of #4.
The reason why boredom is at #1 is because it is supraordinate to the rest so the novelty of your moves creates the subsequent scenarios.
Also, it's important to note a couple things. Firstly, these are not goals or end-point levels of relationship satisfaction to be attained and then full stop. No matter where your relationship stands, these tried and true, highly customizable steps, improve overall satisfaction above its current level. So it isn't necessarily the case of wanting to move from bad to good but also good to great and so on.
Second, these are aggregate level studies. So inferring absolutes from aggregates to individuals in diverse and complex contexts is not always straightforward.
But regardless, great to hear you're going strong!
"A group of scientists has uncovered a previously unknown way that our genes are made into reality. Rather than directions going one-way from DNA to RNA to proteins, the latest study shows that RNA itself modulates how DNA is transcribed"
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200122154327.htm
Tactics to keep your relationship strong.
One of my forever topics of discussions with people on the inherent risk and mostly unnecessary use of supplements.
@arteteco You’re right to feel skeptical about it. The same thing is happening to the meditative practice that happens to all things that enter the Western economic environment: they become commodified and in so doing, atomized for time and profit efficiency. The ramifications of trying to atomize a holistic practice spanning thousands of years might appear predictable to you and I, namely their resultant mis-messaging and consequent inefficacy. There has been significant writing about so-called “McMindfulness,” the commodified practice distilled down to what ‘experts’ believe to be the most potent parts of the practice forsaking all else. Meditation is a holistic practice and mindfulness is only one component. Some may argue it is the most accessible but it is not necessarily the first step on the path and certainly not the whole path.
In terms of its therapeutic potential, there is promising evidence in the literature but there is much work to be done. However, it may take neuroscience and psychology some time to come back to the unavoidable conclusion, after taking it apart to study before putting it back together, that the totality of the practice is necessary.
Mindfulness makes it easier to forget your fears.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200106123431.htm
What the brain thinks about forever chemicals.
@Perico Dvořák is one of my favorite composers.
“This under-studied and relatively unknown brain area likely has a substantial role in forming long-term memories while you sleep. So if you studied hard for a test and then slept on it, you may have to thank your nucleus reuniens for turning that knowledge into a more permanent memory.”
@hrisskar Mm, I would say it is much more nuanced than that. But have a listen and determine for yourself!
'Boys & Sex' Reveals That Young Men Feel 'Cut Off From Their Hearts'
"They saw girls as equals and deserving of their place on the playing field and in class and in leadership, and they had female friends. So that had really changed. But I would ask them all the time to just give me a kind of lightning round of the ideal guy. And when we would do that, it was like they were channeling 1955."
"Some of the first biological evidence of the incongruence transgender individuals experience, because their brain indicates they are one sex and their body another, may have been found in estrogen receptor pathways in the brain of 30 transgender individuals."
Crowded housing in Vietnamese gets a design upgrade to access natural light.
https://inhabitat.com/a-green-lung-brings-sunlight-and-air-into-a-narrow-vietnamese-home/
Shocking, I know.
Facebook's 'Clear History' Tool Doesn't Clear Shit
When we talk about Facebook’s myriad foibles and fuckups, we’re usually laying the blame on things that happen within the Big Blue App, or, increasingly, the social network’s CEO. What’s less discussed are the company’s ties to the potentially millions of sites and services using its software—but now, thankfully, we can get a window into that for ourselves. But don’t get too excited.
https://gizmodo.com/facebooks-clear-history-tool-doesnt-clear-shit-1841305764
Leaked Documents Expose the Secretive Market for Your Web Browsing Data - VICE
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdkq7/avast-antivirus-sells-user-browsing-data-investigation
Russia blocks encrypted email service ProtonMail
Russia said on Wednesday it had blocked the Swiss email service ProtonMail, popu...
The impact of 'trade war' tariffs on your shopping cart.
Memory stabilization in sleep.
"In addition, the assemblies activated during the delta waves are formed of neurons that have participated in learning a spatial memory task during the day. Together these elements suggest that these processes are involved in memory consolidation."
"The results, when they came in, were clear. Not only were sperm counts per milliliter of semen down by more than 50 percent since 1973, but total sperm counts were down by almost 60 percent: We are producing less semen, and that semen has fewer sperm cells in it."
Researcher in neuroscience, psychology, pharmacology, and the intersections therein. Dabbler of cybersecurity and data/internet privacy. Document editor extraordinaire.
Joined Apr 2019
