Why Spending Time in Nature Can Be Good for Your Mental Wellbeing
When your day is filled with emails, meetings, traffic, screens, and responsibilities, stepping outside can feel like a surprisingly welcome change. You don’t necessarily need a mountain trail or a weekend camping trip to experience nature. A neighborhood park, garden, tree-lined street, beach, or even a quiet outdoor space can give you an opportunity to […]
Deep Brain Stimulation Yields Improvements in Refractory Depression
Wearable Brain Stimulation Shows Promise for Treatment-Resistant Depression Deep brain stimulation, also called DBS, may offer meaningful symptom relief for some people living with treatment-resistant depression. New research suggests that specific brain activity patterns could help predict who is most likely to benefit, which may lead to more personalized care in the future. Picture credits: […]
ADHD ‘Wandering Minds’ Linked to Increased Creativity
Key Takeaways ADHD is linked with increased creativity People with more ADHD traits tend to score higher on tests of creativity Their wandering minds appear to boost their ability their imaginations ADHD appears to enhance creativity, a benefit that comes if a wandering mind is nudged in the right direction, a pair of new studies […]
The Most Therapeutic Kind of Me-Time
Photo credit: Bigstock Key TakeawaysEmpty heading “Me-time” spent around others is more restorative than complete isolation Theory has held that relating to others drains social energy while solitude restores it But these results indicate maintaining some slight social interaction can enhance the benefits of “me-time” What type of “me-time” is more restorative to a person — hiking […]