Neuroplasticity | Concepts

Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression: six-month follow-up

This open‑label follow‑up of an initial feasibility study found that two doses of psilocybin administered with psychological support produced rapid, large, and sustained reductions in depressive symptoms among patients with treatment‑resistant depression, with effects lasting up to six months. The treatment was generally well tolerated, suggesting psilocybin‑assisted therapy may be a promising new approach for individuals who have not responded to conventional antidepressants.

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A Black woman who is a therapist sits in a chair facing a patient talking about What You Need to Know About Psychedelic Assisted Therapy EMDR and Other Therapeutic Methods for Your Mental Health

What You Need to Know About Psychedelic Assisted Therapy, EMDR, and Other Therapeutic Methods for Your Mental Health

Mental Health & Therapy

In Brief: Healing from deep-seated trauma requires more than just conversation; it requires a fundamental shift in how the brain

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Music, Language, and the Brain

In Music, Language, and the Brain, Aniruddh Patel synthesizes research from cognitive neuroscience, psychology, linguistics, and musicology to argue that music and language share deep, structured neural and cognitive mechanisms, while also highlighting important differences in how the brain processes each.

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This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of Human Obsession

Daniel Levitin explores the neuroscience and psychology of music, explaining how the brain perceives, processes, remembers, and emotionally responds to musical sound. The book synthesizes research across cognitive neuroscience, perception, and music theory to reveal why music is a universal human phenomenon and how it shapes our cognition and emotion.

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A Culture-Behavior-Brain Loop Model of Human Development

Han and Ma propose the Culture–Behavior–Brain (CBB) Loop model, which describes how culture shapes behavior and brain activity, while behavior and neural processes, in turn, reinforce and modify culture. This dynamic feedback model bridges cultural psychology and neuroscience to explain cross-cultural differences in cognition and affect.

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