Tuesday, March 20, 2012

How it works

How it works


'How Creativity Works': It's All In Your Imagination

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 01:47 PM PDT

In his new book, Imagine, Jonah Lehrer explores the art and science of original thinking — from Shakespearean tragedies to the invention of masking tape to Nike's "Just Do It" campaign. And when you get stuck? "Take a very long, warm shower," Lehrer says.

Electroconvulsive Therapy For Depression - How It Works

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 07:15 PM PDT

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) works by altering how different parts of the brain involved in depression communicate with each other, Scottish researchers reported in the journal PNAS (Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences). ECT has been an effective and controversial therapy for depression for over seven decades; doctors knew it would often work, but were never sure why. For ...

CoverIt Live

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 07:55 AM PDT

How it works is simple. Log on to the River News website, follow the Cover It Live link and start reading. Using a computer or SmartPhone, readers can post comments, links, answer questions and be part of interactive polls while keeping up on what's going on.

Health Buzz: Study Explains How Shock Therapy Works

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 06:20 AM PDT

7 mind-blowing benefits of exercise; do coconut water and coconut oil provide health benefits?

Electroshock: First glimpse of how it works adds clues to depression

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 02:22 PM PDT

Electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, has been used to jolt severely and persistently depressed patients from their disabling mood state for more than seven decades. And while the treatment is considered highly effective, psychiatrists and mental health researchers have long scratched their heads over the question of just how the practice works to banish crippling depression, sometimes after just a ...

How the Government collects our money and where it is spent

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 12:42 AM PDT

Have you ever wondered what the Government spends your taxes on?

Electroshock Undoes The Ties That Bind Depressed Minds

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 12:57 PM PDT

Electroshock is one of the most effective - and controversial - treatments for depression, but until recently, scientists have been at a loss to explain just how it works. A new study suggests that ECT may reduce depression symptoms by putting a lid on overactive communications between areas in the brain involved in thinking and areas associated with mood control.

Scientists learn how shock treatment works

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 03:13 PM PDT

Scientists have discovered how electroconvulsive or electric shock therapy - a controversial but effective treatment - acts on the brains of severely depressed people and say the finding could help improve diagnosis and treatment of mental illness.

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