panic

I’ve become a blogging packrat; my ‘drafts’ folder is full of links to research studies in neurology, psychology, and who knows what else. My intent was to write a post on each one, but… that’s not gonna happen.

I’m on a spring cleaning kick this weekend, so along with the unidentifiable stuff from the junk drawer, I’m going to toss out a few links. They aren’t necessarily new, or earth shattering, or even correct, just interesting. Maybe they’ll find a good home with someone.

• Psychology Today: Is Panic Hardwired? Experts Disagree Interesting theories about an over-sensitive suffocation response, and the impact of early experience on panic attack sufferers.
• New Scientist: Meditation Builds Up The Brain Studies show that not only does meditation increase mental performance, but actually thickens areas of the cerebral cortex.
• MindHacks: Hacking The Senses I loved this one! Links to Wired magazine articles describing people who hacked their senses with magnets, and developed an unerring sense of direction and/or the ability to detect magnetic fields. Seriously Cool Stuff.
• ABC News: Basic Instincts: The Science of Evil Article about how PrimeTime recreated the famous Milgram Experiment… and yes, people still followed authority, over ruling their own moral concerns. Not great science or info… just a good reminder.

And see.. even after all my bitching, I posted on topic and on schedule.

MindTWEAK: Declutter, destress.