postdoctoral researcher – Shamskm: A site to exchange knowledge and solutions

The Science of Movement

By Guest PostSeptember 6, 2014Health3d, biometrics, chinese infants, combat zika, compassion, forschungsprojekt dorian, function, hochschule der medien, homeless people, martin steinebach, monica silver, nachrichtenportale, nicole kraemer, obesity, parkinson, postdoctoral researcher, rafael reif, rehabilitation, symptoms, treatment, tremor

From Parkinson’s to obesity, the School of Kinesiology is using exercise as a prescription to make a difference in people’s lives.

In the dim light of a School of Kinesiology lab, infrared light-sensitive tape glows on a dozen points of a subject’s body, like stars of a constellation. While she moves, these anatomical landmarks are tracked 200 times per second, appearing on a screen behind her. (more…)

Meditation helps pinpoint neurological differences between two types of love

These findings won’t appear on any Hallmark card, but romantic love tends to activate the same reward areas of the brain as cocaine, research has shown.

Now Yale School of Medicine researchers studying meditators have found that a more selfless variety of love — a deep and genuine wish for the happiness of others without expectation of reward — actually turns off the same reward areas that light up when lovers see each other. (more…)

Tag Archives: postdoctoral researcher

The Science of Movement

Meditation helps pinpoint neurological differences between two types of love