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Smelling a familiar scent can help depressed individuals recall specific autobiographical memories and potentially assist in their recovery, discovered a team of University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers and UPMC social workers in a study published today in JAMA Network Open.
"Only exercise can remove all kinds of doubts," Goethe said. Physical exercise is the lubricant between the body and the mind.
Study reveals that maternal emotional well-being during pregnancy is linked to significant brain development benefits in children, particularly in the hippocampal volume of female offspring.
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found overactivation in many brain regions, including the frontal and parietal lobes and the amygdala, in unmedicated children with anxiety disorders.
Researchers found that post-encoding ripples in the brain enhance emotional memory by improving stimulus identification and arousal, indicating a selective reinforcement of salient events for memory consolidation.