WREMS Latest contact us home What is Wrems?   Wrems Principles   About the Author   Testimonials     Store   Links           Identifying Dangerous Behaviour in Children LATEST SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE - Posted July 2009 Imaging the hypnotized brain: Neural mechanisms of suggested paralysis 6/24/2009 ... new research provides fascinating insight into the specific neural effect of the power of suggestion. The study, published by Cell Press in the 6/26 issue of Neuron, uncovers the influence of the hypnotic paralysis on brain networks involved in internal representations and self-imagery. .... A group of researchers from the Neuroscience Center and Medical School at the University of Geneva designed an experiment to assess motor and inhibitory brain circuits during hypnosis-induced paralysis. Dr. Yann Cojan ... found that hypnosis induces a disconnection of motor commands from normal voluntary processes under the influence of brain circuits involved in executive control and self imagery. Click Here New Understanding of How We Remember Traumatic Events 10/29/2008 Neuroscientists at the University of Queensland have discovered a new way to explain how emotional evens can sometimes lead to disturbing long term memories. .... In a scientific paper published in the Journal of Neuroscience, QBI's Dr. Louise Faber ... demonstrated how noradrenaline, the brain's equivalent of adrenaline, affects the amygdalia by controlling chemical and electrical pathways in the brain responsible for memory formation.... Click Here Hypnosis Study Reveals Brain's 'Amnesia Centers' 1/10/2008 Brain scans of hypnotized people that are taken as they forget and are triggered to remember have revealed neural circuitry that is key to the memory suppression and recall process. The researchers who conducted the study said their insights into the memory suppression and recall process may yield insight into the mechanisms underlying amnesia. ... Analysis of the brain scans taken during posthypnotic amnesia and memory recovery revealed distinctive activity differences between the hypnosis-susceptible group and - nonsusceptible group ... (Yadin Dudal, Neuron journal) Click Here The Memories You Want to Forget are the Hardest Ones to Lose 8/15/07 Painful, emotional memories that people would most like to forget may the toughest to leave behind, especially when memories are created through visual cues, according to a new study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. .... The UNC findings contribute to understanding the ways that emotion constrains mental control and to the question of whether intentional forgetting can be helpful in coping with painful or traumatic experiences. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 9/07 Click Here Brain Scans of the Future: Psychologists Use fMRI to Understand Ties Between Memories and the Imagination 7/1/2007 Psychologists have found that thought patterns used to recall the past and imagine the future are strikingly similar. using functional magnetic resonance imaging to show the brain at work, they have observed the same regions activated in a similar pattern whenever a person remembers an event from the past or imagines himself in a future situation. This challenges long-standing beliefs that thoughts about the future develop exclusively in the frontal lobe. Click Here Emotional Memories Function in Self-Reinforcing Loop 3/24/1005 Durham, NC Researchers exploring the brain structures involved in recalling an emotional memory a year later have found evidence for a self-reinforcing 'memory loop' - in which the brain's emotional center triggers the memory center, which in turn further enhances activity in the emotional center. The researchers said their findings suggest why people subject to traumatic events may be trapped in a cycle of emotion and recall that aggravates post-traumatic stress disorder. (Florin Dorcos, Nat'l Academy of Sciences.) Click Here Panic disorder in otolarynogologic practice: A brief review - 12/2001 Stuart Shipko Abstract: Panic disorder is typically characterized by a sudden, inexplicable feeling to terror and a fear that one is losing control, 'going crazy' or on the verge of death. Because these anxiety attacks can appear spontaneously and unpredictably, they often create a companion state in which the patient continually worries about when the next attack will occur. left untreated, panic disorder can be seriously debilitating and can progress to the development of phobias and impose severe limitations on quality of life. Otolaryngologists (ear doctors) are likely to see patients with panic disorder, particularly those who have complaints of dizziness, tinnitus, or extraesophageal manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux. This article briefly reviews the diagnosis and treatment of panic disorder (EXCELLENT ARTICLE ...) Click Here © WREMS. All rights reserved.