![How Stress Affects Your Body](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/07/July-9-Feature-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Stress is an inevitable part of everyday life. Whether we’re tackling daily chores or facing major life events, our bodies react to these demands, known…
![Trauma, PTSD, MindBody, Holistic, Neuroscience, Therapy, Psychotherapy, Polyvagal, VagusNerve, Anxiety](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/06/pexels-olly-3973059-470x140.jpg?x81652)
If you’ve ever been intrigued by how trauma impacts the body, or if you’re searching for effective ways to navigate anxiety and stress, then this…
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The way we think about trauma has drastically changed in recent decades thanks to innovative trauma scholars such as Bessel van der Kolk. In a…
![Anil Seth, Consciousness, Reality, Hallucinations, TED talk, Neuroscience, Psychology, Schizophrenia, Perception, Brain](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2020/12/D5578107-FC14-4064-BE79-70D5F01BAC1F-470x140.png?x81652)
In a research lab at the University of Sussex, neuroscientist Anil Seth and his team are trying to answer the age-old mystery of science and…
![Predictive Power of Speech](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/08/surreal-402830_640-470x140.jpg?x81652)
At one time or another, we may realize that something a friend or family member has said is ‘off’. Neuroscientist Mariano Sigman has taken this…
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Does reading have the ability to increase empathy? Writer and activist Alaa Al Aswany thinks so. He believes that the role of literature has been…
![Bridging Neuroscience and Art](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/01/02-amanda_dookie-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The Ottawa Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience exists in part to establish links between scientific discourse and people interested in mental health. An art gallery they…
![I Feel Your Pain: The Neuroscience of Empathy](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/03/noam2-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“I saw you doubling over and it felt like a shot right through me. I didn’t see any blood and there was nothing that scared…