Neurologist Oliver Sacks states that “music has a unique power to express inner states or feelings”, through the processes of singing, playing or listening to music our wellbeing and quality of life can be improved massively due to the effects that music has on our brain. Music is a wonderful source of joy and comfort […]
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How does Dementia work?
Dementia is the general term for a decline in cognitive function, it’s not a specific disease but a syndrome which has various causations and symptoms. Dementia affects memory thinking, language judgement and behaviour, usually it’s chronic or progressive with it being more common in older people. In the UK around 944,000 are estimated to be […]
Are There Innate Psychological Differences Between Men and Women?
Men can’t multitask. Women can’t read a map. Even with the increased call for gender equality in modern society, there are still persistent stereotypes that focus on a divide between male and female aptitudes, attitudes and abilities. Recent psychological research seeks to answer whether these stereotypes are nothing more than a reflection of outdated societal […]
How PTSD Affects War Veterans
PTSD affects up to three in one hundred people in the UK over the course of their life, and out of these people, an estimated one in three of them have developed PTSD as the result of a traumatic experience. So why do soldiers develop PTSD? To talk about the causes of PTSD in soldiers, […]