Neuroscience

These fndings indicate that, while MBCT is a reliable and e

fcacious intervention,

there is a need to address the sustainability of treatment-related improvements in patients with

BD

Research published in Scientific Reports suggests how you perceive the passage of time is related to the amount of new perceptual information you absorb. When you're young, so many things seem new, and your brain has more to process. That makes the passage of time feel longer; as you get older, relatively little seems new, which means your brain... See more

So here is the take-home lesson. We have to seek novelty, because this is what lays down new memories in the brain.

Their finding is part of wider realization in the neuroscience community, that our brain does not simply react to what comes in through our senses. Instead, we have a predictive brain, that permanently predicts what comes next. The expected sensory input is then suppressed. We see the world from the inside out, rather than from the outside in.

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