And one technique taught in mindfulness meditation is naming your emotions. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)... found that assigning names to negative emotions turns down the intensity of activity in the amygdala — an almond-sized sector of the brain that acts like an alarm system: When you witness a car crash, argue with your spouse or get yelled at by your boss, it’s your amygdala’s job to set off a cascade of stress-related reactions.
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MRI Shoes Mentally Saying the Word "Angry" Makes You Less Angry
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Submitted by greengray on Fri, 2007-10-26 21:04. | Tags: health | anger | angry | health | healthy | meditate | meditation | stress | wellbeing

Are You Eating Your Algae?
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I never heard of algae being good for you but apparently it is. Not sure what to make of it though.
Submitted by wizzledizzle on Mon, 2007-09-03 02:03. | Tags: health | algae | diet | eat | food | organic | probiotics | spirulina | superfood | supplements | vegetarian | wellbeing
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