MAP Training My Brain lessens trauma
April 23, 2018 by Tracey
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MAP Training My Brain™: Meditation plus aerobic exercise lessens trauma of sexual violence more than either activity alone.
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MAP Training My Brain lessens rumination
May 31, 2017 by Tracey
Filed under depression, rumination, sex differences
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Shors, T. J., Millon, E. M., Chang, H. Y. M., Olson, R. L., & Alderman, B. L. (2017). Do sex differences in rumination explain sex differences in depression? Journal of Neuroscience Research, 95(1-2), 711-718.
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MAP Training My Brain lessens depression
December 7, 2016 by Tracey
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Alderman, B. L., Olson, R. L., Brush, C. J., & Shors, T. J. (2016). MAP training: combining meditation and aerobic exercise reduces depression and rumination while enhancing synchronized brain activity. Translational psychiatry, 6(2), e726.
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Sexual trauma and the female brain
November 30, 2016 by Tracey
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Shors, T. J., & Millon, E. M. (2016). Sexual trauma and the female brain. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 41, 87-98.
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Mental & physical skill training increases neurogenesis in adolescent hippocampus
October 7, 2016 by Tracey
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Difeo, G., Shors, T. J. (2017). Mental and physical skill training increases neurogenesis via cell survival in the adolescent hippocampus. Brain Research, 1654(Pt B), 95-101.
Sexual Conspecific Aggressive Response (SCAR)
February 3, 2016 by Tracey
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Shors, T. J., Tobόn, K., DiFeo, G., Durham, D. M., & Chang, H. Y. M. (2016). Sexual Conspecific Aggressive Response (SCAR): A Model of Sexual Trauma that Disrupts Maternal Learning and Plasticity in the Female Brain. Scientific Reports, 6.
A trip down memory lane about sex differences in the brain
February 3, 2016 by Tracey
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Shors, T. J. (2016). A trip down memory lane about sex differences in the brain. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 371.
[PUBLICATION] Mental and Physical (MAP) Training
November 6, 2014 by Tracey
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Recent publication:
Shors, T. J., Olson, R. L., Bates, M. E., Selby, E. A., & Alderman, B. L. (2014). Mental and Physical (MAP) Training: A neurogenesis-inspired intervention that enhances health in humans. Neurobiology of learning and memory, 115: 3-9.
[PUBLICATION] The Adult Brain Makes New Neurons, and Effortful Learning Keeps Them Alive
November 6, 2014 by Tracey
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Recent publication:
Shors, T.J. (2014). The Adult Brain Makes New Neurons, and Effortful Learning Keeps Them Alive. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23(5): 311–318
[PUBLICATION] Preparing for adulthood
April 25, 2014 by Tracey
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Recent publication:
Curlik DM, DiFeo G, Shors TJ. (2014). Preparing for adulthood: Thousands upon thousands of new cells are born in the hippocampus during puberty, and most survive with effortful learning. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 8: 70.
