MAP Training My Brain lessens trauma
April 23, 2018 by Tracey
Filed under exercise, meditation, neurogenesis, rumination, sex differences, sexual trauma
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MAP Training My Brain™: Meditation plus aerobic exercise lessens trauma of sexual violence more than either activity alone.
click here for publication PDF: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2018.00211/full
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
Filed under female response, lab, neurogenesis
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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
Filed under lab, neurogenesis, sex differences
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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] 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.
[PUBLICATION] Physical skill training increases the number of surviving new cells in the adult hippocampus
March 21, 2013 by Tracey
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Recent publication:
Curlik, D.M., Maeng, L.Y., Agarwal, P.R., Shors, T.J. (2013). Physical Skill Training Increases the Number of Surviving New Cells in the Adult Hippocampus. PLoS One, 8(2): e55850.
[PUBLICATION] Moderate drinking?
October 27, 2012 by Tracey
Filed under lab, neurogenesis
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Recent publication:
Anderson, M.L., Nokia, M.S., Govindaraju, K.P., Shors, T.J. (2012). Moderate drinking? Alcohol consumption significantly decreases neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus. Neuroscience, 224, 202-9.
[PUBLICATION] Training your brain
October 27, 2012 by Tracey
Filed under lab, neurogenesis
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Recent publication:
Curlik, D.M., Shors, T.J. (2012). Training your brain: Do mental and physical (MAP) training enhance cognition through the process of neurogenesis in the hippocampus?
[PUBLICATION] Saving New Brain Cells
July 20, 2011 by Tracey
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Tracey’s publication in the Scientific American
