MAP Training My Brain lessens trauma

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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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Mental & physical skill training increases neurogenesis in adolescent hippocampus

October 7, 2016 by  
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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.

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Sexual Conspecific Aggressive Response (SCAR)

February 3, 2016 by  
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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.

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A trip down memory lane about sex differences in the brain

February 3, 2016 by  
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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.

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[PUBLICATION] The Adult Brain Makes New Neurons, and Effortful Learning Keeps Them Alive

November 6, 2014 by  
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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

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[PUBLICATION] Preparing for adulthood

April 25, 2014 by  
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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.

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[PUBLICATION] Physical skill training increases the number of surviving new cells in the adult hippocampus

March 21, 2013 by  
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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.

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[PUBLICATION] Moderate drinking?

October 27, 2012 by  
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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.

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[PUBLICATION] Training your brain

October 27, 2012 by  
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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?

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[PUBLICATION] Saving New Brain Cells

July 20, 2011 by  
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Tracey’s publication in the Scientific American