@storiesmatter
Anthropologist & Mindfulness Teacher at intersection of culture, psychology, embodied cognition, & affective neuroscience. Social Prescribing advocate. Author of "Dancing with Your Baby: The Science of Nurturing Infant & Caregiver through Music & Movement"
Tool evolution as a prerequisite of consciousness
"consciousness could not have evolved without prior extensive cumulative cultural evolution executed by social transmission, and the extended mind leading to tool evolution and social synchronization"
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It’s not just Trump’s $400 million plane. I wrote about Qatair Force One and the extensive efforts of Qatar to buy influence in America and beyond, from conservative media to members of government. It's wild stuff. Gift link (but with no expectations in return!):
The @northeasternu.bsky.social global news did a nice writeup of our study on background music and ADHD #neuroskyence #musicscience #psysky news.northeastern.edu/2025/01/14/m...
Modern asceticism as an act of social criticism & resistance to power structures, motivated by a desire to cultivate a more critically engaged personality; a path to human flourishing, & environmental & social solidarity. Iryna Mykhailova psyche.co/ideas/is-mod...
New podcast episode on "Diary of a CEO": learn about your predicting #brain, anxiety, depression, and meaning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCtv...
"Nobel laureates...include men & women, Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, & atheists, gay men, lesbians, & cis-scientists, people from Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, & Australia" = DEI? No, nerds. by Steven Gimbel 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily... #AllNerdsMatter
Judge demands ‘some kind of evidence’ from Trump’s EPA to halt climate grants.
Federal judge Tanya Chutkan issues restraining order pending new filings over billions in axed research grants. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A lot can happen in five months. 🇺🇸
As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.
“We may never know why Trump is so perversely loyal to Putin,” and “we don't know exactly why Musk went all in for Trump and Russia,” Garry Kasparov writes. “But the urgency of their actions I do understand, and it's a dire warning”:
How culture, language, & unique concepts like "desenrascanço" influence professional behavior & decision-making--exploring & integrating local cultural frameworks into healthcare practices. scielo.pt/pdf/psd/v22n... #SocialPrescribing #PositivePsychology
Great interview with renown social psychologist, affective scientist, and pioneer of cultural psychology @batjamesquita.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHaN... How Cultures Create #Emotions
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/o... #addiction #mentalhealth
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/w... #SocialPrescribingUSA
💡Infants’ temperaments can shape parent-child #communication. A study by Dr Antonia Goetz, Dr Eylem Altuntas and team, explores how #temperament impacts early communication, supporting #earlychildhood development and #learning outcomes for children.
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Thx for the link to this important research. Note that the proper spelling is Antonia Götz. If possible, point me to research (& people to follow) involving the non-verbal adult communication component, such as dancing with an infant.
Iconic image! Awesome story. Love the kids photo bomb! Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. #JAZZ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
@batjamesquita.bsky.social Rings true: "initial support for the role of morality in obsessive-compulsive disorder (#OCD)(contamination & doubts). [Linking obsessions to morality: A cross-cultural study among Turkish and Belgian university students] journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
This is a good thing! Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...
Regular #sensorimotor development in an early school-age setting contributes significantly to the development of auditory and visual skills, impacting children’s school performance. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The implications of 2024 as a historic election year — for the U.S. & beyond w/ @mariaressa.bsky.social
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social @ The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
@icfjorg.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjBm... #Democracy #FreePress
"In the theory of constructed emotion, emotional meaning arises from a complex web of interdependent signals in the brain, body, and world."
@lisafeldmanbarrett.bsky.social & Tsiona Lida www.affective-science.org/pubs/2023/ba... #Neuroscience #AffectiveScience #EmbodiedCognition #Psychology
Investing in bereavement care as a public health priority www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... [a case for #SocialPrescribing] @katemulligan.bsky.social
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Psychedelia: The interplay of #music and #psychedelics
Katarina Jerotic, Peter Vuust, Morten L. Kringelbach
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"Memory, #trauma, and self: Remembering and recovering from sexual abuse in psychedelic-assisted therapy." Journal of #Psychedelic Studies (2024) by Jarrett Robert Rose (PDF) akjournals.com/view/journal...
I would like to follow those working in the field of or advocating for #SocialPrescribing -- a holistic approach to healthcare that connects patients with non-clinical, community-based services to improve their health & wellbeing.
I appreciate Prof. Jeroen van Baar's @jeroenvanbaar.nl emphasis on "Cross-disciplinary research for a mentally healthy society." His piece @ 3 Quarks Daily today: A New View On The Gut #Microbiome And The Social Contagion Of #Health 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
