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24/01/2025

Thank you to everyone who attended to the Frontal Lobe Problems After Brain Injury seminar by Headway - the brain injury association with Dr. Neil Parrett from NPsych 🧠

We are grateful for your engagement and insightful contributions. It was a pleasure to share knowledge and explore key topics together.

Stay tuned for more events!

13/01/2025

New Insights into Social Development: How Infants Perceive Wealth 🧠

A groundbreaking study by Arianne Eason et al. recently published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General delves into when and how infants begin to perceive wealth differences — and the behavioral changes that result. This research reveals the emergence of wealth-based biases as early as 15 months of age.

Key findings include:

- Infants track wealth differences: By 15–18 months, children recognize cues of "rich" versus "poor" and exhibit a preference for wealthier individuals.
- Behavior influenced by wealth cues: Across several experiments, toddlers were more likely to choose, help, and interact with actors perceived as wealthy.
- Negative evaluations of poverty: Infants also linked negative attributes more readily to individuals with fewer resources, suggesting the emergence of evaluative biases.
- Developmental timeline: Wealth-based biases were absent in younger infants (11–13 months), highlighting their developmental emergence during the second year of life.

From an evolutionary perspective, these findings might reflect adaptive strategies aimed at securing resources. However, they also underline how early societal inequalities can shape perceptions and interactions.

This research calls for critical reflection on how societal biases infiltrate developmental processes and the implications for fostering equity from an early age.

For further reading: Eason et al. (2024), The Haves and Have-Nots: Infants Use Wealth to Guide Social Behavior and Evaluation APA Databases https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fxge0001567

What are your thoughts on these early markers of wealth-based bias? How can we, as professionals, address such predispositions in shaping equitable societies? Let's discuss!

of the Month:New Insights into Social Development: How Infants Perceive Wealth A groundbreaking study by Arianne Eason et al. recently published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General delves into when and how infants begin to perceive wealth differences—and the behavioral c...

13/01/2025

We often hear the claim the human brain 🧠 doesn’t “fully develop” until the age of 25. It’s a popular idea in society and even influences policies, but is it accurate?

An interesting article here exploring the idea in a bit more detail BBC Science Focus Magazine👇🏽

11/12/2024

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Advances in technology offer simple ways of supporting clients' cognitive functions, that’s why they offer exciting possibilities in neuropsychology.

30/11/2024

🌟 Today at : Exploring Pregnancy, Parenting, and Brain Injury 🌟

On Friday 29.11.24 some of our team attended the Pregnancy, Parenting, & Brain Injury Conference by BIS Services, where experts came together to discuss the comprehensive challenges faced by professionals in neurorehabilitation working with traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients.

The conference covered a range of thought-provoking topics, including:

✅ Parenting and Brain Injury: Understanding the unique obstacles and strategies for supporting families.
✅ Neuropsychiatry in TBI: Insights into the intersection of neurology and mental health in TBI patients.
✅ Legal Complexities: Addressing the challenges that arise in legal and social contexts for families impacted by TBI.

We were inspired by the exceptional presentations and gained valuable insights to bring back to our practice. A special thank you to the professionals who shared their knowledge, making this conference a true learning experience.

Representing our team were Kate, Andy, Ardavan and Anaya, who thoroughly enjoyed connecting with like-minded professionals.

Looking forward to future collaborations and continuing to grow in this field!

19/11/2024

🧠 More evidence that early neurorehabilitation can improve the quality of life for brain tumour patients via Current Opinion in Oncology.

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Neurorehabilitation in brain tumours: evidences and suggestions for spreading of knowledge and research implementation via Current Opinion in Oncology. Bartolo, M., Intiso, D., & Zucchella, C. (2023). Neurorehabilitation in brain tumours: evidences and suggestions for spreading of knowledge and rese...

23/10/2024

“There’s something quite unique about behavioural addictions” via British Psychological Society

Ella Rhodes spoke to Dr Venetia Leonidaki and Dr Rebecca Lockwood about their work in treating behavioural addictions, and more.

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Ella Rhodes spoke to Dr Venetia Leonidaki and Dr Rebecca Lockwood about their work in treating behavioural addictions, and upcoming events via The Psichologist. Dr Venetia Leonidaki (pictured, left) is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the National Gambling Clinic, and Dr Rebecca Lockwood is a C...

20/09/2024

Some useful resources developed in Australia for families and carers managing challenging behaviour in their person with traumatic brain injury from The Carers Way Ahead.

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Strategies to help families and carers manage challenging behaviour in their person with traumatic brain injury. The Carers Way Ahead is a free web-based psychoeducation program to help families and carers learn how to respond in positive and helpful ways to challenging behaviours that their person....

02/09/2024

Impressive outcomes in this Dutch study for intensive exposure treatment for persistent post-concussion symptoms 🧠 via The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

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Read more here... 👇🏽

Efficacy of an Intensive Exposure Intervention for Individuals With Persistent Concussion Symptoms Following Concussion: A Concurrent Multiple Baseline Single-Case Experimental Design (SCED) Study. King, Skye MSc; Stapert, Sven Z. PhD; Winkens, Ieke PhD; van der Naalt, Joukje PhD, MD; van Heugten, C...

18/07/2024

of the Month: 12 rehab mantras via Brainkind

The rehab mantras summarise important principles of neurorehabilitation in short, memorable and repeatable nuggets. Find out what they mean, the research behind them, and discover to what extent they can contribute to best practices 👇🏽

12 rehab mantras. The rehab mantras summarise important principles of neurorehabilitation in short, memorable and repeatable nuggets. Find out what they mean, the research behind them, and discover to what extent they can contribute to best practices. by Brainkind of the Month Read More....

13/06/2024

of the Month: Mood Tracker: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Self-Monitoring Intervention for Emotional Distress After Traumatic Brain Injury 🧠 via The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Mood Tracker: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Self-Monitoring Intervention for Emotional Distress After Traumatic Brain Injury. Sherer, Mark PhD; Juengst, Shannon PhD; Sander, Angelle M. PhD; Leon-Novelo, Luis PhD; Liu, Xiangyi MS; Bogaards, Jay MA; Chua, Wilma BBA; Tran, Kim MA of th...

24/05/2024

of the Month: Cognitrainer 🤖🧠

It's training for a new generation of mental health professionals ✅

It's training for a new generation of mental health professionals. Simulated Clients Select from diverse ages, genders, backgrounds and problems AI-Enhanced Training Provides students with realistic practice to better prepare them for professional work Export Transcripts Review entire session dialog...

11/04/2024

of the Month: Psychedelic-assisted Psychotherapy in 3-D: Acceptance, Connectedness, and Defensiveness: Neuropsychoanalysis: Vol 25, No 2 🧠

Psychedelic-assisted Psychotherapy in 3-D: Acceptance, Connectedness, and Defensiveness. Lawrence Fischman. of the Month Abstract As psychiatry weighs a move from a categorical to a dimensionally-based classification system, clinical research and treatment paradigms may shift towards ide...

19/03/2024

of the Month: neumind 🧠✨

After following their development over the last few years, we are really excited this product has now launched and we can start trialling it. Fantastic job Ellis, a lot of hard work so far and no doubt a lot more to come!

Millions of people live with or care for someone with neurological conditions such as stroke, brain injury or dementia. We are here to help.

19/02/2024

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FloatVR is a great VR tool with early stage scientific evaluation suggesting positive effects in promoting mindfulness, especially for people who struggle with traditional mindfulness meditation and those with shorter attention spans 👇🏽

FloatVR - A new path to wellness.