Giorgio Bertini
Research Professor on society, culture, art, cognition, critical thinking, intelligence, creativity, neuroscience, autopoiesis, self-organization, complexity, systems, networks, rhizomes, leadership, sustainability, thinkers, futures ++
Networks
Learning Change Project
Categories
1200 Posts in this Blog
- Follow Learning Sciences on WordPress.com
Leonardo da Vinci
Tag Archives: health
Stress may be just as Unhealthy as Junk Food to Digestive System
We all know that a poor diet is unhealthy, but a new BYU study finds that stress may just as harmful to our bodies as a really bad diet. In a new paper published in Nature Scientific Reports, BYU professor … Continue reading
Living Near a Forest Keeps Your Brain Healthier
A neuroimaging study reveals city dwellers who live closer to forests were more likely to have healthier amygdala structure and were better able to deal with stressful situations. A study conducted at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development has … Continue reading
The shorter your sleep, the shorter your life: the new sleep science
Leading neuroscientist Matthew Walker on why sleep deprivation is increasing our risk of cancer, heart attack and Alzheimer’s – and what you can do about it. Walker is a sleep scientist. To be specific, he is the director of the … Continue reading
Why, and When Subjective Well-Being Influences Health
A new study reveals subjective well-being can have an influence on physical health. The review indicates that subjective well-being—factors such as life satisfaction and enjoyment of life—can influence physical health. The review’s investigators also examine why this is so and … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Health, Well-being
Tagged happiness, health, well-being
Comments Off on Why, and When Subjective Well-Being Influences Health
Immune System Maintains Brain Health
Once thought only to attack neurons, immune cells turn out to be vital for central nervous system function. Kipnis’s work is part of a wave of research changing the way scientists view the relationship between the immune system and the … Continue reading
Posted in Brains, Health, Immune system
Tagged brains, health, Immune system
Comments Off on Immune System Maintains Brain Health
Refracting ‘health’ – Deleuze, Guattari and body-self
This article considers ‘health’ and issues of embodiment through the prism of Deleuze and Guattari’s framework of the theory. Deleuze and Guattari speak of an embodied subjectivity, a ‘body-without-organs’ (BwO), which is the outcome of a dynamic tension between culture … Continue reading
Posted in Deleuze, Embodiment, Guattari, Health, Subjectivity
Tagged deleuze, embodiment, guattari, health, subjectivity
Comments Off on Refracting ‘health’ – Deleuze, Guattari and body-self
Education and Health – Free choice of hospital may reinforce social differences
People with higher education, and people who live in areas with a low mortality rate, are overrepresented among users of the free choice of the hospital system. Research shows that the system has reduced waiting times nationally, but different sections … Continue reading
The Story of the Human Body
In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman—chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field—gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions … Continue reading
Posted in Anatomy, Evolution, Health, Human body
Tagged anatomy, evolution, health, human body
Leave a comment
Socio-environmentally determined health inequities among children and adolescents
There is ample evidence to show that young people living in poorer circumstances are more likely to be at risk of unintentional injuries and lack of physical activity than those from more affluent families. Unintentional injuries are the leading cause … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Inequality
Tagged health, inequality
Comments Off on Socio-environmentally determined health inequities among children and adolescents
Is social capital good for health?
The aim of the research reported here was to examine the causal impact of social capital on health in 14 European countries. Using data from the European Social Survey for 14 European countries, supplemented by regional-level data, the authors studied … Continue reading
Learning Sciences 