�Brain scientists have touched a step closer to understanding wherefore some people may be more prone to depression than others.
Dr Roland Zahn, a clinical neuroscientist in The University of Manchester's School of Psychological Sciences, and his colleagues have identified how the brain golf links knowledge about social behaviour with moral sentiments, such as pride and guilt.
The study, carried out at the National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in the US with Dr Jordan Grafman, headman of the Cognitive Neuroscience Section, and Dr Jorge Moll, now at the LABS-D'Or Center for Neuroscience in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, secondhand functional magnetised resonance imaging (fMRI) to scan the brains of 29 level-headed individuals while they considered certain social behaviours.
The findings published in the journal Cerebral Cortex for the first time chart the regions of the brain that interact to tie-in knowledge around socially allow behaviour with different moral feelings, depending on the context in which the social behaviour occurs.
"During routine life we constantly measure social behaviour and this largely affects how we feel about ourselves and other people," said Dr Zahn. "But the agency we store and role information approximately our possess and other people's social behaviour ar not well understood.
"This up-to-the-minute study victimised functional mastermind imaging to identify the circuits in the nous that underpin our ability to differentiate social behavior that conforms to our values from behaviour that does not."
The team discovered that social behaviour not conforming to an individual's values elicited feelings of anger when carried out by another person or feelings of guilt when the behaviour stemmed from the individuals themselves.
The fMRI scans of each volunteer could then be analysed to see which parts of the brain were activated for the different types of feeling beingness expressed. Of particular interest to Dr Zahn were the brain scans relating to feelings of guilt trip, as these have especial relevance to his electric current work on depression.
"The most distinctive feature of speech of depressive disorders is an exaggerated negative attitude to oneself, which is typically attended by feelings of guiltiness," he said.
"Now that we understand how the brains of healthy individuals respond to feelings of guilt, we hope to be able to better understand why and where thither are differences in brain activity in people suffering from, or prone to, depression.
"The brain region we have identified to be associated with proneness to guilt has been shown to be abnormally active in patients with severe depression in several late studies, merely until now its involvement in guilt feelings had been unknown."
"By translating these basic cognitive neuroscience insights into clinical research we nowadays have the potential to discover new key running anatomical characteristics of the brain that may lie down behind depressive disorders.
"The results will hopefully make an important contribution to our understanding of the causes of depression that volition ultimately reserve new approaches to find oneself better treatments and prevention."
The current clinical study, being carried out with professors Matthew Lambon-Ralph, Bill Deakin and Alistair Burns at The University of Manchester, will last-place four years.
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Sunday 7 September 2008
Friday 29 August 2008
Pick of the week: Clubs
Raindance Vs Pure Old Skool
Club Home, Luton
Saturday 16
One of the legendary name calling from the Second Summer Of Love joins forces with a young 'un for a large-looking overnight rave revival.
Donuts
The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
Saturday 16
Quietly becoming a identify to check in Nottingham, DJ Kid's fixes of carefully balanced hiphop, casimir Funk, soul and breaks strike the place in a most agreeable manner.
Rebellion & Deadlier Than The DJ
The Planet, Wolverhampton
Thursday 21
A bigger and more substantial midweek dose of alloy, punk and indie no sane person could be expected to find around these environs.
Quids Inn
Tom Peppers, Llanelli
Thursday 21
You pay �1 and then they let you in - hence the name. Pretty clever, eh? And pretty good value too. DJ Simon D is your convivial master of ceremonies, offering mainstream dance fare.
Void Vs Dumb-Unit
The Tower Belle, Bristol
Friday 22
Three-hour boat party around the docks to a techno soundtrack followed by more landbound tomfoolery late into the night. And all for �15 - bargain.
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Tuesday 19 August 2008
Mp3 music: Dexter Gordon
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Saturday 9 August 2008
Mousse T.
Artist: Mousse T.
Genre(s):
House
Discography:
IS It 'Cos I'm Cool (single)
Year: 2004
Tracks: 5
All Nite Madness
Year: 2004
Tracks: 12
Gourmet De Funk
Year: 2002
Tracks: 18
Monday 23 June 2008
The Books
Artist: The Books
Genre(s):
Indie
Discography:
Lost And Safe
Year: 2005
Tracks: 11
The Lemon of Pink
Year: 2003
Tracks: 13
Thought for Food
Year: 2002
Tracks: 12
Aconite Thrill
Monday 16 June 2008
Kristin Davis - Davis Blasts Marriage Rumours
Actress KRISTIN DAVIS has laughed off reports she is in a secret relationship, insisting she only wears a wedding band because she is used to playing married women.
The Sex And The City star, 43, is adamant she is still single and in search of the right partner to wed - despite the ring she frequently wears on her wedding finger.
When asked about the jewellery worn on her left hand, she replied, "Oh, this? I'm not married.
"It's just that I've played a married character for so long that if I don't have a ring on this finger I feel a bit weird."
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Wednesday 4 June 2008
Pamela Anderson seeking an annulment
Former 'Baywatch' star Pamela Anderson is reportedly seeking to have her marriage to Rick Salomon annulled.
According to People magazine, the actress cited "fraud" as the reason for the annulment in court papers.
The papers were filed last Friday at Los Angeles Superior Court.
Anderson filed for divorce from Salomon last December, after two months of marriage. She cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the split.
According to People magazine, the actress cited "fraud" as the reason for the annulment in court papers.
The papers were filed last Friday at Los Angeles Superior Court.
Anderson filed for divorce from Salomon last December, after two months of marriage. She cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the split.
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