The largest meta-analysis so far of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for recurrent depression has found that MBCT is an effective treatment option that can help prevent the recurrence of major depression in those who are currently in remission. The paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA): Psychiatry and co-authored by […]

Growing up in a deprived environment can have a profoundly negative effect on a child’s development. Children from deprived backgrounds are more likely to be placed in special education, fail courses, and complete fewer years of schooling. The effect of early deprivation is also persistent – growing up in poverty can set a life-long trajectory […]

  A new paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of American (PNAS) explains why and how a commonly used training method helps people with cochlear implants to understand speech. In the research, Ed Sohoglu and Matt Davis used brain imaging (combined magneto- and electro-encephalography, i.e. M/EEG) […]