Really good talk. I think our education systems should know this. It"s unnatural that our children have to sit on a chair at school. They should be exploring and moving and doing lots of things
It's just difficult to sustain. What happens when you put a gold star on a childs work for doing it? They keep doing it. Stop giving the star and the child stops the work because the incentive has gone. The external reward system needs to assist and not be depended on by the internal automated nervous system (duration, pathway, outcome)
Perhaps restricting the use of cell phones at home and encouraging physical activity can help in this matter. The problem is that we are raising a generation without movement, that is mesmerized before a screen. (Smatphone, computer, laptop, TV)
I try to go for a walk every day and I find it a really good habit. The action itself doesn't have a very distinctive reward, but for me the benefit is just the fact that I get to see the nature, possibly other humans and experience something else besides the things that keep me in a loop. I also listen to my favourite songs while walking and just let my mind wander and observe life. Afterwards I usually feel more relaxed and it seems like I've found yet another way of looking at my existence. Sometimes while having a walk I might also feel like I can breathe for the first time that day.
It makes me so happy to see more people talking about brain health and how important it is for our mental health! BDNF released during exercise is like miracle-gro for our brain known to have 3 main benefits: stimulation of neurogenesis and neuroplasticity, strengthening existing neurons and repairing damaged neurons.
Dr. Lambert, thanks for your great advice on the benefits of both exercise and hobbies in reducing our stress. I’ve faced a lot of depression in my life and I’ve been lucky to find successful ways to fight it off including a regular practice of daily hiking and weekly horseback riding. These activities have literally saved my life more than once! I also work to increase my beneficial serotonin and dopamine levels to reduce my stress hormones like cortisol through a regular practice of drawing and painting in a sketchbook during my hikes in nature. Great presentation, Dr. Lambert. Thanks again.
Sounds like you could put together a TED Talk yourself. You somehow figured out what you needed to do to increase your happiness and this talk backed up your findings. Congrats.
she gave such an informative and at times hilarious talk, really makes you think about the habits we form and carry out, and how we really are capable of remolding ourselves like a sculptor everyday we wake up into this world.
LOVE! As a Psychology major studying Behaviorism, the implications of the science from the more objective end of behavior proves your point hand over fist. It is in the doing that we make our greatest learning leaps. But it's not just about memory. It's SO much more. Just observationally, one can see just how powerful the act of doing something generally is on building skill, speed, accuracy, general applicability, memory, and reflex. It's FASCINATING! I'd love to pursue a PhD in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience to gain the resources to dig further, but I think that's a little far out of my reach right now. Until then, I'm happy to nerd out on rats in cars. So fun! Thank you, Dr. Lambert for your contributions to the science of behavior and neuroscience in general.
The brain possesses plasticity, but it is not plastic. Rather, plasticity refers to the brain's malleability, which is defined as being "easily influenced, trained, or controlled." Neuro refers to neurons, the nerve cells that are the building blocks of the brain and nervous system. Thus, neuroplasticity allows nerve cells to change or adjust. Neuroplasticity (also known as brain plasticity) is the brain's ability to change and adapt as a result of experience.
Move your body, user your hands, look forward for something, effort-based rewards, get busy with some exciting engaging physical work, if possible with the group of friends.
Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to learn and adapt. Until relatively recently, experts believed that our brains were fixed by the end of adolescence and that, in terms of neurons, it was all downhill from there. But the latest research has proved the opposite: that our brains can actually grow and change throughout adulthood. That is, if we treat our neural pathways right. “The main point of neuroplasticity is that you can actually form and reorganize connections in your brain,” says
So true I’ve learned so much from this TH-camr Andrew Huberman and one way to counter the lower rates of neuroplascity in adulthood is with intense focus on learning , studying and experiences. That’s the best way to rewire our brain after 25
This is still very important in indigenous cultures . A more holistic approach to life and put down our phones / Tablets and do something with our hands and bodies . Great Ted Talk thank you .
I know how to beat depression. Face it, deal with it, and then put it behind you. When I was ' taking a pill' I was numbed. Sometimes I would not be able to get a new prescription for lack of cash and the problems I had whilst not taking them would come straight back to the surface and I would have to deal with it. Since, I discovered by having to deal with it, that once I did, I could beat it down and throw it out. And then move on with my life. So I searched deep within myself and worked my way through all the problems I had,dealt with them and now feel victorious over my enemy of depression. Neuroplasticity is simply the rewiring of the brain pathways and training yourself to think differently. Once the thought is 'set', twist those wire's together and then move on with the next.
EVERYONE should pass this video around. It's 100000% true!! I suffer from anxiety, I have a desk job like most people these days, but in the summer I make sure I have an hour long walk. It calms me down so much. In the winter I stay in because I hate the cold, and of course I have depression and worsening anxiety. Exercise helps, but walking is key.
With the COVID situation we are currently in, this is definitely food for thought about how we educate our young. Investment in outdoor education and fitness would be far more beneficial than investment in screen time, iPhones, iPads and other devices. Our next generation is going to be paying for COVID with their health.
I'm a teacher and I definitely see this as a plus we need it. Kids are not focusing anymore and can not live without their phones or communicating with someone outside the class. The focus is gone!
My birth family has a rich history of depression, and I'm not exempt. On meds, I still get depression, but it's not as severe. Without meds, my depression can become so dark and deep that life doesn't seem worth living. I have struggled with this every year of my life, at least since puberty, and I'm middle-aged now. I wish I could go off meds - I don't know what they have done to my brain in the last 25 years. But the fact that I can still have depression, even with meds, makes it clear to me that they're still needed. That being said, I do a LOT of repetitive things with my hands that give me great joy. I also have a million plants that I take care of. I draw, paint, make scarves, and so much more - I'm just super creative. But when you're depressed, it's a struggle just to get up out of bed, much less do that stuff. I wish someone would study people like me, whose genetics are so depression dominant.
I would suggest looking into gut/brain/micriobome and cutting out processed food related videos. The food we eat has a massive impact on our mental well-being.
Do try to take high dosage of good probiotics (preferably above 200 billion colony forming units (cfu)) ..probiotic fermented food like sauerkraut, kimchi, natto, kombocha tea, yoghurt, milk or water kefir etc to improve the microbiome gut bacteria which is responsible to make happy hormones like serotonin, dopamine, melanin, vitamin B, amino acids, etc for positive thoughts, mental brain health..May God heals u from the top of your head to the tip of your toes physically, chemically, biologically and spirtiually.
Look somewhere else. Don’t give up 🙏🏻 just don’t give up on yourself. No matter what. It appears that we all have different genes but whether they will get activated or not, depends on the environment. You may think, but my environment has changed from the one I grew up into, however if the thought processes you learned then are the same you have now, this could be something you should look into. One of the comments here also speaks about processed food and that’s also important. Either way, I wish you luck and please don’t give up on yourself ♥️
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 📚 Introduction to the Mystery of Depression and Neurochemistry 04:02 📺 Changes in Lifestyle and the Importance of Movement 07:26 🧶 The Concept of "Behaviorceuticals" and Repetitive Behaviors 10:51 🧠 Brain Regions and Effort-Based Rewards 14:11 🐀 Studies on Rats and Effort-Based Rewards 16:27 🌳 Enriched Environments, Oxytocin, and Depression 18:23 🚗 Rats Learning to Drive and Technology Made with HARPA AI
Repetitive physical or mental activity is soothing - even meditative. We know this intuitively, even if not consciously. Taking a walk when seeking the answer to a problem, the runners high, etc. Any way to distract (or keep busy) the part of the brain responsible for movement seems to free or focus the cognitive part. Doing something physically repetitive is the best way for me to listen to this talk.
I love to pick weeds, I find it so relaxing, I don’t think about any worries and everybody laughs but it works for me. Good to hear it’s similar to knitting, a repetitive hand movement!
Hello Dr Kelly Lambert, i am Midhu, i am an ordinary Indian citizen. I believe, madam you are very informative, but make sure that your decisions are not driven by emotions but by clear logic ❤❤
Emotions are kinda like gas and break pedals, I think, and rational mind is kinda like steering wheel. You can't use just one or the other. They're essentially inseparable. Problems start when one of them or one of their parts gets too strong or too weak. Too little logic and person becomes naive and careless, like hippies, too little emotion and he/she becomes a lifeless drone, obeying seemingly reasonable, but meaningless rules, like professional bureaucrats.
Perhaps the original prozac was the close personal ties we used to have with each other in tight knit communities, along with the lack of physical activity. There is a lot of social isolation today, which can lead to loneliness and depression.
OUTSTANDING TED talk!! Thank you so much for uploading such an interesting and inspiring talk by an obviously intelligent and out of the (Fruit loop) box thinker.
Thanks to Neal Barnard for some--emphasize part or some--worthwhile talk in TEDx video on Power Foods for the Brain made on Sep 20, 2016, which are very important for mental and physical health! See your other talks, I would hope, some day on this laptop computer, in East Stroudsburg Pa, USA.
There is so much wisdom and truth in this talk. It is eveident all around us, people who engage in physical labour are more energetic ,healthier and happier. Too bad that advancements in technology has classified this group of people as 'unsuccessful' so we are inducing stress into their lives. 'Trust Fund' people have to pay to be more energetic,healthier and happier and still record high levels of stress and depression. Knitting and baking suddenly sounds like so much fun.. Stepford wives had it right!
It is about the success rate and how people perceive success, people nowadays increasingly find repetitive work to be boring and more intellectual stimulation drive the brain dopamine, of course repetitive work has a significantly higher successful rate compare to ever changing work course and targets, but if they cherish failure in challenging work/ study, they can find a incomparable joy form the success after multiple trials compare to the 'sure-win' situation in repetitive work course, even will find the later insignificant to be brought up as a success. Indeed repetitive work or chores does have a balancing benefit in our daily life, but consider the neuroplasticity that helps us to be capable of more complicated task, a enriched environment makes a huge impact as to how we think and learn, which is much more human-friendly as to the standard, repetitive work/ life style.
What I should have added is reference to the high levels of depression amongst people with MS and whether this is directly connected to their decreasing physical function. I don’t wish this to sound controversial, but is depression a direct result of sedentary lifestyles that resemble the physical limitations of living with something like MS? I hope that your ongoing research will facilitate our understanding of how better to live in the 21st century. Thank you for an interesting and insightful presentation.
As someone with MS my depression was horrid when I couldn't even stand without swaying back and forth. After months of PT being able to walk again my mood has shot up to heights I never knew before.
Excellent talk - and the greatest audience to target is in our childhood - our schools - it should be on the education curriculum so we grow understanding that we can change things ourselves using our brain and repetition - we already use the repetition so much at school learning rhymes, abc, counting - today with so much mental health issues and people not understanding they can help themselves but seem to be told to live with it and the label of the mental illness instead of promoting more healthy change. love this thank you.
👍It was wonderfully enriching and equally motivating to implement simple things to bring in effective results than doing workaround with medicines n stuffs alike
Her argument has a lot of merit, don't get me wrong. But it does ignore a lot of the terrible aspects of society that also lead to depression. As such her argument comes off as, just do better and you'll be happy which isn't the case for everyone. Not everyone can just work harder or needs more work, that is a privilege. Let's work hard to fight depression by reforming society's problems alongside ourselves :)
I very much agree with this comment. From one hand, I am happy to hear a neuroscientist taking a stance on the role of the brain, as an organ, in developing depression, since I find there is still a lot to be uncovered in that regards. Yet, at the same time, I am sceptical about the practicality of putting the theory into practice. Let’s talk about physical activities, for example. Some people (perfectly healthy ones even) simply do not find them rewarding enough. Even if they do, such activities usually require certain levels of energy which people with depression often lack. As someone who’s been living with PDD for 20+ years, trust me when I say that, on certain days, getting out of bed is enough “exercising” for me. :-) Creative hobbies, while can make some people happier, could easily make things much worse for folks suffering from a Bipolar disorder or those with a tendency for self-loathing/self-criticality. One tiny, simple mistake can be blown out of proportion to the point it re-enforces the notion of one’s “worthlessness”. Sure, great art was often created by depressed people, but let’s not forget that many of those great artists, musicians, filmmakers, etc., committed suicide in the end. Depression is not about being lazy. It’s not about choosing to stop physical or social activities, or choosing to "be sad". It’s about enormous, significant lack of energy due to uncomprehensive mental and emotional pain. "Try harder" is just as useful advice for a depressed person as for someone suffering a heart attack.
@@JeyFox reprogramming the mind can change depression-i’m proof of that. i sat and rotted away in a bed for 2+ years when i was a teen bc of how badly depressed i was. when i moved out on my own i became so suicidal that i went on meds and became numb. i stopped taking the meds and instead started meditating, exercising, doing yoga, reading on how the brain changes, learning the laws of the universe, and listening to drs like this explain it all. it is that easy. your mind is the only thing in your way, i know it might not be easy-no one said that. but ANYONE can do it, even those in poverty who are mentally ill. it is all in the brain and your own decision to change for the better starts with you and the beliefs you have in yourself. if you believe not everyone can do it-then yeah of course that’s what you’re gonna get. but if you believe ANYONE CAN do it-that includes you-then your brain will prove that and start finding the ways how to do it itself. it’s scientifically proven. you can do anything you put your mind to-literally!!
@@MorgansBeauty22 I'm also doing the same activities list you explained here as a person who is in a journey of healing my Depression, IBS, . it' is much challenging everyday but I keep doing them to improve my self, my memory that I couldn't make use of much potential I had. May be im late as im in my 40s. But It's rewarding for me and my self worth eventually.
However, much of depression has been developed over the course of the last 50yrs. As one who has lived for quite a few decades I can honestly say that as a younger version of myself in a bygone era we didn’t see much of people with clinical depression. Sure there was some but even suicidal tendencies were the exception not the rule. They just didn’t happen all that much. As much as modern day adherents disavow religion, there was a general goodwill towards your fellow man. Putting others before yourself. A sowing and reaping expression so people sowed towards the positive a bit more. Younger individuals were taught self respect through self restraint, a right and wrong value. Wrong values didn’t bring a reward. Right values did. Working and doing the right thing actually did bring about better lives and living conditions for a lot of people. I’m wouldn’t dismiss it lightly.
On a side note, I feel the driving rats examples very well illustrates the paradox in people with depression having harder time seeking out help, even that they need it more than other people.
Wow. Maybe pharmacy is keepin us imobile for profit reasons. I mean, what doctor tells you, do some knitting or do some other activity, when you have depression. They most likely give you some pills first. Only when it gets really bas they will add physical therapy or similar to it. The good point of doing things with others,like knitting it also involves socializing, so it ticks more boxes for your mental health. Very good talk. I learned a lot. So, keep busy people and not only scrolling on the phone.
Depression :Cure: Talk to someone who understands before it spirals and becomes... A small event of life when we keep repeating it in the mind instead of just moving on and taking it in your stride is the genesis of depression. Inability to find someone to unload our burdens when something bothers us causes us to brood about our problem. A social life is the best antidote to depressive tendencies. Anybody can get depressed. We weren't supposed to handle it alone but with a confidante. It's about life. Depression happens when we find ourselves unable to handle the problems of life. Dr. Karl Menninger said, whenever you feel depressed just walk across the street and find someone you can help We are social beings who will only thrive when we are touched by another human being. We are made for love.
I need to note here, I'm only to 6:07, but. There's already so much to deal with here. (I will, however, continue to watch, if only for a hope of something better.) I'm disabled physically. I can't do what I used to. But I'm happier than I've ever been, despite the loss of the intense physical activity. Why? Because external conditions that I had no control over were finally changed. I have friends who work intense physical jobs, and guess what, they're still depressed. People who harvest our crops live hard lives and no one can claim their quality of life is anywhere near emotionally satisfying. So why are we trying to make this a screentime versus physical activity issue, when the constant thread is "People are miserable because they're overworked, underpaid, and don't have any choice about those factors, because there is no other option." It is an extremely middle class and up reduction of the situation to decide that people are depressed because they don't do enough physical work. Maybe the reality is, people were happier when they had more control over their own lives. Side note, as someone who knits, I couldn't get into knitting as a hobby until my neurochemistry was fixed with a nice little application of 300mg of effexor a day. To the person who sends this video to a relative in hope that they will stop this ridiculous med stuff, and just get outside more, understand that they are realizing they can't trust you to understand how sick they are. Do not try to put a bandaid on the emotional equivalent of a broken spine. It will not be appreciated. Natural, natural, natural. You know what else is natural? Some species eating their babies. Natural does not automatically equal good. Vaccines are not natural, and yet they are definitely good! So this idea that natural always trumps unnatural is intensely....silly. Having finished, I am....just disappointed. None of this stuff is bad, but. But. It's taking a small thing, and assuming it will fix big things. For someone who's not depressed, just mopey, yes, these are good things! But they're bandaids. You do not prescribe a bandaid for a broken limb, for a malfunctioning organ. I grew up in exactly the environment *superficially* that by her examples, should have made me a very happy child. I was not. No one thinks of children as being depressed, but early onset depression is a thing. By 4 I was suicidal. And throughout my childhood, none of the greenry, the outside time, the pets, the independence, none of it helped that. The biggest thing that changed that was a little pill I take twice a day, that lets me feel the world. If you're feeling a bit down, yes! Go outside! Have a break! But this is not something that will fix your depressed relative. Sometimes brains don't function, and that too, is natural. So seeking an unnatural cure to fix a natural condition makes sense.
Read your comment with interest. That's a huge huge subject that you have touched on which is brushed over in modern capitalist societies, especially America. People's inner experience isn't acknowledged, especially the poor. The mantra of course is we all have free choice and the poor simply aren't exercising that choice properly (or simply prefer to be poor!) That said I think the science of neuroplasticity is pretty solidly demonstrated. Not sure if you heard of Joe Dispenza, guru of neuroplasticity. Unfortunately (for some) what he says seems dead true. That our bodies are totally wired as a result of our past behaviors, thoughts and feelings. This isn't about blame. It's about fact. It's not easy for anyone to change. But if one doesn't choose to there will definitely be no change.
@@waterkingdavid It's awkward then, cause for me, mine was wired by four. And that's not meant to be a gotcha, but like....how does that fit in? How do we explain a 4yo with major depression and suicidal ideation in that framework?
@@nuclear_vampire I am not sure. But I am not sure whether our rational/linguistic understanding gives us the solution to our problems and this is what Joe Dispenza seems to he saying. I don't think he's exaggerating when he says miracles are very common in his courses and the most enormous challenges are sometimes transcended. I am a kind of existentialist. That we are here and exist isn't rational at all. It just is. And each of us is as real as everyone else. The only person we can ever really know is ourselves. So comparing ourselves to others is meaningless. But of course we are not brought up to think like that. So it's extremely difficult to overcome. I believe some have. I certainly haven't. Keep in touch if you like. I'm in a kind of limbo state right now but would like to try to express this better. All good things in the meantime.
This was an amazing talk! I understand now why I was so stressful at school and couldn't function properly. Mainly because the activities were mostly on our desk and especially for kids with ADHD, they easily lose their focus on such environment. I'm pretty sure the gov't knew about this but decided to keep the school environment just like how we were in the 90's so that it'll be easier to control the citizen.
I'm thoroughly enjoying this. I read a book with a similar topic, and it was truly captivating. "Unlocking the Brain's Full Potential" by Alexander Sterling
@@jishnuravindra I can't speak for Vugen18, but I'm assuming because there are studies which show the average person spends close to half of their waking life not living mindfully but instead being mentally on auto-pilot and that mindful living (and exercising the brain through focus/meditation) has been shown to decrease levels of depression.
Gamers play games using their fingers. This definitely eases stress for many gamers that I know. They also connect with friends on line. I wish we’d not demonize gaming. It’s especially helpful for easing the stress of social skills for autistic individuals.
I'm enchanted by this content. I read a book with similar content, and I was truly enchanted. "Unlocking the Brain's Full Potential" by Alexander Sterling
This issue I have with this is it suggests it is just as simple as doing more. Diagnosed depression is not as easy to fix as going outside more and taking up knitting. Not only does it add to the harmful narrative that people are depressed because they're lazy, it's not as simple as that. I've been struggling with depression for a long time now. The antidepressants I'm on make no difference. When this period of depression hit, I was going out on long walks in the countryside, regularly out for two hours every day. In my free time I engage in hobbies including drawing, playing guitar, occasional knitting, clay modelling, needle felting, sewing. Any hobby I can do where I get to produce something at the end and see the result of my hard work, that's perfect for me. Yet I still struggle with depression and if anything it's getting worse. While this is a perspective often overlooked at this level, I do feel like it trivialising things a bit. For the general population nature and interactive hobbies help mental health significantly, but for those with more serious depression, it really isn't the magic solution in a bottle this video makes it out to be
Just watched a Ted talk on brain scans with regard to brain damage and depression. Made me think of someone I know who eats well, does woodwork, long walks, on medication but still can’t beat the crushing struggle of depression. I am going to suggest he gets a scan as I wonder if he has a long standing brain. Wish you hope but as you said, there is no quick fix.
I think change in routine is what causes neuroplasticity, maybe you can try also putting a significant portion of your energy into making a business or something where your focus would build to a more longterm benefit and something which would would stimulate your mind to wrestle with ideas outside of the time you actually put into it
You mention Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease in your talk and I wonder what studies would show about neuroplasticity and depression applying what you’ve learned so far. I have MS and as someone with mild disability I am still able to engage with social interaction, exercise and gardening. However, my capacity is often curtailed by fatigue and ‘cog fog’ What I suspect is that I’m maintaining a good level of physical and mental functioning because I am able to live according to the criteria you have identified. However, I am not aware of making any improvements. What would be valuable to know is whether those of us with brain damage are able to remain stable or actually see improvements by following your protocol. This also applies to ageing of course.
you might want to check out autoimmune protocol diet, my friend recovered from MS with it. Dynamic Neural retraining System is a therapy based on neuroplasticity. It works for depression.
Depression may have indeed many causes. If a person entertains himself only with TV , video games or social media, it can cause depression, because the brain understand that there are no any achievements happen (we need always progress on something because of evolution) and also the easy source of pleasure and its high intensity (comparable with junk food) bring less enjoyment from the rest of the thing in the life. In this case the destruction from the screen, walks, Hobbys can really help. People see that they progress, create something new or physically active release pleasure hormones, people feel better. Doing something active or with our helps develop that parts of our brain responsible for movements and may prevent the Parkinson's disease, for example. But it should not be the only solution. Mental activity, not involving handwork, such as writing a book, solving mathematical tasks or programming also may give result of mental satisfaction, and these part of our brain also important to develop. The important part is balance between physical and mental activity and develop different groups of skills. Watching Netflix or scrolling Facebook also should be in our lifes for passive relaxation, but should not in ideal take all our free time.
This is interesting. While listening, I was petting my dog. I was feeling her ears, and they way she moved her head. I was noting the texture of her fur under my fingers. I was noticing the pressure as she moved beneath my hands. I was cooing at her, and she was responding vocally. I notice her smell from time to time. Of course, almost any dog is a walkaholic, which brings in a whole set of kinesthetic and sensory stimulations. Maybe the stimulation is part of the reason pets are good for humans?
Great talk , great info. But we don't need to bottle these ideas nor buy them; just get back outside, keep plants in your home, making something...live ...
They say that when we climbed out of the trees we found that our hands were free to make weapons and shelter and this how our brains became bigger because we used them more.
Welcome to science. Only journalists will tell you what a study definitely "proves". Generally, in order to conduct a study, you need to make some assumptions. Then you perform an experiment in which you try to control as much as you can, but you can never control everything. Then you get results, which are limited in scope and open to interpretation. At each one of those steps, you introduce one or more maybes, coulds, probablys, or mights.
Research shew that uninformed people are more likely to be convinced by assertive talks. That's why journalists present studies they only half understand with such an artificial confidence.
@@y.z.6517 you got a link on this study you are spewing about? Is that systematic review? Peer review journal or bottom of the chain evidence based science?
I think doves were the first to auto-correct; I think there was an experiment that had doves steering bombs to hit specific targets. I don't know if they were used in battle, I think it was around WWII. Nonetheless, it is still a similar idea, but using rats is a better comparison for humans.
If the depressed co-pilot of a jetliner in 2015 had watched this video of Dr Kelly Lambert, the youngest passenger, only two years old then, might be alive today.
Well if emotions are “just chemicals” and “chemical imbalances”, how do you explain seeing something that makes you sad? Clearly our reaction evokes a chemical reaction leading to an emotion. We’re not just robots
Brain understand movements, not the muscle action. Movement is a medicine for depression. Depression is directly proportional to the sedentary lifestyle.
Chinese have pairs of ' health (metal)balls ' (like large ball bearings) with internal 🔔 bells... rewarding them ? ...when new ways of rotating and balancing them in hands are found! Any studies on neurological health significance of these in terms of behavioral-ceutical with hand 🖐 tactile involvement taking up such a high percentage of 80% of our brain??
Really good talk. I think our education systems should know this. It"s unnatural that our children have to sit on a chair at school. They should be exploring and moving and doing lots of things
It's just difficult to sustain. What happens when you put a gold star on a childs work for doing it? They keep doing it. Stop giving the star and the child stops the work because the incentive has gone. The external reward system needs to assist and not be depended on by the internal automated nervous system (duration, pathway, outcome)
Have you heard of "forest schools"? I would love to run one!!
Perhaps restricting the use of cell phones at home and encouraging physical activity can help in this matter. The problem is that we are raising a generation without movement, that is mesmerized before a screen. (Smatphone, computer, laptop, TV)
Try Montessori schools?
Try setting up your own
I try to go for a walk every day and I find it a really good habit. The action itself doesn't have a very distinctive reward, but for me the benefit is just the fact that I get to see the nature, possibly other humans and experience something else besides the things that keep me in a loop. I also listen to my favourite songs while walking and just let my mind wander and observe life. Afterwards I usually feel more relaxed and it seems like I've found yet another way of looking at my existence. Sometimes while having a walk I might also feel like I can breathe for the first time that day.
Congrats!!! I can not make myself to go out….
It makes me so happy to see more people talking about brain health and how important it is for our mental health! BDNF released during exercise is like miracle-gro for our brain known to have 3 main benefits: stimulation of neurogenesis and neuroplasticity, strengthening existing neurons and repairing damaged neurons.
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Dr. Lambert, thanks for your great advice on the benefits of both exercise and hobbies in reducing our stress.
I’ve faced a lot of depression in my life and I’ve been lucky to find successful ways to fight it off including a regular practice of daily hiking and weekly horseback riding. These activities have literally saved my life more than once!
I also work to increase my beneficial serotonin and dopamine levels to reduce my stress hormones like cortisol through a regular practice of drawing and painting in a sketchbook during my hikes in nature.
Great presentation, Dr. Lambert. Thanks again.
Sounds like you could put together a TED Talk yourself. You somehow figured out what you needed to do to increase your happiness and this talk backed up your findings. Congrats.
I was knitting and started this video and it was so hilarious when she mentioned knitting.
The universe is amazing!
I'm a knitter too...her explanation makes perfect sense...
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she gave such an informative and at times hilarious talk, really makes you think about the habits we form and carry out, and how we really are capable of remolding ourselves like a sculptor everyday we wake up into this world.
LOVE! As a Psychology major studying Behaviorism, the implications of the science from the more objective end of behavior proves your point hand over fist. It is in the doing that we make our greatest learning leaps. But it's not just about memory. It's SO much more. Just observationally, one can see just how powerful the act of doing something generally is on building skill, speed, accuracy, general applicability, memory, and reflex. It's FASCINATING! I'd love to pursue a PhD in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience to gain the resources to dig further, but I think that's a little far out of my reach right now. Until then, I'm happy to nerd out on rats in cars. So fun! Thank you, Dr. Lambert for your contributions to the science of behavior and neuroscience in general.
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The brain possesses plasticity, but it is not plastic. Rather, plasticity refers to the brain's malleability, which is defined as being "easily influenced, trained, or controlled."
Neuro refers to neurons, the nerve cells that are the building blocks of the brain and nervous system. Thus, neuroplasticity allows nerve cells to change or adjust.
Neuroplasticity (also known as brain plasticity) is the brain's ability to change and adapt as a result of experience.
Move your body, user your hands, look forward for something, effort-based rewards, get busy with some exciting engaging physical work, if possible with the group of friends.
You all have made a difference with your kind words. Thank you!
Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to learn and adapt. Until relatively recently, experts believed that our brains were fixed by the end of adolescence and that, in terms of neurons, it was all downhill from there. But the latest research has proved the opposite: that our brains can actually grow and change throughout adulthood. That is, if we treat our neural pathways right.
“The main point of neuroplasticity is that you can actually form and reorganize connections in your brain,” says
So true I’ve learned so much from this TH-camr Andrew Huberman and one way to counter the lower rates of neuroplascity in adulthood is with intense focus on learning , studying and experiences. That’s the best way to rewire our brain after 25
This Woman has a method of explaining things in a way that can really help others to work on themselves. Thank you..🙏💖🕊️
This is still very important in indigenous cultures . A more holistic approach to life and put down our phones / Tablets and do something with our hands and bodies . Great Ted Talk thank you .
Holy ! Dr Lambert gave a TED talk! I wish Dr Kinsley was around to see it. He would be so tickled by these creative studies.
I know how to beat depression. Face it, deal with it, and then put it behind you. When I was ' taking a pill' I was numbed. Sometimes I would not be able to get a new prescription for lack of cash and the problems I had whilst not taking them would come straight back to the surface and I would have to deal with it. Since, I discovered by having to deal with it, that once I did, I could beat it down and throw it out. And then move on with my life. So I searched deep within myself and worked my way through all the problems I had,dealt with them and now feel victorious over my enemy of depression. Neuroplasticity is simply the rewiring of the brain pathways and training yourself to think differently. Once the thought is 'set', twist those wire's together and then move on with the next.
EVERYONE should pass this video around. It's 100000% true!! I suffer from anxiety, I have a desk job like most people these days, but in the summer I make sure I have an hour long walk. It calms me down so much. In the winter I stay in because I hate the cold, and of course I have depression and worsening anxiety. Exercise helps, but walking is key.
With the COVID situation we are currently in, this is definitely food for thought about how we educate our young. Investment in outdoor education and fitness would be far more beneficial than investment in screen time, iPhones, iPads and other devices. Our next generation is going to be paying for COVID with their health.
I'm a teacher and I definitely see this as a plus we need it. Kids are not focusing anymore and can not live without their phones or communicating with someone outside the class. The focus is gone!
My birth family has a rich history of depression, and I'm not exempt. On meds, I still get depression, but it's not as severe. Without meds, my depression can become so dark and deep that life doesn't seem worth living. I have struggled with this every year of my life, at least since puberty, and I'm middle-aged now. I wish I could go off meds - I don't know what they have done to my brain in the last 25 years. But the fact that I can still have depression, even with meds, makes it clear to me that they're still needed. That being said, I do a LOT of repetitive things with my hands that give me great joy. I also have a million plants that I take care of. I draw, paint, make scarves, and so much more - I'm just super creative. But when you're depressed, it's a struggle just to get up out of bed, much less do that stuff. I wish someone would study people like me, whose genetics are so depression dominant.
I would suggest looking into gut/brain/micriobome and cutting out processed food related videos. The food we eat has a massive impact on our mental well-being.
Do try to take high dosage of good probiotics (preferably above 200 billion colony forming units (cfu)) ..probiotic fermented food like sauerkraut, kimchi, natto, kombocha tea, yoghurt, milk or water kefir etc to improve the microbiome gut bacteria which is responsible to make happy hormones like serotonin, dopamine, melanin, vitamin B, amino acids, etc for positive thoughts, mental brain health..May God heals u from the top of your head to the tip of your toes physically, chemically, biologically and spirtiually.
Who is your role model? Rosie!?
Look somewhere else. Don’t give up 🙏🏻 just don’t give up on yourself. No matter what. It appears that we all have different genes but whether they will get activated or not, depends on the environment. You may think, but my environment has changed from the one I grew up into, however if the thought processes you learned then are the same you have now, this could be something you should look into. One of the comments here also speaks about processed food and that’s also important. Either way, I wish you luck and please don’t give up on yourself ♥️
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Thanks Dr Kelly Lambert, excellently delivered
Really is ❤️
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 📚 Introduction to the Mystery of Depression and Neurochemistry
04:02 📺 Changes in Lifestyle and the Importance of Movement
07:26 🧶 The Concept of "Behaviorceuticals" and Repetitive Behaviors
10:51 🧠 Brain Regions and Effort-Based Rewards
14:11 🐀 Studies on Rats and Effort-Based Rewards
16:27 🌳 Enriched Environments, Oxytocin, and Depression
18:23 🚗 Rats Learning to Drive and Technology
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My favorite TED talk ever. Went immediately and bought her book. Such great information!
wow, blew my mind. she is amazing.
Repetitive physical or mental activity is soothing - even meditative. We know this intuitively, even if not consciously. Taking a walk when seeking the answer to a problem, the runners high, etc. Any way to distract (or keep busy) the part of the brain responsible for movement seems to free or focus the cognitive part. Doing something physically repetitive is the best way for me to listen to this talk.
Awesome talk! Thank you very much.
I love to pick weeds, I find it so relaxing, I don’t think about any worries and everybody laughs but it works for me. Good to hear it’s similar to knitting, a repetitive hand movement!
I like both. Weeding and knitting. A bit of colouring too
Hello Dr Kelly Lambert, i am Midhu, i am an ordinary Indian citizen. I believe, madam you are very informative, but make sure that your decisions are not driven by emotions but by clear logic ❤❤
Emotions are kinda like gas and break pedals, I think, and rational mind is kinda like steering wheel. You can't use just one or the other. They're essentially inseparable. Problems start when one of them or one of their parts gets too strong or too weak.
Too little logic and person becomes naive and careless, like hippies, too little emotion and he/she becomes a lifeless drone, obeying seemingly reasonable, but meaningless rules, like professional bureaucrats.
Perhaps the original prozac was the close personal ties we used to have with each other in tight knit communities, along with the lack of physical activity. There is a lot of social isolation today, which can lead to loneliness and depression.
OUTSTANDING TED talk!! Thank you so much for uploading such an interesting and inspiring talk by an obviously intelligent and out of the (Fruit loop) box thinker.
My favorite TEDx Talks! Thank you for this amazing share
Thanks to Neal Barnard for some--emphasize part or some--worthwhile talk in TEDx video on Power Foods for the Brain made on Sep 20, 2016, which are very important for mental and physical health! See your other talks, I would hope, some day on this laptop computer, in East Stroudsburg Pa, USA.
There is so much wisdom and truth in this talk. It is eveident all around us, people who engage in physical labour are more energetic ,healthier and happier. Too bad that advancements in technology has classified this group of people as 'unsuccessful' so we are inducing stress into their lives. 'Trust Fund' people have to pay to be more energetic,healthier and happier and still record high levels of stress and depression. Knitting and baking suddenly sounds like so much fun.. Stepford wives had it right!
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It is about the success rate and how people perceive success, people nowadays increasingly find repetitive work to be boring and more intellectual stimulation drive the brain dopamine, of course repetitive work has a significantly higher successful rate compare to ever changing work course and targets, but if they cherish failure in challenging work/ study, they can find a incomparable joy form the success after multiple trials compare to the 'sure-win' situation in repetitive work course, even will find the later insignificant to be brought up as a success. Indeed repetitive work or chores does have a balancing benefit in our daily life, but consider the neuroplasticity that helps us to be capable of more complicated task, a enriched environment makes a huge impact as to how we think and learn, which is much more human-friendly as to the standard, repetitive work/ life style.
What I should have added is reference to the high levels of depression amongst people with MS and whether this is directly connected to their decreasing physical function. I don’t wish this to sound controversial, but is depression a direct result of sedentary lifestyles that resemble the physical limitations of living with something like MS?
I hope that your ongoing research will facilitate our understanding of how better to live in the 21st century.
Thank you for an interesting and insightful presentation.
I think you're probably right. Such a loss is a blow in more ways than one.
its a vicious circle...
As someone with MS my depression was horrid when I couldn't even stand without swaying back and forth. After months of PT being able to walk again my mood has shot up to heights I never knew before.
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Excellent talk - and the greatest audience to target is in our childhood - our schools - it should be on the education curriculum so we grow understanding that we can change things ourselves using our brain and repetition - we already use the repetition so much at school learning rhymes, abc, counting - today with so much mental health issues and people not understanding they can help themselves but seem to be told to live with it and the label of the mental illness instead of promoting more healthy change. love this thank you.
Great and very insightful TEDx talk, thanks for sharing your wisdom, Kelly !!
👍It was wonderfully enriching and equally motivating to implement simple things to bring in effective results than doing workaround with medicines n stuffs alike
This "doing" is the philosophy of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy!!!
Back to basics.
Agree, and understanding the massage of presenter.
Great talk!! Things we need to hear.
Thank you, very enriching discussion!
Learning brain anatomy leads to come closer to the Creator. Thanks for excellent explanation doctor. GBU.
Her argument has a lot of merit, don't get me wrong. But it does ignore a lot of the terrible aspects of society that also lead to depression. As such her argument comes off as, just do better and you'll be happy which isn't the case for everyone. Not everyone can just work harder or needs more work, that is a privilege. Let's work hard to fight depression by reforming society's problems alongside ourselves :)
Agreed! 👌
I very much agree with this comment.
From one hand, I am happy to hear a neuroscientist taking a stance on the role of the brain, as an organ, in developing depression, since I find there is still a lot to be uncovered in that regards. Yet, at the same time, I am sceptical about the practicality of putting the theory into practice.
Let’s talk about physical activities, for example. Some people (perfectly healthy ones even) simply do not find them rewarding enough. Even if they do, such activities usually require certain levels of energy which people with depression often lack. As someone who’s been living with PDD for 20+ years, trust me when I say that, on certain days, getting out of bed is enough “exercising” for me. :-)
Creative hobbies, while can make some people happier, could easily make things much worse for folks suffering from a Bipolar disorder or those with a tendency for self-loathing/self-criticality. One tiny, simple mistake can be blown out of proportion to the point it re-enforces the notion of one’s “worthlessness”. Sure, great art was often created by depressed people, but let’s not forget that many of those great artists, musicians, filmmakers, etc., committed suicide in the end.
Depression is not about being lazy. It’s not about choosing to stop physical or social activities, or choosing to "be sad". It’s about enormous, significant lack of energy due to uncomprehensive mental and emotional pain. "Try harder" is just as useful advice for a depressed person as for someone suffering a heart attack.
@@JeyFox reprogramming the mind can change depression-i’m proof of that. i sat and rotted away in a bed for 2+ years when i was a teen bc of how badly depressed i was. when i moved out on my own i became so suicidal that i went on meds and became numb. i stopped taking the meds and instead started meditating, exercising, doing yoga, reading on how the brain changes, learning the laws of the universe, and listening to drs like this explain it all. it is that easy. your mind is the only thing in your way, i know it might not be easy-no one said that. but ANYONE can do it, even those in poverty who are mentally ill. it is all in the brain and your own decision to change for the better starts with you and the beliefs you have in yourself. if you believe not everyone can do it-then yeah of course that’s what you’re gonna get. but if you believe ANYONE CAN do it-that includes you-then your brain will prove that and start finding the ways how to do it itself. it’s scientifically proven. you can do anything you put your mind to-literally!!
@@MorgansBeauty22 I'm also doing the same activities list you explained here as a person who is in a journey of healing my Depression, IBS, . it' is much challenging everyday but I keep doing them to improve my self, my memory that I couldn't make use of much potential I had. May be im late as im in my 40s. But It's rewarding for me and my self worth eventually.
However, much of depression has been developed over the course of the last 50yrs. As one who has lived for quite a few decades I can honestly say that as a younger version of myself in a bygone era we didn’t see much of people with clinical depression. Sure there was some but even suicidal tendencies were the exception not the rule. They just didn’t happen all that much. As much as modern day adherents disavow religion, there was a general goodwill towards your fellow man. Putting others before yourself. A sowing and reaping expression so people sowed towards the positive a bit more. Younger individuals were taught self respect through self restraint, a right and wrong value. Wrong values didn’t bring a reward. Right values did. Working and doing the right thing actually did bring about better lives and living conditions for a lot of people. I’m wouldn’t dismiss it lightly.
Thank you
Radio is to Transmission, as brain is to Consciousness. Remember that.
Thank you so much!! Very informative..💯👏...Need more talk like this
This was brilliant!!! Thank you
Thank you very very very much p
On a side note, I feel the driving rats examples very well illustrates the paradox in people with depression having harder time seeking out help, even that they need it more than other people.
Wow. Maybe pharmacy is keepin us imobile for profit reasons. I mean, what doctor tells you, do some knitting or do some other activity, when you have depression. They most likely give you some pills first. Only when it gets really bas they will add physical therapy or similar to it. The good point of doing things with others,like knitting it also involves socializing, so it ticks more boxes for your mental health. Very good talk. I learned a lot. So, keep busy people and not only scrolling on the phone.
Depression :Cure: Talk to someone who understands before it spirals and becomes...
A small event of life when we keep repeating it in the mind instead of just moving on and taking it in your stride is the genesis of depression. Inability to find someone to unload our burdens when something bothers us causes us to brood about our problem. A social life is the best antidote to depressive tendencies.
Anybody can get depressed. We weren't supposed to handle it alone but with a confidante.
It's about life. Depression happens when we find ourselves unable to handle the problems of life.
Dr. Karl Menninger said, whenever you feel depressed just walk across the street and find someone you can help
We are social beings who will only thrive when we are touched by another human being.
We are made for love.
your friends are lucky
@@nothanks2544 your observation is deeply perceptive
Thank you darling.
I need to note here, I'm only to 6:07, but. There's already so much to deal with here. (I will, however, continue to watch, if only for a hope of something better.)
I'm disabled physically. I can't do what I used to. But I'm happier than I've ever been, despite the loss of the intense physical activity. Why? Because external conditions that I had no control over were finally changed. I have friends who work intense physical jobs, and guess what, they're still depressed. People who harvest our crops live hard lives and no one can claim their quality of life is anywhere near emotionally satisfying. So why are we trying to make this a screentime versus physical activity issue, when the constant thread is "People are miserable because they're overworked, underpaid, and don't have any choice about those factors, because there is no other option." It is an extremely middle class and up reduction of the situation to decide that people are depressed because they don't do enough physical work.
Maybe the reality is, people were happier when they had more control over their own lives.
Side note, as someone who knits, I couldn't get into knitting as a hobby until my neurochemistry was fixed with a nice little application of 300mg of effexor a day. To the person who sends this video to a relative in hope that they will stop this ridiculous med stuff, and just get outside more, understand that they are realizing they can't trust you to understand how sick they are. Do not try to put a bandaid on the emotional equivalent of a broken spine. It will not be appreciated.
Natural, natural, natural. You know what else is natural? Some species eating their babies. Natural does not automatically equal good. Vaccines are not natural, and yet they are definitely good! So this idea that natural always trumps unnatural is intensely....silly.
Having finished, I am....just disappointed. None of this stuff is bad, but. But. It's taking a small thing, and assuming it will fix big things. For someone who's not depressed, just mopey, yes, these are good things! But they're bandaids. You do not prescribe a bandaid for a broken limb, for a malfunctioning organ. I grew up in exactly the environment *superficially* that by her examples, should have made me a very happy child. I was not. No one thinks of children as being depressed, but early onset depression is a thing. By 4 I was suicidal. And throughout my childhood, none of the greenry, the outside time, the pets, the independence, none of it helped that. The biggest thing that changed that was a little pill I take twice a day, that lets me feel the world. If you're feeling a bit down, yes! Go outside! Have a break! But this is not something that will fix your depressed relative. Sometimes brains don't function, and that too, is natural. So seeking an unnatural cure to fix a natural condition makes sense.
Read your comment with interest. That's a huge huge subject that you have touched on which is brushed over in modern capitalist societies, especially America. People's inner experience isn't acknowledged, especially the poor. The mantra of course is we all have free choice and the poor simply aren't exercising that choice properly (or simply prefer to be poor!)
That said I think the science of neuroplasticity is pretty solidly demonstrated.
Not sure if you heard of Joe Dispenza, guru of neuroplasticity. Unfortunately (for some) what he says seems dead true. That our bodies are totally wired as a result of our past behaviors, thoughts and feelings. This isn't about blame. It's about fact.
It's not easy for anyone to change. But if one doesn't choose to there will definitely be no change.
@@waterkingdavid It's awkward then, cause for me, mine was wired by four. And that's not meant to be a gotcha, but like....how does that fit in? How do we explain a 4yo with major depression and suicidal ideation in that framework?
@@nuclear_vampire I am not sure. But I am not sure whether our rational/linguistic understanding gives us the solution to our problems and this is what Joe Dispenza seems to he saying.
I don't think he's exaggerating when he says miracles are very common in his courses and the most enormous challenges are sometimes transcended.
I am a kind of existentialist. That we are here and exist isn't rational at all. It just is. And each of us is as real as everyone else.
The only person we can ever really know is ourselves. So comparing ourselves to others is meaningless.
But of course we are not brought up to think like that. So it's extremely difficult to overcome. I believe some have. I certainly haven't.
Keep in touch if you like. I'm in a kind of limbo state right now but would like to try to express this better.
All good things in the meantime.
Very good! Thank you! 🙏🏽
Dr Kelly's talk was very informative and useful.... ❤️
This was an amazing talk! I understand now why I was so stressful at school and couldn't function properly. Mainly because the activities were mostly on our desk and especially for kids with ADHD, they easily lose their focus on such environment. I'm pretty sure the gov't knew about this but decided to keep the school environment just like how we were in the 90's so that it'll be easier to control the citizen.
Really too much good....👍🏻
Kasa chal raha hai padhai
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I'm thoroughly enjoying this. I read a book with a similar topic, and it was truly captivating. "Unlocking the Brain's Full Potential" by Alexander Sterling
Meditation is the key.
Lol, how?
@@jishnuravindra I can't speak for Vugen18, but I'm assuming because there are studies which show the average person spends close to half of their waking life not living mindfully but instead being mentally on auto-pilot and that mindful living (and exercising the brain through focus/meditation) has been shown to decrease levels of depression.
Thank you!
Gamers play games using their fingers. This definitely eases stress for many gamers that I know. They also connect with friends on line. I wish we’d not demonize gaming. It’s especially helpful for easing the stress of social skills for autistic individuals.
I don't think it is the point, but I guess this video explains how I could only study when I walk!
I'm enchanted by this content. I read a book with similar content, and I was truly enchanted. "Unlocking the Brain's Full Potential" by Alexander Sterling
so when our parents say "its that damn phone.." they weren't lying
(im kidding, not to invalidate anyone here)
Stress and trauma is the root of psychological problems. Trauma loops in the brain.
Neuroplasticity rewires us out of them.
Hit the nail on the head. 👏👏👏
I do believe it is highly likely that a majority of what we experience is not actually what is really happening.
18:02 I wonder what those two man and woman are disagreeing about the subject? Their disagreement is very clear on their body language.
This issue I have with this is it suggests it is just as simple as doing more. Diagnosed depression is not as easy to fix as going outside more and taking up knitting. Not only does it add to the harmful narrative that people are depressed because they're lazy, it's not as simple as that. I've been struggling with depression for a long time now. The antidepressants I'm on make no difference. When this period of depression hit, I was going out on long walks in the countryside, regularly out for two hours every day. In my free time I engage in hobbies including drawing, playing guitar, occasional knitting, clay modelling, needle felting, sewing. Any hobby I can do where I get to produce something at the end and see the result of my hard work, that's perfect for me. Yet I still struggle with depression and if anything it's getting worse. While this is a perspective often overlooked at this level, I do feel like it trivialising things a bit. For the general population nature and interactive hobbies help mental health significantly, but for those with more serious depression, it really isn't the magic solution in a bottle this video makes it out to be
Just watched a Ted talk on brain scans with regard to brain damage and depression. Made me think of someone I know who eats well, does woodwork, long walks, on medication but still can’t beat the crushing struggle of depression. I am going to suggest he gets a scan as I wonder if he has a long standing brain. Wish you hope but as you said, there is no quick fix.
I think change in routine is what causes neuroplasticity, maybe you can try also putting a significant portion of your energy into making a business or something where your focus would build to a more longterm benefit and something which would would stimulate your mind to wrestle with ideas outside of the time you actually put into it
Yes. I aphasia and a stroke. I will action.
You mention Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease in your talk and I wonder what studies would show about neuroplasticity and depression applying what you’ve learned so far. I have MS and as someone with mild disability I am still able to engage with social interaction, exercise and gardening. However, my capacity is often curtailed by fatigue and ‘cog fog’ What I suspect is that I’m maintaining a good level of physical and mental functioning because I am able to live according to the criteria you have identified. However, I am not aware of making any improvements. What would be valuable to know is whether those of us with brain damage are able to remain stable or actually see improvements by following your protocol. This also applies to ageing of course.
you might want to check out autoimmune protocol diet, my friend recovered from MS with it. Dynamic Neural retraining System is a therapy based on neuroplasticity. It works for depression.
Dr Terry Walsh's results are remarkable...
Depression may have indeed many causes. If a person entertains himself only with TV , video games or social media, it can cause depression, because the brain understand that there are no any achievements happen (we need always progress on something because of evolution) and also the easy source of pleasure and its high intensity (comparable with junk food) bring less enjoyment from the rest of the thing in the life. In this case the destruction from the screen, walks, Hobbys can really help. People see that they progress, create something new or physically active release pleasure hormones, people feel better. Doing something active or with our helps develop that parts of our brain responsible for movements and may prevent the Parkinson's disease, for example. But it should not be the only solution. Mental activity, not involving handwork, such as writing a book, solving mathematical tasks or programming also may give result of mental satisfaction, and these part of our brain also important to develop. The important part is balance between physical and mental activity and develop different groups of skills. Watching Netflix or scrolling Facebook also should be in our lifes for passive relaxation, but should not in ideal take all our free time.
Great talk.
superb
thank you, a wonderful lecture.
This is interesting. While listening, I was petting my dog. I was feeling her ears, and they way she moved her head. I was noting the texture of her fur under my fingers. I was noticing the pressure as she moved beneath my hands. I was cooing at her, and she was responding vocally. I notice her smell from time to time. Of course, almost any dog is a walkaholic, which brings in a whole set of kinesthetic and sensory stimulations. Maybe the stimulation is part of the reason pets are good for humans?
Great talk , great info. But we don't need to bottle these ideas nor buy them; just get back outside, keep plants in your home, making something...live ...
Simple and true.
take a pill to suicide was my experience until having survived much later i learnt mindfulness combined with healthy choices without rats poor rats
They say that when we climbed out of the trees we found that our hands were free to make weapons and shelter and this how our brains became bigger because we used them more.
Wow I liked it, doing is the key
9:48 she said “ so anything we can to do to depress that” while talking about depression haha
Great Ted Talk
Boris Johnson and his medical "advisers" should watch this vid....and learn
Outstanding 💯
Yes you tell right
have effort based rewards
You get a sense of achievement when you knit something...too
9:06 she says that but her words were not as Precisely correlated as your but more descriptive and please don’t don’t take offense
Awesome news.
Superb
enriched environment !
It's an interesting hypothesis and there an awful lot of "may", "could", "probably" and "might" in this presentation
Welcome to science. Only journalists will tell you what a study definitely "proves". Generally, in order to conduct a study, you need to make some assumptions. Then you perform an experiment in which you try to control as much as you can, but you can never control everything. Then you get results, which are limited in scope and open to interpretation. At each one of those steps, you introduce one or more maybes, coulds, probablys, or mights.
@@janpetrykowski4794 couldn't have said it better myself
Research shew that uninformed people are more likely to be convinced by assertive talks. That's why journalists present studies they only half understand with such an artificial confidence.
@@y.z.6517 you got a link on this study you are spewing about? Is that systematic review? Peer review journal or bottom of the chain evidence based science?
Thank you for sharing :)
I think doves were the first to auto-correct; I think there was an experiment that had doves steering bombs to hit specific targets. I don't know if they were used in battle, I think it was around WWII. Nonetheless, it is still a similar idea, but using rats is a better comparison for humans.
Amazing!
If the depressed co-pilot of a jetliner in 2015 had watched this video of Dr Kelly Lambert, the youngest passenger, only two years old then, might be alive today.
Well if emotions are “just chemicals” and “chemical imbalances”, how do you explain seeing something that makes you sad? Clearly our reaction evokes a chemical reaction leading to an emotion. We’re not just robots
Brain understand movements, not the muscle action.
Movement is a medicine for depression.
Depression is directly proportional to the sedentary lifestyle.
Thank you mam
17:59 someone get my man the strongest antidepressants ASAP
me being 18 watching this so i can get rid of my anxiety like 👁👄👁
It will all work out just get out there and try
Chinese have pairs of ' health (metal)balls ' (like large ball bearings) with internal 🔔 bells... rewarding them ? ...when new ways of rotating and balancing them in hands are found! Any studies on neurological health significance of these in terms of behavioral-ceutical with hand 🖐 tactile involvement taking up such a high percentage of 80% of our brain??