Finally! We’re starting to study the neuroscience behind  altruism and generosity, charity and empathy, and other positive emotions. How does it affect the brain, as opposed to other things we have studied, such as fight or flight responses, and addictions, etc. Check out this recent press release  http://tinyurl.com/yh2t8f2
Often when I bring up the topic of emotional [...]

I grew up in a ballet studio.  Many dancers suffer from  ”hyperextension”, which most often happens in the knees, but occurs in the feet and other body places as well. Hyperextension can affect a dancer’s performance negatively. Uncompensated and uncorrected, it will eventually cause injury, not to mention how bad it looks uncorrected on stage!
It is the same [...]