Neurotransmitters are a kind of chemical messenger in our body . Its main function is to transmit signals from the nerve cells to the cells present in the muscles, glands and nerves. In this sense, the brain needs neurotransmitters to regulate many functions necessary for the body such as heart rate, breathing, digestion, sleep, mood, appetite, and muscle movement, among many others. …
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We have all experienced fear or fear of something or someone in particular, the response is involuntary and, on many occasions, we are unable to control our body. A small structure located in our nervous system is responsible for this, called the amygdala. In humans it is related to emotional learning and social behavior. It is …
What is health psychology and what is its importance?
What is health psychology? A reflective article published by theMexican Institute of Social Security, describes the most relevant definitions of health psychology from the 70s. In the writing it is explained that health psychologytries to discern the different known pathologiesand their relationship with thepsychological processes, which each human being experiences. (3) That is, it details the influence …
What is social psychology and what are its goals?
What is social psychology? Social psychology is a branch of psychology (such asclinical,health,educational, familyandwork psychology), whichstudies the behavior of each person and the role they play in society, with special emphasis on how each person can be influenced by the environment where they operate. In this sense, social psychologyexplains the reasons for each behavior, starting from the psychological …
Myelination: what it is, characteristics and impact on neurons
Neurons are a fundamental cell type for the brain and nervous system. This is because they are responsible for receiving information from the external world and sending motor impulses to the muscles. They are also responsible for transmitting electrical signals and for processing ideas and forming new memories and memories. Neurons are essential for the functioning of the brain. Thanks …
What is Wallon’s theory and what are its contributions?
The evolution of the human being has been commented from different perspectives and approaches, each one with an incidence on the development of the personality and one of them has treated it from an evolutionary and global approach on the childhood age. In the following article, we explain what Wallon’s theory consists of and what his contributions to child development were. What …
Misanthrope: what is it and what are its characteristics
“Hell is other people” once said the famous existentialist philosopher and misanthrope, Jean-Paul Sartre. Many times we have heard phrases like “The more I know people, the more I love my dog”, but have you ever stopped to think, why do some people say this? In fact, in recent years, there has been an exponential …
The 5 love languages and their characteristics
Love languages are definitely one of the keys to the success of a relationship, only not all of us are aware of it yet. They are a fundamental and indispensable tool that when we know and put into practice, many things will improve in our affective relationships, whether loving, family or friendly. In this sense, …
What is de facto separation and how does it occur?
What is de facto separation? The de facto separation is that rupture in a couple or marriage, without being recognized by a legal entity or through a process of legal divorce or voluntary jurisdiction. It is thena voluntary separation of one of both parties of the relationship, it is not considered an abrupt abandonment, but it …
Heartbreak: 10 keys to successfully overcome it
Heartbreak is an experience that starts from different circumstances, is personal and quite complicated. And something that we have definitely all gone through at least once in our lives. The most complex thing is to objectively define a process as subjective as this, but it also seeks to recognize that among the vastness of how variable …
