In a recent study published by the University of Helsinki, using information gathered from men and women in the US who were subjects of a 40 year investigation, researchers concluded that beautiful women had 16% more children than plainer ones. From a Darwinian point of view, if beauty is getting selected for, then women will […]

A new report about to be published in the Journal of Neuroscience by scientists working at the Institute for Brain Research at MIT has established that our brains can alter in a matter of seconds. “Our study shows the stunning ability of the brain to adapt to moment-to-moment changes in experience even in adulthood.” states […]

I’ve a particular interest in developing the ways in which the mind can be harnessed to improve sports performance, so I’m delighted to be working with a young professional boxer called Pat McAleese, who extended his unbeaten record to six last weekend. What made his win even more remarkable was that he was cut in […]

In Cognitive Hypnotherapy we teach that the brain uses what we call The Algorithms of the Mind (TAOTM) to deduce meaning from information our senses harvest from the environment. It sounds fancy but actually it’s very straightforward. Our brain is constantly looking for patterns, trying to figure out what things mean – we recognise a […]

As Cognitive Hypnotherapists being able to empathise with our clients is a vital skill, but recent research by the University of Peking has demonstrated that the degree of empathy varies according to our connection with people. The more similar they are the more we respond to their situation, and the more we perceive them to […]