Research led by Dr. Georg Northoff, Canada Research Chair at the University of Ottawa’s Brain and Mind Research Institute
In the coming weeks and months, researchers will begin clinical trials aimed at treating anxiety in patients using breathing techniques and treating clinical depression with music, similar to the way physiotherapy is often a first line of treatment for physical injuries and ailments.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
That research is the first to uncover a connection between the physical brain and the mind, and it has paved the way for possible therapies to treat common and debilitating mental health disorders, such as depression, anxiety and mania.Article content Clinical trials set to begin within weeks will aim to measure the impact of individually designed breathing therapies on patients with anxiety. A second clinical trial set to begin early next year will measure the impact of music, individually tailored based on a patient’s neural activity, in treating depression.
Northoff’s team has demonstrated that the brain’s time and space patterns — including the speed and rhythm of neural activity — resurface in the space/time patterns of peoples’ mental states. Researchers borrow from physics and engineering to measure the patterns and show how neural activity connects to mental features such as consciousness and self.
Research led by Dr. Georg Northoff is the first to uncover a connection between the physical brain and the mind, and it has paved the way for possible therapies to treat common and debilitating mental health disorders, such as depression, anxiety and mania.
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