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Sue Doherty

@storiesmatter.bsky.social
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Anthropologist & Mindfulness Teacher at intersection of culture, psychology, embodied cognition, & affective neuroscience. Social Prescribing advocate. Author of "Dancing with Your Baby: The Science of Nurturing Infant & Caregiver through Music & Movement"

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Carsten Korth @ckorth.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Tool evolution as a prerequisite of consciousness "consciousness could not have evolved without prior extensive cumulative cultural evolution executed by social transmission, and the extended mind leading to tool evolution and social synchronization" www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
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The Science of Autocracy Suggests the U.S. Is Headed for Dictatorship
The red flags abound—political research tells us the U.S. is becoming an autocracy
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Psyche Loui @psycheloui.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
The @northeasternu.bsky.social global news did a nice writeup of our study on background music and ADHD #neuroskyence #musicscience #psysky news.northeastern.edu/2025/01/14/m...
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Music can improve focus for people with ADHD. Here’s what to listen for
New research from Northeastern music professor Psyche Loui and Brain.fm pinpoints the musical characteristics that can help concentration.
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Modern asceticism as an act of social criticism & resistance to power structures, motivated by a desire to cultivate a more critically engaged personality; a path to human flourishing, & environmental & social solidarity. Iryna Mykhailova psyche.co/ideas/is-mod...
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Is modern asceticism about conformity or quiet revolution? | Psyche Ideas
From detoxes to slow food, today’s asceticism is often about fitting in. But we can rediscover its transformative power
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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · 18/04/2025
New podcast episode on "Diary of a CEO": learn about your predicting #brain, anxiety, depression, and meaning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCtv...
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Anxiety Expert: Anxiety Is Just A Glitch In Your Brain’s Prediction System!
YouTube video by The Diary Of A CEO
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
"Nobel laureates...include men & women, Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, & atheists, gay men, lesbians, & cis-scientists, people from Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, & Australia" = DEI? No, nerds. by Steven Gimbel 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily... #AllNerdsMatter
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All Nerds Matter - 3 Quarks Daily
by Steven Gimbel
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Watchdog Progressive @watchdogprg.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Judge demands ‘some kind of evidence’ from Trump’s EPA to halt climate grants. Federal judge Tanya Chutkan issues restraining order pending new filings over billions in axed research grants. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Judge demands ‘some kind of evidence’ from Trump’s EPA to halt climate grants
Federal judge Tanya Chutkan issues restraining order pending new filings over billions in axed research grants
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
A lot can happen in five months. 🇺🇸
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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/02/2025
“We may never know why Trump is so perversely loyal to Putin,” and “we don't know exactly why Musk went all in for Trump and Russia,” Garry Kasparov writes. “But the urgency of their actions I do understand, and it's a dire warning”:
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The Putinization of America
Trump’s deference to the Russian dictator has become full-blown imitation.
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
How culture, language, & unique concepts like "desenrascanço" influence professional behavior & decision-making--exploring & integrating local cultural frameworks into healthcare practices. scielo.pt/pdf/psd/v22n... #SocialPrescribing #PositivePsychology
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Great interview with renown social psychologist, affective scientist, and pioneer of cultural psychology @batjamesquita.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHaN... How Cultures Create #Emotions
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Why The Human Condition Makes You Feel LOST & UNHAPPY In Life (How To Fix It) | Batja Mesquita
YouTube video by Dr Rangan Chatterjee
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/o... #addiction #mentalhealth
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Opinion | What Kennedy’s Approach to Addiction Gets Wrong (Gift Article)
America can’t go backward on drug policy.
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/w... #SocialPrescribingUSA
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When the Prescription Is for a Dance Class, not a Pill (Gift Article)
Prescriptions for social activities, exercise and the arts — first popularized in Britain — are coming to America. But some experts say the U.S. health care system may get in the way.
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The MARCS Institute @marcsinstitute.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
💡Infants’ temperaments can shape parent-child #communication. A study by Dr Antonia Goetz, Dr Eylem Altuntas and team, explores how #temperament impacts early communication, supporting #earlychildhood development and #learning outcomes for children. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/infa...
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Iconic image! Awesome story. Love the kids photo bomb! Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. #JAZZ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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58 Jazz Musicians Were Photographed for ‘Harlem 1958.' Only One Remains. (Gift Article)
Art Kane’s “Harlem 1958” gathered giants of the music. Sonny Rollins, 94, looks back at the historic picture.
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
@batjamesquita.bsky.social Rings true: "initial support for the role of morality in obsessive-compulsive disorder (#OCD)(contamination & doubts). [Linking obsessions to morality: A cross-cultural study among Turkish and Belgian university students] journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
This is a good thing! Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...
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Rupert Murdoch Fails in Bid to Change Family Trust (Gift Article)
A Nevada commissioner ruled resoundingly against Mr. Murdoch, who was trying to give full control of his empire to his son Lachlan and lock in Fox News’s right-wing editorial slant.
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Regular #sensorimotor development in an early school-age setting contributes significantly to the development of auditory and visual skills, impacting children’s school performance. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The Efficacy of the Sensorimotor Training Program on Sensorimotor Development, Auditory and Visual Skills of Schoolchildren Aged 5–8 Years - Child & Youth Care Forum
Background Around 800 million young children worldwide have cognitive-developmental limitations due to issues related to biological, environmental, and psychosocial factors. These problems lead to edu...
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
The implications of 2024 as a historic election year — for the U.S. & beyond w/ @mariaressa.bsky.social @peterbakernyt.bsky.social @ The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) @icfjorg.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjBm... #Democracy #FreePress
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Elections 2024 Panel: What Now for the U.S. and the World?
YouTube video by International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
"In the theory of constructed emotion, emotional meaning arises from a complex web of interdependent signals in the brain, body, and world." @lisafeldmanbarrett.bsky.social & Tsiona Lida www.affective-science.org/pubs/2023/ba... #Neuroscience #AffectiveScience #EmbodiedCognition #Psychology
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Investing in bereavement care as a public health priority www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... [a case for #SocialPrescribing] @katemulligan.bsky.social
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Investing in bereavement care as a public health priority
Morbidity and mortality associated with bereavement is an important public health issue, yet economic and resource investments to effectively implement and sustain integrated bereavement services are ...
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Psychedelia: The interplay of #music and #psychedelics Katarina Jerotic, Peter Vuust, Morten L. Kringelbach nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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NYAS Publications
Music and psychedelics have a long history of use across cultures. We explore varied perspectives on the interplay between psychedelics and music, their potential neurological and neurocomputational ...
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
"Memory, #trauma, and self: Remembering and recovering from sexual abuse in psychedelic-assisted therapy." Journal of #Psychedelic Studies (2024) by Jarrett Robert Rose (PDF) akjournals.com/view/journal...
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I would like to follow those working in the field of or advocating for #SocialPrescribing -- a holistic approach to healthcare that connects patients with non-clinical, community-based services to improve their health & wellbeing.
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I appreciate Prof. Jeroen van Baar's @jeroenvanbaar.nl emphasis on "Cross-disciplinary research for a mentally healthy society." His piece @ 3 Quarks Daily today: A New View On The Gut #Microbiome And The Social Contagion Of #Health 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
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A new view on the gut microbiome and the social contagion of health - 3 Quarks Daily
by Jeroen van Baar
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Listen up: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/o...
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Opinion | Don’t Let Donald Trump Drive You Into Internal Exile (Gift Article)
Focusing on your own life and disengaging from politics can be appealing. But it is a abdication of responsibility.
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
"Singing a song to your infant that you just made up on the spot or your infant singing it back to you. Infants go through a period of musical babbling that proceeds their period of speech babbling. So we are very much a musical species." Daniel Levitin, new book: I Heard There Was a Secret Chord
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Emma Segura @emminorchord.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Welcome to the newcomers 🦋! If you have a native/proficient level of English, participate & share my survey on singing, music, art, and personality traits! 🎤🥁🎨🎭 Have the chance to win a tablet and help expand the knowledge on the passion for singing🧍🌍 ubpsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Participants in the #music group had a significantly > increase in conversational turn measures & quality of parent verbalization post-intervention. Music enrichment programs ..a strategy to enhance parent–child language interactions srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... #infancy
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<em>Child Development</em> | SRCD Journal | Wiley Online Library
The early language environment, especially high-quality, contingent parent–child language interactions, is crucial for a child's language development and later academic success. In this secondary ana...
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Dr. Oz as e.g., in Temple, N.J. (2022). Examples of False & Misleading Information. In, Nutrition Guide 4 Physicians & Related Healthcare Professions. "unscientific weight-loss treatments, diet & exercise programs based on a person’s blood group, & prevention & Rx of disease based on detoxification"
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” is often misattributed James Baldwin; it's from author of The Prophets, Robert Jones Jr., who blogs under the pseudonym "Son of Baldwin"
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Sue Doherty @storiesmatter.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Down with global oligarchy & authoritarian trends. Resist via robust journalism, scientific inquiry & grassroots organizing. Personal resilience is key to sustained civic engagement. Seeking evidence-based approaches to democracy & human flourishing.
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