by Neil Bossenger | Nov 18, 2015 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
When I was an undergraduate student I wrote a newsletter that was more of a self-indulgent exploration into the metaphysical than anything substantiated by science. A close friend described those works back then as “existential ravings of a Mensa...
by Neil Bossenger | Jul 13, 2011 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
Anxiety doesn’t bring happiness, but it can bring success, especially when combined with intelligence. Biographical information about Charles Darwin, for example, suggests he was plagued for much of his adult life with severe anxiety, but he was also...
by Neil Bossenger | Sep 14, 2010 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
This study examined whether breathing rate affected self-reported pain and emotion following thermal pain stimuli in women with fibromyalgia and “healthy” control women. Pain intensity and unpleasantness were recorded immediately following each pain trial,...