Evidence Library
Research & Sources
Every claim on this site is grounded in peer-reviewed science. 117 sources across 36 articles.
日本語版 →- An update on the mechanisms of the psychostimulant effects of caffeine, Ferré S, Journal of Neurochemistry, 2008
- Caffeine increases striatal dopamine D2/D3 receptor availability in the human brain, Volkow ND et al., Translational Psychiatry, 2015
- Adenosine: a mediator of the sleep-inducing effects of prolonged wakefulness, Porkka-Heiskanen T et al., Science, 1997
- Caffeine effects on sleep taken 0, 3, or 6 hours before going to bed, Drake C et al., Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 2013
- Tassi P, Muzet A. Sleep inertia. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 2000
- Entrainment of the Human Circadian Clock to the Natural Light-Dark Cycle, Wright KP Jr et al., Current Biology, 2013
- Inhalation/exhalation ratio modulates the effect of slow breathing on heart rate variability and relaxation, Van Diest I et al., Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 2014
- Brainstem sources of cardiac vagal tone and respiratory sinus arrhythmia, Farmer DG et al., The Journal of Physiology, 2016
- The physiological effects of slow breathing in the healthy human, Russo MA et al., Breathe, 2017
- The impact of resonance frequency breathing on measures of heart rate variability, blood pressure, and mood, Steffen PR et al., Frontiers in Public Health, 2017
- The effect of heart rate variability biofeedback training on stress and anxiety: a meta-analysis, Goessl VC et al., Psychological Medicine, 2017
- Action Spectrum for Melatonin Regulation in Humans: Evidence for a Novel Circadian Photoreceptor, Brainard GC et al., Journal of Neuroscience, 2001
- Entrainment of the Human Circadian Clock to the Natural Light-Dark Cycle, Wright KP Jr et al., Current Biology, 2013
- Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects sleep, circadian timing, and next-morning alertness, Chang AM et al., PNAS, 2015
- Effects of light on human circadian rhythms, sleep and mood, Blume C et al., Somnologie, 2019
- Circadian rhythm disruption and mental health, Walker WH 2nd et al., Translational Psychiatry, 2020
- Timing of light exposure affects mood and brain circuits, Bedrosian TA & Nelson RJ, Translational Psychiatry, 2017
- The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis, Cryan et al., Physiological Reviews, 2019
- Indigenous Bacteria from the Gut Microbiota Regulate Host Serotonin Biosynthesis, Yano et al., Cell, 2015
- Ingestion of Lactobacillus Strain Regulates Emotional Behavior and Central GABA Receptor Expression in a Mouse via the Vagus Nerve, Bravo et al., PNAS, 2011
- Vagus Nerve as Modulator of the Brain-Gut Axis in Psychiatric and Inflammatory Disorders, Breit et al., Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
- Postnatal Microbial Colonization Programs the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal System for Stress Response in Mice, Sudo et al., The Journal of Physiology, 2004
- The Effects of Probiotics on Depressive Symptoms in Humans: A Systematic Review, Wallace & Milev, Annals of General Psychiatry, 2017
How Much of Binaural Beats Is Real 3 sources
- Efficacy of binaural auditory beats in cognition, anxiety, and pain perception: a meta-analysis, Garcia-Argibay M et al., Psychological Research, 2019
- Auditory driving of the autonomic nervous system: listening to theta-frequency binaural beats post-exercise increases parasympathetic activation, McConnell PA et al., Frontiers in Psychology, 2014
- Acoustic Enhancement of Sleep Slow Oscillations and Concomitant Memory Improvement in Older Adults, Papalambros NA et al., Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2017
- Sleep drives metabolite clearance from the adult brain, Xie L et al., Science, 2013
- Coupled electrophysiological, hemodynamic, and cerebrospinal fluid oscillations in human sleep, Fultz NE et al., Science, 2019
- Auditory closed-loop stimulation of the sleep slow oscillation enhances memory, Ngo HV et al., Neuron, 2013
- Examining the optimal timing for closed-loop auditory stimulation of slow-wave sleep, Ong JL et al., SLEEP, 2020
Walking in Nature Stops the Loop 2 sources
Why Slow Breathing Calms You Down 3 sources
- How Breath-Control Can Change Your Life: A Systematic Review on Psycho-Physiological Correlates of Slow Breathing, Zaccaro A et al., Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2018
- Heart rate variability biofeedback: how and why does it work?, Lehrer PM, Gevirtz R, Frontiers in Psychology, 2014
- Auditory driving of the autonomic nervous system: listening to theta-frequency binaural beats post-exercise increases parasympathetic activation, McConnell PA et al., Frontiers in Psychology, 2014
- A default mode of brain function, Raichle ME et al., PNAS, 2001
- Inspired by distraction: mind wandering facilitates creative incubation, Baird B et al., Psychological Science, 2012
- Enhanced brain correlations during rest are related to memory for recent experiences, Tambini A, Ketz N, Davachi L, Neuron, 2010
- Why is it so hard to do my work? The challenge of attention residue, Leroy S, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2009
- Castellanos FX, Tannock R — Neuroscience of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: the search for endophenotypes, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2002
- Sonuga-Barke EJS — The dual pathway model of ADHD: an elaboration of neuro-developmental characteristics, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2003
- Buckner RL et al. — The brain's default network: anatomy, function, and relevance to disease, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2008
- Barkley RA — Behavioral inhibition, sustained attention, and executive functions: constructing a unifying theory of ADHD, Psychological Bulletin, 1997
What Burnout Actually Does to Your Brain 4 sources
- McEwen BS — Physiology and neurobiology of stress and adaptation: central role of the brain, Physiological Reviews, 2007
- Liston C et al. — Stress-induced alterations in prefrontal cortical dendritic morphology predict selective impairments in perceptual attentional set-shifting, Journal of Neuroscience, 2009
- Golkar A et al. — The influence of work-related chronic stress on the regulation of emotion and on functional connectivity in the brain, PLOS ONE, 2014
- Arnsten AFT — Stress signalling pathways that impair prefrontal cortex structure and function, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2009
- LeDoux JE — Emotion circuits in the brain, Annual Review of Neuroscience, 2000
- Arnsten AFT — Stress signalling pathways that impair prefrontal cortex structure and function, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2009
- Etkin A, Wager TD — Functional neuroimaging of anxiety: a meta-analysis of emotional processing in PTSD, social anxiety disorder, and specific phobia, American Journal of Psychiatry, 2007
- Goldin PR, Gross JJ — Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on emotion regulation in social anxiety disorder, Emotion, 2010
- Schultz W, Dayan P, Montague PR — A neural substrate of prediction and reward, Science, 1997
- Frederick S, Loewenstein G — Hedonic adaptation, Well-Being: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology, 1999
- Berridge KC, Robinson TE — What is the role of dopamine in reward?, Brain Research Reviews, 1998
- Kahneman D, Fredrickson BL et al. — When more pain is preferred to less, Psychological Science, 1993
- Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density, Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 2011
- Stress reduction correlates with structural changes in the amygdala, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2010
- The default network and self-generated thought, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2011
Four Things Music Does to Your Brain 3 sources
- Anatomically distinct dopamine release during anticipation and experience of peak emotion to music, Nature Neuroscience, 2011
- The neural architecture of music-evoked autobiographical memories, Cerebral Cortex, 2015
- Neural entrainment and the temporal dynamics of auditory cognition, Frontiers in Psychology, 2014
How Gratitude Rewires the Brain 3 sources
- Neural correlates of gratitude, Frontiers in Psychology, 2015
- Gratitude intervention for depression and anxiety, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2016
- Counting blessings versus burdens: an experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2003
- Does rejection hurt? An fMRI study of social exclusion, Science, 2003
- Loneliness as a specific risk factor for depressive symptoms: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses, Psychology and Aging, 2006
- Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors for mortality: a meta-analytic review, Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2015
The Law of Attraction Is Half-Right 3 sources
- A theory of cortical responses, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2005
- When positive thinking doesn't work: mental contrasting outperforms positive fantasizing, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2011
- The reticular activating system, neuronal mechanisms and behavioral functions, Progress in Neurobiology, 1991
- Temporal discounting and reward prediction error, Neuron, 2007
- Procrastination and the priority of short-term mood regulation: consequences for future self, Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2013
- Implementation intentions and goal achievement: a meta-analysis, Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 2006
Post-Holiday Blues Is a Dopamine Story 3 sources
- Dysregulation of the dopamine system in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia and depression, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2016
- Beyond the hedonic treadmill: revising the adaptation theory of well-being, American Psychologist, 2006
- Liking, wanting, and the incentive-sensitization theory of addiction, American Psychologist, 2016
- Dopamine reward prediction-error signaling: a two-component response, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2016
- Liking, wanting, and the incentive-sensitization theory of addiction, American Psychologist, 2016
- The Lotus Sutra, translated by Burton Watson, Columbia University Press, 1993
- Emotion suppression and mortality risk over a 12-year follow-up, Chapman et al., Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2013
Why You Can't Put Down Your Phone 3 sources
Why Vacation Doesn't Restore Your Brain 3 sources
- Glucocorticoids and allostatic load, Sapolsky et al., Endocrine Reviews, 2000
- The brain's default network: anatomy, function, and relevance to disease, Buckner et al., Ann NY Acad Sci, 2008
- Meditation experience is associated with differences in default mode network activity, Brewer et al., PNAS, 2011
ADHD Is Not a Broken Brain 4 sources
- Dopamine D2 receptor availability in ADHD, Volkow et al., JAMA, 2009
- Mindfulness training for ADHD adults, Zylowska et al., Journal of Attention Disorders, 2008
- Multiple dopamine functions at different time courses, Schultz, Annual Review of Neuroscience, 2007
- Cortical maturation delay in ADHD, Shaw et al., PNAS, 2007
What Zen Knew Before Neuroscience 3 sources
- Human physiological responses to immersion into water of different temperatures, Šrámek et al., European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2000
- Heart rate variability, neurological health, and cognition, Arakaki et al., Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023
- Intermittent metabolic switching, neuroplasticity and brain health, Mattson et al., Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2018
Sources are listed as cited in each article. Where possible, direct links to abstracts or full texts are provided. All studies were published in peer-reviewed journals unless otherwise noted.