10 articles on "nerve"

The Sense of Smell and Emotional Response

Smell is a specialised chemical sense. It is interesting to note that the olfactory cells are the only place in the human body where the central nervous system is in direct contact with the external environment. When we detect the smell of something,...

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The Sense of Smell and Emotional Response

The sense of smell is often overlooked in comparison to our other senses, such as sight and hearing. However, it is just as important and can have a significant impact on our emotional responses. Our sense of smell is closely linked to our emotions, ...

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Bell's Palsy Managing to Save Face

What could be more central to our sense of self than our faces? So imagine what it would be like to watch powerlessly while half your face progressively droops like melted wax. That's what happens in Bell's palsy.Bell's palsy is a cond...

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Treating Hyperhidrosis

Excessive sweating or hyperhidrosis is caused by a dysfunction within the sympathetic nerve chain. A patient full of hyperhidrosis can realize himself sweating beyond the physiological need of the body to keep up a regulated temperature. The Body com...

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Nervousness and Shaking Are They the Same Thing

Are you nervous? If so, does that mean you're anxious, or that your hands shake? The distinction can be crucial.Asked if they feel nervous, some people respond by holding up their unshaking hands, watching them a few seconds and saying, "I don&a...

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Curing Exam Nerves

Curing Exam Nerves by: Trevor Dumbleton There is nothing on earth worse than exam nerves. For those who suffer from them, it can be downright debilitating. That crippling muddle of fear, confusion, and self-doubt that can make turn the easiest q...

Self Improvement And Motivation  self improvement motivation mind exam hypnosis nerves
How To Deliver A Great Presentation

Most courses require students to give a presentation at some point during their studies, for many the prospect fills them with dread. Unfortunately or fortunately depending upon your perspective, the inherent nature of graduate jobs means that at som...

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Facial Pain When a Nerve Is a Live Wire

Of all the places in the body that can hurt, the face might seem the strangest. But for some people, that's exactly where the agony occurs, and the cause is a nerve gone haywire.How peripheral nerves involve themselves in pain is sometimes confu...

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FDA Approves New Therapy for Depression

FDA Approves New Therapy for Depression by: Charles E. Donovan On July 18, 2005, the FDA approved vagus nerve stimulation therapy as a treatment for chronic depression. This is the first ever FDA-approved long term treatment option for sufferers...

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Ten Steps to Fearless Public Speaking

There is plenty of dubious material which suggests you can combat public speaking fear. Much of it includes fancy techniques such as 'visualisation' or 'breathing techniques'. Well, they might work. But this ten step system is GUA...

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