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Articles on Intuition, Energy, and Emotional Freedom
by Judith Orloff, M.D.
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Selected Science and Other Articles On Intuition, Healing, and Emotional Freedom
Lewin, Roger, Is Your Brain Really Necessary?
Scientific Frontiers, No 15 1981. Science. 210:1232. 1980
(fascinating case of a boy with virtually no brain who had an IQ of 126 and won honors in math)
Beltman, Bernard. Brains Seek Patterns in Coincidences. (PDF)
Psychiatric Annals 39:5. Pps. 255-284. May, 2009
Beltman, Bernard. Synchroners, High Emotion, and Coincidence Interpretation. (PDF)
Psychiatric Annals 39:5. Pps 280-286 May, 2009
On Making the Right Choice: The Deliberation-Without-Attention Effect.
Ap Dijksterhuis et al. Science. 17 Vol. 311. no. 5763, pp. 1005 – 1007 Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 2006.
(discusses the importance of “sleeping on” decisions versus figuring them out.)
Intuition Makes For Superior Management Decisions,
“How Senior Managers Think” (PDF)
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business School study, Daniel J. Isenberg, 1984
Scientists Search for Soldier's Sixth Sense
Rita Boland, Signal Magazine, July, 2009
Research funded by US Department of Defense, Joint Explosive Device Defeat Organization
Army Report on Developing Intuition. Gut Feel: Developing Intuition in Army Junior Officers. (PDF)
Colonel Todd B. McCaffrey United States Army, 2007
Major JB Vowell. School of Advanced Military Studies. United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth Kansas 2004
In Battle, Hunches Prove to be Valuable. Intuition Can Be Trained.
New York Times, 2009
Roadside Bomb Hunting. Learned Skill or Intuition?
Politics Daily.
Chinese Meditation Boosts Brain Activity.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010
Plant Communication: Sagebrush Engage In Self-Recognition And Warn Of Danger (PDF)
Science Daily. Roger Karban, University of California, Davis, Dept of Entomology June, 2009 Funded by US Dept. of Agriculture
Arnst, Amy. The Biology of Being Frazzled. Science 280. Pg 1711-13. 1998.
(discusses the biology of being emotionally off center.)
Leiberman, Matthew. Intuition: A Social Cognitive Neuroscience Approach
Psychological Bulletin 2000, Vol. 126 No. 1, 109-137 Harvard University
Aston, John A. The Efficacy of Distant Healing; A Systemized Review of Randomized Trials. Annals of Internal Medicine. Vol 132 Issue 11. Pps 903-910 June, 2000.
(a review of distant healing studies.)
Coan, A. Spouse But Not Stranger: Handholding Attenuates Activation in Neural Systems Underlying Response to Threat. Psychophysiology 42, Pg. 544. 2005.
(discusses how holding your spouse’s hand in a threatening situation can biologically reduce his or her stress.)
Davidson, R.J and W. Iron. The Functional Neuroanatomy of Emotion and Affective Style. Trends in Cognitive Science 3 11-21. 1999.
(discusses the neuroanatomy of emotion.)
Gozzola, V. Empathy and the Somatotopic Auditory Mirror System in Humans. Current Biology. Vol. 16. Issue 18. Pgs. 1824-1829. 2006.
(discusses the connection between empathy and mirror neurons.)
Gump, Brooks et al. Stress, Affiliation, and Emotional Contagion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 72 no 2. Pg 305-19. 1997.
(discusses the concept of emotional contagion and how it relates to stress.)
Kemper, Kathy. Impact of Medical School Elective in Cultivating Compassion Through Touch Therapies. Annals of Internal Medicine. 1136. 391-393
(discusses the power of therapeutic touch and compassion.)
Keltner, Dahser and Anderson, Cameron. Emotional Convergence Between People Over Time. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 84 no 5. Pg. 1954-68. 2003.
(discusses the concept of emotional merging in relationships.)
Lieberman, Matthew. Intuition: A Social Cognitive Neuroscience Approach. Psychological Bulletin. 2000. Vol 126. No 1. 109-137.
(discusses the neuroanatomy of intuition.)
Luskin, Frederic. The Art and Science of Forgiveness. Stanford Medicine. Stanford University Medical Center. Vol. 16. Number 4. 1999.
(discusses the heath benefits of forgiveness.)
Miller, Greg. Reflecting on Another's Mind: Mirror Mechanisms Built into the Brain May Help Us Understand Each Other. Science. 13 May 2005: 945-947.
(discusses the connection between empathy and mirror neurons.)
Mischel, W & Rodriguez. M. Delay of Gratification in Children. Science. 244. 933-938. 1989.
(the famous marshmallow experiment which linked the ability to delay gratification as a child with future success as an adult.)
Newberg AB, Alavi A, Baime M, Pourdehnad M, Santanna J, d'Aquili EG. The measurement of regional cerebral blood flow during the complex cognitive task of meditation: A preliminary SPECT study. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging. 106: 113-122, 2001.
(discusses the effects of spirituality and meditation on the brain.)
Radin, Dean et al. Double-Blind Test of the Effects of Distant Intention On Water Crystal Formation. Explore Journal. Vol.2, No. 5.September/October 2006.
(discusses the power of intention to create physical change.)
Giacomo Rizzolatti. The Mirror Neuron System. Annual Review of Neuroscience. Vol: 27:169-192. 2004.
(a review of the body’s mirror neurons system and empathy.)
Seeman, Teresa. Social Ties and Support and Neuroendocrine Function.Annals of Behavioral Medicine 16. Pg. 95-106. 1994.
(discusses the positive effects of emotional support on health.)
