Last updated on July 5th, 2024 at 02:39 pm

This is interesting. I find water calming.
@Regranned from @npr – Neuropsychologist Justin Feinstein at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research in Tulsa, Okla., is investigating float therapy as a nonpharmacological treatment for people with conditions like anxiety and depression. “These are individuals with PTSD disorder, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety — we covered the whole spectrum of different types of anxiety,” he says. Before volunteers get in the pool, Feinstein maps their brains using functional MRI, which provides images of the brain’s metabolic activity. Feinstein takes images again after a 60-minute float. And he’s finding that floating seems to quiet activity in the amygdala, the brain’s center of fear and anxiety. Follow the link in our bio for the full story. (Credit: @etlui | Esther Lui for NPR)