1974

Dr Candace Pert discovers the opiate receptor, the cellular bonding site for endorphins in the brain. This discovery established why drugs such as morphine affect our state of mind and proved that human emotions, at least in part, have a bio-chemical basis. This discovery laid the foundations for what has since become known as the "mind-body" movement and gave scientific credance to the links between our physiology and psychology.

1980s

During the 1980s a number of researchers began to associate the neurological findings of researchers such as Sperry and MacLean with the psychological models of temperament based on the work of Carl Jung.

The resultant plethora of psychometric tools and models that emerged from that research are not without their critics, but what the research did prove was that it is a person's Neurological Dominance that form the foundations of their personality.

1990

President George Bush declares the 1990s the "Decade of the Brain" to enhance public awareness of the benefits to be derived from brain research.

2008

MyBrain web site is launched.