“Brain Training” May Be an Effective Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Lawson Health Research via EurekAlert – LONDON, ON – Neurofeedback, also called ‘brain training,’ consists of exercises where individuals regulate their own brain activity. In a new study from Lawson Health…
How Fasting Improves Mental & Brain Health
Dr. Will Cole via Dr. Caroline Leaf – The brain is no doubt one of our most important organs. Not only does it control our basic movements and bodily functions, it…
How to Hack Brain Chemicals to Boost Happiness
Christine Ruggeri, CHHC via Dr. Axe – Most people understand that the brain regulates mood, but how exactly does that happen? While scientists continue to explore and learn about how brain…
How These Mushrooms & Adaptogens Can Help Grow Brain Cells, Reduce Anxiety, and Fight off Depression
Dr. Caroline Leaf – When many of us think of mushrooms, we either think of the ones we cook with, the ones people use to get “high” or the ones…
Surgeons Safely Remove Mystery Bullet from Boy’s Brain
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – ‘It’s quite remarkable,’ says Israeli pediatric neurosurgeon. ‘Two days after the surgery, the boy is eating, talking and moving his limbs.’ On the Muslim holiday of…
Electrical Stimulation Could Restore Vision in Blind People
University of Zurich via News-Medical Net – In a project under Horizon 2020, researchers from seven European organizations will examine how the vision of visually impaired people can be restored using…
Your Brain Shows If You Are Lonely or Not
Dartmouth College via EurekAlert – Social connection with others is critical to a person’s mental and physical well-being. How the brain maps relationships with other people in relation to one’s…
A Half Teaspoon of Dried Rosemary May Improve Cognitive Function
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – In Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5, Ophelia notes that rosemary is for remembrance, an idea that goes back at least a few thousand…
New Gut-Brain Link: How Gut Mucus Could Help Treat Brain Disorders
RMIT University via EurekAlert – Changes in gut mucus could be contributing to bacterial imbalance and exacerbating core symptoms of brain disorders like autism, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s and Multiple Sclerosis. Mucus…
‘Knowing How’ Is in Your Brain
Carnegie Mellon University via EurekAlert – Although we often think of knowledge as “knowing that” (for example, knowing that Paris is the capital of France), each of us also knows many…
What to Eat & What Not to Eat for Optimal Mental and Brain Health According to a Nutritional Psychiatrist
Dr. Caroline Leaf – How you think affects how you eat, because the food you eat is determined by your specific choices and desires. But did you know that what…
Activating Immune Cells Could Revitalize the Aging Brain, Study Suggests
The Rockefeller University Press via Newswise – Researchers at Albany Medical College in New York have discovered that a specific type of immune cell accumulates in older brains, and that…
America’s Most Widely Consumed Oil Causes Genetic Changes in the Brain
University of California – Riverside via Science Daily – New research shows soybean oil not only leads to obesity and diabetes, but could also affect neurological conditions like autism, Alzheimer’s…
Lower Blood Pressure Prevents Alzheimer’s
Al Sears, MD, CNS – A new study published in Lancet Neurology shows that high blood pressure causes Alzheimer’s. It found people with high blood pressure in middle age had…
The Brain Can Create Sound Information Via Lip-Reading
Society for Neuroscience via Science Daily – Brain activity synchronizes with sound waves, even without audible sound, through lip-reading, according to new research. To read the original article click here.
