…their brain training. In a 2013 New Yorker article, author Patricia Marx describes her experiences, first undergoing an online “Brain Fitness Check-up” designed by the Washington, D.C.-based company NeoCorta and then choosing the brain-training platform BrainHQ developed by Posit Science….
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…of your brain.” “Many neuroscientists consider the concept of purely left-brain vs. right-brain characteristics a myth,” according to MedicineNet. And most research to date shows not only equal use of both sides of the brain but the need for abilities…
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…nerve fibers. (The nervous system is “incorporative,” meaning it doesn’t reject implants.) When the brain is stimulated appropriately, malfunctioning circuits can be interrupted, and the brain, because of its plasticity, can be healed. Besides using brain implants to enhance mental…
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…body, in the same way that electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) is used to treat severe depression, but at much lower doses. As a brain-zapper, the “transcranial direct current stimulation” (tDCS) headset transmits low doses of electricity into the brain. DCS is…
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…improved memory for a short period; and in one study, had a positive improvement on both memory and language. Personal brain stimulation devices make it possible to do tDCS at home. (Other electrical options for the brain are more invasive…
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…better treat both acute and chronic pain. Using “functional” Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) of the brain, a computer algorithm recognizes a complex pattern of activation in the brain using signals dependent on blood oxygen levels. Researchers led by Tor Wager…
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…brain, the pineal gland is unusual as the only unpaired organ deep in the brain and the only one not protected by the blood-brain barrier. Bathed in cerebrospinal fluid, the pineal has more blood flow per cubic volume than other…
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…and athletic performance, as well as to treat everything from depression to jet lag. In the same Science Times as Brody’s article, another titled “Moonshot for the Brain” describes a hormone called Klotho. In mice, Klotho has enhanced healthy brains…
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…interval between shots could reduce the impact of each shot, all currently recommended vaccines not only confer disease protection but might also be good for brain health. “All types of vaccinations were associated with a trend toward reduced dementia risk,”…
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iStock DIFFERENT BRAIN structures in liberals and conservatives affect how each processes information as well as their different cognitive strategies. In theory, if we understood better how each other’s brains worked, we could communicate better—both with those of opposing views…
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…part of the push to develop driverless cars. Discrepancies between motion sensed by the inner ear and visual stimuli processed by the brain may be the main cause of motion sickness. Faulty brain connections that are more common in women…
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iStock MODAFINIL, BIOHACKING, nootropics, racetams, eugeroics—if you haven’t heard these words, you might be missing the biggest news in brain boosters since Adderall came on the market in 2002. Modafinil, a drug launched in the late 1990s to treat sleep…
…of these diseases. In the brains of vervets who developed ALS-like symptoms, BMAA appeared to cause the misfolding of proteins by replacing the amino acid L-serine. When L-serine was added to the diet of these monkeys, their brains had fewer…
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…on a video call makes our brains work harder to process nonverbal cues like facial expressions and the tone and pitch of the voice, Gianpiero Petriglieri, associate professor at the international business school INSEAD, told the BBC. “Our minds are…
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iStock By Mary Carpenter WIDESPREAD complaints of disabling fatigue and brain fog extend beyond those suffering from Long Covid, Paxlovid rebound and Covid Rebound, according to Census Bureau data reported in the New York Times. Since the beginning of the…
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…be erroneous when the brain’s selective screener makes some things much more visible than others—the brain’s “selective selectivity,” writes Keith Payne in Scientific American. “The unconscious screener shapes what the conscious ‘you’ gets to see but the conscious ‘you’ doesn’t…
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…neurotransmitter glutamate, which appears to help neurons communicate with each other along new pathways and facilitate communication among specific areas in the brain—known as neuro-connectivity. “There is no ‘I,’ time disappears, you are released from negative inner emotions like anger,…
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…proteins that form tangles in the brain—possibly the best predictor of future brain atrophy, according to PET (positron emission tomography) scans. PET scans, along with spinal fluid tests, are current gold standards for AD assessment—but are expensive, not covered by…
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