Recently published in the Journal Of Neuroscience (June 2015) researchers looked at the role of norepinephrine in songbirds to determine what effect it has on stimuli detection and processing. What they found is that norepinepherine helped decrease the “background noise” of the brain, allowing songbirds to not only enhance their auditory signal detection but… Read more »
Proof that the more you are self motivated to learn something the more you will remember it: A new study, published October 2, 2014 in Neuron, found that having INTRINSIC MOTIVATION in the form of curiosity, not only allows you to enhance your learning of key information but also of non-crucial, incidental information… Read more »
If you follow my blog, you already know I’m a big fan of coffee. Yes I love how it tastes… but I also love the benefits that have been medically proven. I’ve blogged about a few of them in the past… Coffee has been shown to (click to read more on each… Read more »
A study recently released in Frontiers In Psychology on Jan 21, 2015 shows that meditation may actually slow age-related brain atrophy. Long-term meditators, examined under MRI imaging, were found to have less gray matter loss WIDESPREAD throughout the brain, when compared to controls who did not meditate. This is the largest study to date… Read more »
Today I have three suggestions to help you protect the brain you have for a nice long lifetime. These recommendations are all based on medical reports — ones that I feel do not get highlighted enough — the POSITIVE meaningful study results that show holistic things you can do to take charge of… Read more »
You absolutely, 100% ***NEED*** deep, restorative sleep! It’s non-negotiable… poor sleep causes: memory impairment shorter life span: decrease response time + decreased motor skills = increased risk of accidents weight gain anxiety and other debilitating mood disturbances dementia and an increased incidence of Alzheimers widespread brain atrophy and much much more!!! For… Read more »
With winter solstice coming up, this is the perfect time to give a review of what the medical literature had to say this year about Vit D. I’ll tell you about the latest research and you can decide for yourself if you agree that Vit D is absolutely the ONE supplement you should be taking,… Read more »
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