Brain Training Articles & News, Page 180

Our understanding of the brain increases with each passing year, thanks to advances in technology and medicine. We have new methods to study it, improve it and even fix it, but sometimes the big stories get hidden under other news. Here are some of the biggest brain breakthroughs of 2019 that we think are worthy ...

Although most pregnant women probably know not to risk eating raw sushi, a new study from Barcelona Institute for Global Health has shown the importance of eating a diet rich in lean and fatty (cooked) fish during the first few months of pregnancy to help improve attention capacity in the offspring at age 8. Seafood ...

Are you or someone you love taking an anticoagulant to prevent blood clots? A team of investigators from New York and Spain found than one particular blood thinner may help delay the development of Alzheimer’s disease. The study was done on mice, but the scientists found that that just one year’s treatment with an anticoagulant ...

Tis the season to be thankful! As a country we practice gratitude on one particular holiday, but what would happen if we practiced gratitude all the time? Scientists have been studying the effect of gratitude on not just overall happiness, but on our physical brains. They’ve learned through studies using brain scans that gratitude changes ...

According to an article in Inc., separate studies have shown that drinking coffee and/or eating dark chocolate, is good for your brain. A study published in Neurochemical Research magazine showed that a class of chemicals found in coffee, tea and cacao promotes sustained cognitive performance and can protect neurons against dysfunction and death from stroke, ...

Are you a good dancer? Never mind—it doesn’t matter! According to dance psychologist and TEDx speaker Peter Lovatt, Ph.D., taking a five-minute dance break is a quick, easy way to improve your brain function, productivity, mood and physical health—even if you’re not very good at it! There are even specific dance moves that Lovatt recommends ...

Does your toddler suffer from regular sleep disturbances? A new Brazilian indicates that young children (24 to 48 months) who experience nightmares and restless sleep are approximately twice as likely as their peers to be diagnosed with ADHD by the age of 11. It’s important to note that sleep duration and trajectories were not linked ...

Are you traveling over the holidays with the kids? Keep their brains active on a road trip by trying out these fun brain games. 1. License Plate MemoryPick out a car’s license plate and come up with a strategy to help you remember all the letters and numbers on the plate. For example, MH9-L3W could ...

As we get older, our cognitive skills typically start to decline somewhere between the ages of 30-40 years old. Cognitive skills like memory and processing speed can start to decline as a natural part of the aging processing. However, we do not have to settle for this! Meet Charlotte. Charlotte is 91 years old and ...

When was the last time you had a good food coma? You know the kind—like third-plate-of-Thanksgiving-dinner food coma. While most of us probably think of food comas as something that shuts down our brain, new research from New York University seems to indicate they made be beneficial in helping us form long-term memories. It makes ...