In: brain
Movement
Katy Bowman on How Moving Your Body Affects the Brain and Planet
In the scientific world, it is common practice to break things down into smaller chunks in order to study them. Biomechanist...
Nourishment
Feed Your Brain: Expert Tips for a Brain-Friendly Diet
This content is published under licence and in partnership with Radio New Zealand, one of the world’s foremost public broadcasters. To...
Movement
It’s True, Working Out Makes You Smarter
We used to think that if you wanted to grow your brain you learned a musical instrument or another language. But,...
Mindset
PSA: Your Brain Can’t Actually Multitask
An expert weighs in on the effects of multitasking on the brain. You know the old trope, men can’t multitask but...
Mindset
Six Ways Dancing is Good For You
Just 30 minutes is healthy for your brain and your body. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it many more...
Mindset
Eight Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp
Tips and tricks for keeping your brain and cognitive function healthy. Who are the world’s best learners? The answer isn’t Harvard...
Nourishment
What to Eat When You’re Anxious
Add these foods scientifically proven to lower anxiety into your diet. According to the ADAA (Anxiety and Depression Association of America),...
Discover
Warm-up: Long-Term Brain Training Could Induce Partial Recovery in Paraplegic Patients
The Neurorehabilitation Laboratory in Brazil recently published a report on an unexpected discovery it made in attempting to improve paraplegic patients’...
Mindset
Why Community Matters in Fitness
Grooving together takes on greater meaning when we look more closely at brain function.
Discover
Brain Exploration
The brain, much like a map of the world is carved into invisible territories. Each area has a responsibility and function:...
Movement
Running Helps Your Brain
By working your muscles with a run, you could jump-start changes in the brain that expand your memory and ability to...
Regeneration
The Lost Art of Letter Writing
Pick up a pen — it’s good for your brain as well as your soul.
Mindset
Transform Your Brain, Transform Your Life
Transformation has long been a cherished human goal.
Mindset
Everyday Changes,
Exceptional Results
From unlearning habits to doing nothing, expand your life with these simple steps.
Discover
From Spring Cleaning to Regulating Emotion
Although the link between exercise and heart health is well-known, researchers are only now starting to piece together what happens to...
Game Changers
Transforming Transistors
Donald Hebb, a Canadian neuropsychologist found a simple way to articulate a process that’s still a mystery: he said that “neurons that fire together wire together.”
Game Changers
Relationships Impact Health, Not Just Happiness
A mother’s voice triggers much more than the auditory processing region of a child’s brain, according to new Stanford University School...
Game Changers
Do Antibiotics Put Your Memory at Risk?
Add a new issue to the list of concerns about the overuse of antibiotics. Scientists at the Max Delbrück Center for...
Mindset
Exercise helps the brain too
The last great myth about exercise — that it’s not a match for books when it comes to improving the brain...
Nourishment