Is Pregnancy Brain a Real Thing?
You’ve likely heard the term “pregnancy brain” used by self-deprecating mothers-to-be when they aren’t feeling or behaving up to their usual cognitive snuff. Some pregnant women say they often forget...
View ArticleZika Virus May Affect Adult Brain
As you are probably aware, the Zika virus has been steadily establishing itself in South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and now, in parts of the U.S. Until now, most researchers have believed...
View ArticleHeading a Soccer Ball Just One Time Can Damage the Brain
It’s exciting to watch Cristiano Ronaldo or Zinedine Zidane head a soccer ball for that game-winning moment- but there is a dark side to heading soccer balls that researchers are now discovering. A...
View ArticleDental Hygiene Affects Brain Health
Did you know that your dental health and hygiene is related to your brain health? It may sound strange, but research has found that people with poor dental health suffer from higher rates of memory...
View ArticleMediterranean Diet Linked to Larger Brain Volume
A recent study from Scotland has found that people in their 70s who followed a “Mediterranean diet” had a larger brain volume than control subjects. The participants had their brain volume measured via...
View ArticleFTC Takes Action on Brain Training
There are quite a few brain-training programs around, and it can take an expert to figure out which ones actually work. Unfortunately, too many programs have little or no science backing up their...
View ArticleWhy Study Sea Snail Brains?
Do you ever read about a study that’s received a million dollar grant and think, “Who would spend a million dollars to study THAT? And what kind of scientists would want to spend their time on it?”...
View ArticleMemory, IQ and EQ
We spend a lot of time building solutions to improve memory and the brain’s speed and accuracy … we understand how those improvements in brain performance translate into measurable, real-world impact....
View ArticleControversies in Computerized Cognitive Training
A few months ago, a scientific colleague – Dr. Phil Harvey, of the University of Miami – came to me with a fun idea. He had been giving talks at various universities about cognitive training, and...
View ArticleA Brain that Keeps on Teaching: H.M.’s Story
If you’ve ever dabbled in neuroscience (or work at a neuroscience-based company, like I do) you may have come across the story of “H.M.” H.M. was a man who had brain surgery in the 1950s to stop severe...
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