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With pharma exiting Alzheimer’s research, new hope (and urgency) seen in the...
___ What does the future hold for the war on Alzheimer’s? (The Globe and Mail): “After spending huge sums on clinical trails in recent years, the pharmaceutical industry has failed to find a drug that...
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A conversation with Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg on Creativity, Neuroscience, and...
Dear Elkhonon, a pleasure to have you with us. Let’s get out the gate by discussing how are new ideas born — for example, how exactly did you first think about writing your new book, Creativity: The...
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Study: Psychedelics can promote neural plasticity in the prefrontal cortex...
– Credit: Cell Reports 2018 23, 3170–3182DOI: (10.1016/j.celrep.2018.05.022). Copyright © 2018 The Authors Psychedelics in Neurology: Potential for Improving Neuroplasticity (NeurologyTimes): “Back in...
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Epigenetics research opens potential door to prevent neurodevelopmental...
Sai Ma, former Virginia Tech biomedical engineering Ph.D. student, and Chang Lu, the Fred W. Bull professor of Chemical Engineering at Virginia Tech. Credit: Virginia Tech ___ Epigenetic Changes Guide...
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Update: Humankind’s evolving quest to enhance the brain and the mind
___ Time for the first SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter in the new decade, featuring a range of inspiring and (mostly) promising news about humankind’s evolving quest to enhance the brain and the mind, and a...
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Sports teams find creative ways to cross-train the brain off-field
__ HOW TO TRAIN THE BRAIN: COGNITIVE TRAINING IN LACROSSE (US Lacrosse Magazine): “Bonnie Rosen has always been interested in finding a training method that extends beyond the lacrosse field. That...
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The frontal lobes, the little brain down under and “Stayin’ Alive” (3/3)
__ [Editor’s note: Continued from Exploring the human brain and how it responds to stress (1/3) and On World Health Day 2020, let’s discuss the stress response and the General Adaptation Syndrome...
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Q&A with Dr. Wendy Suzuki on the parasympathetic nervous system and...
Anxiety can feel like a heavy weight that we didn’t ask to carry. Who wouldn’t love to get rid of it? But neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki wants to challenge the way we look at our anxiety. In fact, her new...
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How ’sleeping on it’ can help the prefrontal cortex regulate emotional...
Instead of lying awake worrying, we’re often told to “sleep on it” when making decisions both big and small. And there’s actually a scientific basis for this advice. Sleep can influence our response to...
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Combined tDCS neurostimulation and cognitive training found to improve...
Giving memory a lift: Can games and brain stimulation do it? (MedicalNewsToday): A person’s working memory may decline with age or if they have dementia, Parkinson’s disease, or have had a stroke. When...
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