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Brain Teaser to test your pattern recognition and other cognitive skills: The...
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Executive Functions in Health and Disease: New book to help integrate...
__________ Neuroscience used to be the monopoly of a few elite universities located in a handful of countries. Neuropsychology used to be a quaint niche discipline relatively unconnected to the larger...
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Kids for life? Pros and cons of lifelong neuroplasticity, as seen via our...
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Johns Hopkins study shows how brain training, if correctly targeted, can...
_________________________________________________________________ This training exercise boosts brain power, Johns Hopkins researchers say (Johns Hopkins release) “One of the two brain-training...
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Studies suggest we better train the mind as we train the body: with...
______________________________________________ Different meditation types train distinct parts of your brain (New Scientist): “We are used to hearing that meditation is good for the brain, but now it...
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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:...
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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...
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Update: Humankind’s evolving quest to enhance the brain and the mind
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Sports teams find creative ways to cross-train the brain off-field
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– Windows of plasticity in brain development. Adapted from Hensch T.K. (2005). Critical period plasticity in local cortical circuits. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 6(11), 877–888 The Brain’s Emotional...
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Johns Hopkins study shows how brain training, if correctly targeted, can...
_________________________________________________________________ This training exercise boosts brain power, Johns Hopkins researchers say (Johns Hopkins release) “One of the two brain-training...
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Studies suggest we better train the mind as we train the body: with...
______________________________________________ Different meditation types train distinct parts of your brain (New Scientist): “We are used to hearing that meditation is good for the brain, but now it...
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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
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