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It’s Best to Perform One Task at a Time
Multitasking is a bad habit. Here are some tactics to help you regain your focus. Multitasking is just the way many of us live. How often do you text while stuck in traffic, lose track of a podcast while doing chores, or flutter between the news and your inbox? "We...
Strong bones may be vital for maintaining memory in old age
A hormone released by bones seems to reverse age-related memory loss. The hormone can be boosted by exercise, suggesting that lifting weights might protect the brain from the ravages of old age. Eric Kandel of Columbia University in New York and colleagues were...
Your Brain and Your Weight
When it comes to brain health, keeping your weight stable may.be the most important task of all. Obesity, particularly when there’s lots of visceral fat present, is a risk factor for faster brain aging and Alzheimer’s disease, says Howard Fillit, M.D., cofounder and...
Study Suggests Trauma Stays in Present Tense
Scans offer insights into why PTSD memories are vivid and intrusive. At the root of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a memory that cannot be controlled. It may intrude on everyday, activity, thrusting a person into the middle of a horrifying event, or...
Menopause’s Effect on the Brain
The life phase may be an important risk factor in developing dementia. Across the United States, roughly six million adults 65 and over have Alzheimer’s disease. Almost two thirds of them are women a discrepancy that researchers have long attributed to genetics and...
Procrastination may harm your health
Avoidance is linked to poor outcomes, but change is possible The worst procrastinators probably won't be able to read this story. 'It'll remind them' of what they're trying to avoid, 'psychologist' Piers Steel says. Maybe they're dragging their feet going to the gym....
Protein linked to brain rejuvenation
Mouse studies hint at a way to treat age-related decline A single molecule may play a central role in rejuvenating aging brains, albeit in multiple ways, new research suggests. Studies in mice of three different techniques for combating the cognitive decline that...
Scientists extract music from the mind. A computer model used brain data to re-create a Pink Floyd song.
In what seems like something out of a sci-fi movie, scientists have plucked the famous Pink Floyd song “Another Brick in the Wall” from individuals’ brains. Previously, researchers have used electrodes, computer models and brain scans to decode and reconstruct...
Science visualized
A Classic brain map gets an update. The traditional view of how the human brain controls voluntary movement might not tell the whole story.
Brains may have a playfulness switch
Blocking the activity of certain cells reduces play behavior in rats. Rats are extremely playful creatures. They love playing chase and they literally jump for joy when tickled. Central to this playfulness, a new study finds, are nerve cells in a specific region of...