Your brain can be trained, much like your muscles – a neurologist explains how to boost your brain health

If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat. Over time, it ...
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The Brain: 6 Lessons for Handling Stress

Take a deep breath. Now exhale slowly. You’re probably not aware of it, but your heart has just slowed down a bit. Not to worry; it will speed up again when you inhale. This regular-irregular beat is ...
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Lessons learned from the wayward brain

This article originally appeared on Undark. When someone close to you develops signs of mental illness, you spring into detective mode. You ask questions, but the answers seem vague and incomplete.
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As we develop, the brain connects lessons learned differently

A new study of brain activity patterns in people doing a memory task finds that the way we make inferences—finding hidden connections between different experiences—changes dramatically as we age. The ...
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Simulation Hypothesis: Lessons From the Fruit Fly Brain Map

If we can model a fly brain, and run that fly in a sim, we might do it with us. We live in the age of the brain, and ...
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Lessons from an experimental brain phantom

But brain phantoms pose numerous special challenges, and to date, "no 3D anthropomorphic brain structure suitable for whole-brain quantitative MRI has been developed," the authors note. The NIST team, ...

What one year of learning a musical instrument did to young children's brains surprised researchers

For many parents, enrolling their children in music lessons is more about helping them discover new hobbies. But many are ...
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As We Develop, the Brain Connects Lessons Learned Differently

A new study of brain activity patterns in people doing a memory task finds that the way we make inferences changes dramatically as we age. Members of Alison Preston’s research group study fMRI brain ...