A team of researchers from Tufts University, Stanford University and the University of California, Irvine has found that the perception of race can be altered by cues as simple as the clothes a person ...
Russell Phillips
Dr. Russell Phillips joined Brain Resource following a 10 year career in Biotech and Pharmaceutical Development. Russell received his PhD from New York University, publishing in the field of emotional memory. His postdoctoral work at Stanford University focused on gene transfer for the prevention of neurodegeneration. He then moved on to work as a science writer and focused on consumer healthcare editorial work. Russell is engaged in producing editorial content for Brain Resource and identifying opportunities for future iSPOT studies, expanding the use of Brain Resource's standardized methodology. Russell is also working to push forward our Discovery Science opportunities in the U.S., working with academic institutions to expand the use of Brain Resource standardized methodology.
Attitude of Gratitude
Adults who feel more gratitude are more likely to have increased feelings of well being; higher levels of happiness, and lower levels of depression and stress (e.g. McCullough et al., 2004). Gratitude ...
Brain Food
The brain requires twice as much energy as the rest of the body to function effectively. This is because neurons, the cells of the brain that are in constant communication with each other, are always ...
How do you relate to food?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Obesity is a national epidemic, causing higher medical costs and a lower quality of life.” But for many people, achieving and maintain ...
“Focus” on Depression
The diagnosis of depression typically indicates a condition of sadness, irritability, and a loss of pleasure in activities that were previously enjoyable. Trouble concentrating or a lack of focus may ...
Friendly work environment = Longer life
Researchers at Tel Aviv University found that workers who had positive interactions with their colleagues at work were less likely to die over a 20-year period than workers who did not feel they had e ...
Face-to-face Communication on Facebook
Social networking behemoth Facebook recently announced a new video-calling feature via Skype. Just as Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, was making the announcement at a news conference, details were ...
The Neuroscience of Relationships
Our emotional response system is pretty much hardwired. Of course we can modulate the response, but the way the neuronal circuits in the brain are laid out, there is a “quick and dirty” signal tha ...
Organization of the Brain: Minimize Danger-Maximize Reward
The neuroscience underlying our basic survival instinct includes the brain’s hardwired response to “perceived” threat. Information about our environment (let’s say visual information a ...
Are Dietary Supplements Making Us Healthier?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that more than half of us in the U.S. are using dietary supplements, fueling a $27 billion industry. According to the April 2011 CDC Nationa ...
Retirement Savings Near All-Time High
Is it spend, spend, spend, or save, save, save? Either one might have beneficial consequences in this time of economic turmoil. We need to spend money to get the economy rolling again, but many people ...
Advice on a Vice: Go for It!
Go ahead, it’s OK. Sleep, play hooky, eat chocolate, and have a boys/girls night out. And for that matter, go for the full-fat dressing, morning coffee, massage, sunbathing, and a little wine. Why ...
Popcorn Brain
Do you sleep with your cell phone? Are you always reachable and rarely offline? Do you check your work email after you have come home for the day? Life online allows us to jump from project to project ...
Eye Tests May Detect Early Alzheimer’s
Researchers are constantly looking for early changes that occur in chronic diseases, which provide evidence that the disease is present and progressing even before the typical symptoms appear. Now, st ...
Mom Was Right: Too Much Internet Can Rot Your Brain
Remember when your mom used to tell you that watching too much TV or spending too much time on the internet would rot your brain? Well… listen to this: Researchers in China recently determined tha ...
AAP Expands Ages for Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD in Children
Guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) describe updated information on diagnosing and treating Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in younger children and in adolescents. ...
Brain Training Triggers a “Reward” of Dopamine Release
Dopamine is typically thought of as the neurotransmitter of “reward” and “pleasure.” And while the role of dopamine in working memory has been examined previously, researchers from the Karolin ...
Flexible Memory Consolidation Requires Sleep
According to research presented at the Associated Professional Sleep Societies SLEEP 2011 meeting in Minneapolis, getting some sleep allows for flexibility in recently formed memories. This flexibil ...
Gene Variants Help Determine ADHD Medication Effectiveness
Children with certain dopamine system gene variants have an improved response to methylphenidate — the most commonly prescribed medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder — a ...