What is it about omega-3s in fish oil that is so good for your brain? We’ve all heard that eating fish is good for our brains and memory. But what is it about DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid found in fis ...
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Focus your attention
A recent article in the New York Times describes the “Risky Rise of the Good-Grade Pill.” Teenagers are taking (and in some cases snorting) Adderall, an amphetamine prescribed for the treatment of ...
Relaxation Room
Demo of Relaxation Room, one of the many brain health exercises on MyBrainSolutions.
Mediterranean diet and brain health
We have all heard about the Mediterranean diet being heart-healthy, but it may also be good for your brain. Recently published research in the Archives of Neurology found that people who eat a Mediter ...
Healthy Body, Healthy Mind
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. While the importance of physical exercise is widely understood, numerous studies have shown that there is a strong link between a healthy brain and one’s overal ...
Omega-3s in walnuts may lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Omega-3 fatty acids, found in foods such as fish, chicken and nuts, may be associated with lower blood levels of a protein called beta-amyloid, which is thought to play a role in Alzheimer’s dis ...
Creativity and reasoning during decision-making
Our ability to adapt to our environment often relies on considering multiple behavioral strategies and potentially creating a new strategy to succeed. The frontal lobes of our brains, which make execu ...
Brain benefits from berries
Strong scientific evidence exists that eating blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and other berry fruits has beneficial effects on the brain and may help prevent age-related memory loss and other ...
The value of sleep
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that more than quarter of the population doesn’t get enough sleep. Sleep deprivation is associated with a number of chronic diseases and co ...
Eat less, think better, live longer
Eating less triggers activation of a molecule that helps keep the brain from aging. Italian scientists led by Giovambattista Pani at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Rome, found that calorie ...
Laugh more, stretch, quiet the mind
Sekou Andrews and Steve Connell at TEDMED 2011. Laugh more, stretch, quiet the mind. The spoken-word artists do an inspiring, fiery riff on how to get and stay healthy, and how our own good health ins ...
What are Feelings?
Normally we associate feelings with emotions, and often think of the two as being synonymous. Neuroscience has now shown the chain of events that lead from our brain’s generating emotional reactions ...
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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...