Brain Under Fire: The Consequences of Excess Heat Exposure

Brain Under Fire: The Consequences of Excess Heat Exposure

Key points Exposure to extreme heat is likely to become more common due to climate change. Extended exposure to heat waves and other heat events may increase the risk for a number of brain conditions. Conversely, controlled, shorter doses of heat may actually benefit…

Live longer and increase your healthspan with these superfoods

Live longer and increase your healthspan with these superfoods

Advertisement American poverty spreading fast as DOLLAR stores see record shoplifting Advertisement For the last 25 years, researchers have been trying to find ways to prolong a person’s lifespan while increasing his healthspan, which is the number of years one a person can live…

Bedtime Aromatherapy May Boost Memory and Protect the Mind

Bedtime Aromatherapy May Boost Memory and Protect the Mind

Turning on an essential oil diffuser before bed could dramatically improve your memory. Breathing in pleasant scents during sleep may offer an effective, low-effort way to improve brain health and potentially help deter dementia. In a small experiment involving 23 older adults aged 60…

The Science Behind Echoic Memory: How Sound Lingers in Your Mind

The Science Behind Echoic Memory: How Sound Lingers in Your Mind

This Is Why We Remember Certain Sounds Medically reviewed by Shaheen Lakhan, MD, PhD, FAAN Echoic memory, also known as auditory sensory memory, involves the short-term recall of sounds you’ve just heard. The memory of a sound might linger in your mind very briefly…

The best adaptogenic herbs for managing stress

The best adaptogenic herbs for managing stress

Advertisement Ann Vandersteel joins Mike Adams to expose government TYRANNY and TREASON against the people Steve Quayle and Mike Adams: The American government turns its weapons of WAR against the PEOPLE Advertisement Adaptogens are herbs or active plant compounds that bolster the body’s ability…

Brain implants can help people with paralysis ‘speak’ through screens faster, more accurately than before, new studies show

Brain implants can help people with paralysis ‘speak’ through screens faster, more accurately than before, new studies show

Noah Berger/UCSF A participant in a study of speech neuroprostheses uses a digital link wired to her cortex to interface with an avatar. By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Jaimie Henderson had a single wish throughout childhood: for his father to be able…

Researchers to probe brain mechanisms behind free will

Researchers to probe brain mechanisms behind free will

EEG equipment being used to monitor brain activity. Credit: George R. Mangun Picture this scenario: You and a friend are walking around your neighborhood when you stop at a crosswalk. As you wait, the noises of the world and your internal thoughts all vie…

Study: Irregular sleep patterns linked to harmful gut bacteria

Study: Irregular sleep patterns linked to harmful gut bacteria

Advertisement A new study has associated irregular sleep patterns to “bad” gut bacteria . The study conducted by researchers from King’s College London (KCL) and ZOE, the personalized nutrition company, is the first to discover several links between social jet lag, defined as “the…

Researchers identify mathematical rule behind the distribution of neurons in our brains

Researchers identify mathematical rule behind the distribution of neurons in our brains

Neuron densities in cortical areas in the mammalian brain follow a consistent distribution pattern. Credit: Morales-Gregorio Human Brain Project (HBP) researchers from Forschungszentrum Jülich and the University of Cologne (Germany) have uncovered how neuron densities are distributed across and within cortical areas in the…

Relationship between Brain Activity and Behavior Mapped at Level of Each C. elegans Neuron

C. elegans. [Arturo Agostino] To understand the full relationship between brain activity and behavior, scientists need a way to map this relationship for all of the neurons across a whole brain, something that has so far remained an unsolved challenge. Researchers at the Picower…

Melatonin enhances long-term memory by modulating protein phosphorylation

Melatonin enhances long-term memory by modulating protein phosphorylation

Multiple studies have demonstrated the memory-enhancing effects of melatonin and its derivatives in animal models. It is also known that the formation of both short- and long-term memories require the phosphorylation of certain memory-related proteins. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying melatonin-induced memory enhancement have…

Melatonin May Enhance Memory at the Molecular Level, Suggests Mouse Study

Melatonin May Enhance Memory at the Molecular Level, Suggests Mouse Study

Multiple studies have demonstrated the memory-enhancing effects of melatonin and its derivatives in animal models. It is also known that the formation of both short- and long-term memories require the phosphorylation of certain memory-related proteins. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying melatonin-induced memory enhancement have…

Sweet smell of success: Simple fragrance method produces major memory boost

When a fragrance wafted through the bedrooms of older adults for two hours every night for six months, memories skyrocketed. Participants in this study by University of California, Irvine neuroscientists reaped a 226% increase in cognitive capacity compared to the control group. The researchers…

This Kind of Daydreaming Is Connected to Better Brain Health, No Matter Your Age

This Kind of Daydreaming Is Connected to Better Brain Health, No Matter Your Age

aydreaming doesn’t exactly have the best reputation. We’re told it keeps us from focusing and takes us out of the present. Yet research has shown that most of us spend nearly 47 percent of our waking hours letting our minds wander. (You’re not the…

Brain health: The best and worst foods for your brain

Brain health: The best and worst foods for your brain

New Delhi: The brain is one of the most important organs of our body. Not only does help all the systems function well, but assists other organs like the heart, lungs, and kidneys also perform their functions well. Hence, it is important to keep…

4 Science-backed benefits of dark chocolate for the brain

4 Science-backed benefits of dark chocolate for the brain

Advertisement Brighteon Broadcast News, Aug 15, 2023 – Torching of Lahaina an ACT OF TERRORISM by the tyrannical government against the people of Hawaii Breaking Point – Episode 4 – VACCINES Advertisement People may be surprised to learn that chocolate is considered a healthy…

Drinking coffee can help reduce your risk of depression, according to studies

Drinking coffee can help reduce your risk of depression, according to studies

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Brain imaging may predict motivation for behavior change in alcohol use disorder

Brain imaging may predict motivation for behavior change in alcohol use disorder

Change in drinks per week consumed through study participation. Panel A highlights drinks per week in male participants, Panel B highlights drinks per week in female participants. Reduction in drinks per week from baseline to 3-month time points in responders was statistically significant p…

‘Hyper-synchronized’ brain waves may explain why different psychedelics have similar effects, rat study reveals

'Hyper-synchronized' brain waves may explain why different psychedelics have similar effects, rat study reveals

Psychedelics can vary by the type of receptor they target in the brain, but how does this translate to the shared hallucinogenic experiences users have? (Image credit: Pär Halje) The psychedelics LSD and ketamine work differently but induce some of the same trippy effects….

Your Pupils Can Reveal a Hidden Signal About Your Brain Function

Your Pupils Can Reveal a Hidden Signal About Your Brain Function

The way your pupils react to light exercise could reveal whether you’re getting one of the key benefits of movement – the cognitive boost linked to improved mood and enhanced executive function. Researchers in Japan monitored pupil size in 24 participants during 10 minutes…

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