New Finding–Autism and Attention
A study done on individuals with autism that is published in the Journal of Neuroscience and summarized in yesterday’s Neuroscience […]
Category Archives: Brain Science
Teen Brains and Junk Food
A review written by University of Ontario researchers and published in The Lancet’s Child and Adolescent Health argues that teen […]
Brain Inflammation, Microglia, and Neurofeedback
Every now and then a book comes along that I feel is worth sharing, and The Angel and the Assassin: […]
Observing Neurons at Work
Biomedical engineers from George Washington University, Northwestern University, and the University of Arizona have developed a method of observing individual […]
Sleep Better with Vitamin D
Dr. Mercola has written an interesting article detailing the connections among vitamin D deficiency, B vitamin deficiency, gut health, and […]
Exercise for Brain Health
It’s a new year, and many people are re-committing to lifestyle changes that include exercise. Here’s yet another reason to […]
Researchers Say Avoid Sugar to Avoid the Blues Over the Holidays
Research out of the University of Kansas that was published in Medical Hypotheses and summarized in Neuroscience News indicates that […]
Screen Time and Preschoolers
The website GreenMedInfo recently published a fascinating article about MRIs taken of preschoolers with various amounts of screen usage. They […]
No Such Thing as a Normal Brain
My philosophy of neurofeedback embraces the notion that there is no such thing as a normal brain. There are optimally […]
See a Brain at Work!
Yale University researchers combined two imaging techniques to show a mouse brain at work in real time. The video is […]
VCU Lands Grant to Explore TBIs in Veterans
Tea Drinking and Brain Function
REM Sleep and Memory
We all know that getting a good and full night’s sleep is important for our health and mental functioning, and […]
Neuroscience and Music Therapy
A National Institutes of Health-Kennedy Center joint initiative intends to study the potential for music to impact neurological conditions and […]
“Neck-Up Checkups”
Yesterday, I had the privilege of listening to neuroscientists from the University of Texas at Dallas speak about the concept […]