Category Archives: Brain Science

“Neck-Up Checkups”

Yesterday, I had the privilege of listening to neuroscientists from the University of Texas at Dallas speak about the concept […]

I’m a little behind in blogging, but just in case you haven’t seen it, scientists at the University of California-San […]

Sleep is a big deal for most of my clients. For some, it’s because their stress levels and brain activation […]

The vagus nerve is actually two sets of nerves that drive the parasympathetic nervous system, or the part of the […]

This blog post from Harvard Health Publishing is several years old, but the information is good. Too many of us […]

Just yesterday, I was introduced to a psychosensory modality called havening, and it has intrigued me enough that I want […]

Many parents of clients ask me about the impact of violent video games on the brain, and now, finally, there […]

When it first came out, I missed an important article about the link between low levels of vitamin B6 and […]

A study conducted at the University of Liverpool and published a few days in Psychiatry Research finds that psychiatric diagnoses […]

Back in 2007, Canadian psychiatrist Dr. Norman Doidge wrote a fascinating book on brain plasticity entitled The Brain that Changes […]

An article in Neuroscience News and Networks suggests that 20 minutes in nature every day significantly lowers stress hormones. A […]

A study published yesterday in the journal Neuron indicates that balanced electrical communication between two regions of the brain facilitate […]

It should not be controversial to say that the brain is not a machine. However, when I try to explain […]

Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have found that it takes more energy to forget something than to […]

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