Tag: brain
Stress 101: The Science Behind Your Stressful Emotions
Your company's revenues are shrinking. Your kids need braces--and thousands of dollars for college just down the road. Your aging father has landed in...
Cognitive Function of Facial Recognition in Birds?
It seems like a silly question, but the ability to recognize friends from foes is an essential survival skill for humans and animals alike....
Study Shows Coffee Linked to Lower Risk of Alzheimer’s
A new study shows that people who drink three cups of coffee each day are at a lower risk to develop Alzheimer’s disease early...
Harvard Health Question: What Happens When You Faint?
Fainting, the temporary loss of consciousness that doctors call syncope (SINK-uh-pee), can be embarrassing, scary, and dangerous. It's also quite common -- an estimated...
High Fructose Corn Syrup vs. Your Cognitive Function
The results of recent research into the effects of high fructose corn syrup on brain function and memory have been very surprising. It has...
“Bad” Fats Are Bad For Your Brain
In a recent series of studies, researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital discovered that eating a high fat diet can have a significant effect...
Degenerative Brain Disorders Could Be Turned On By Switches
As simple, and as complicated, as it sounds, researchers have recently discovered one of the keys to why degenerative brain disorders occur. Medical researchers...
Have MRI’s Only Been Half Right?
The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies has become fairly routine for brain imaging in the 20 years since the technology was introduced....
Can You Train Your Brain to Feel Less Pain?
Headaches are a fact of life for most people. In fact, they are the most common neurological complaint and tension and migraine headaches are...
Is Your Brain Wired to Make You Overeat?
We are all pretty familiar with that Thanksgiving ritual of stuffing yourself like the proverbial holiday turkey and having it feel oh-so-good. Even if...
