Parasympathetic Nervous System: A complete guide
Heard of fight or flight mode? What about rest and digest? What is our parasympathetic nervous system, how does it work, and how is it […]
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Information, news, useful articles about brain health. Different professionals propose advice, tricks, and recommendations that may help keep your brain balanced
Photographic Memory Real: A Snapshot of Photographic Memory
Is having a photographic memory real? A photographic memory is usually used to describe when someone has the stunning ability to recall visual information in […]
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Stress and Aging: Is Your Stress Aging You?
You wake up in the morning and look in the mirror and ask yourself “why do my eyes look so tired? Have I put on […]
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Ambidextrous Brains: How Handedness Affects the Brain
Being truly ambidextrous means that an individual is able to use both their right and left hand equally well. The ability to do simple tasks such […]
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Cognitive Distortions: What are they and How to avoid them?
What are Cognitive Distortions? What are their characteristics and consequences? What types of cognitive distortions are there? In this article, we will solve these questions […]
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Brain Reward System: A complete guide to our pleasure center
Our brain reward system is incredible in how it functions! But what is it and how does it function? How does the brain reward system […]
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What is Epilepsy: A complete guide to this chronic disorder
We’ve all heard of people who can’t be around flashing lights because of their epilepsy, but what is epilepsy? In this article, we will look […]
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Psychogenic Amnesia or dissociative amnesia: Complete guide to this memory loss
Imagine going through an accident and not remembering anything surrounding the accident, including the accident itself. This is what is known as psychogenic amnesia. In […]
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Language Disorders and Speech Disorders: Types and Symptoms
Have you ever had a hard time pronouncing things, articulating words, mixing up word meanings? These are some aspects or symptoms of language disorders. The […]
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Somatic Symptom Disorder: An in-depth guide to this illness
Ever felt that that migraine was a tumor forming in your brain? Well, if you have somatic symptom disorder, that’s exactly how it is! In […]
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Looking at the Neuron; Its structures and their functions.
Cell body. There are around 100 billion neurons in the brain! Neurons are really small, measuring in microns (thousands of a millimetre) The smallest neuron […]
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Why We Need Closure: Your Brain on Grief
“I just need to know what happened.” This is the sentiment of many who have lost someone. After a tragedy like a plane crash, millions […]
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Development of Cognitive Skills; Piaget’s theory.
Crawl before you walk, walk before you run! When it comes to development, this phrase is certainly true. Before children learn to talk and are […]
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Sympathetic Nervous System: A guide to understanding how it works
Our bodies rush with adrenaline and we get into fight-or-flight mode, which is the activation of our sympathetic nervous system. But what is it? How […]
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Neurodegenerative Diseases: Characteristics, Cures, and Prevention
Neurodegenerative diseases- What are they? Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by damage to the nervous system, causing cognitive decline and changes in brain functions and how the […]
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Night Terrors: What are they and what to do about them
Night Terrors. Have you ever been woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of your child screaming? Does it seem like […]
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What is a Realist? How to Tell if You Have a Realist Personality
What is a realist? Do you think you might be one? A realist is someone who can look at things as they are in life […]
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Light Sleep: Do you wake up feeling refreshed?
Sometimes you just don’t wake up feeling refreshed. Why is that? In this article, we will answer: what is light sleep, what are the sleep […]
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Dysthymia: Persistent Depressive Disorder- What is it and Symptoms
We’ve all been “there”, where we find ourselves more down than usual, we don’t feel like doing anything and have a constant feeling of apathy. […]
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Retrograde amnesia: Forgetting your past completely
Imagine forgetting everything from the past decade and being completely unable to recall those years. In this article, we will find out what retrograde amnesia […]
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Brain Gym: 16 Activities That Will Help Your Brain Stay Younger
Brain Gym for a healthy mind. A few years ago, we started to learn about the importance of training our brains. Today we know that […]
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Brain based learning: What is it and how to apply it
What is brain based learning, and why it matters. Brain bases learning is a new perspective in teaching and learning that is based on using technology and knowledge of the […]
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The different types of neurotransmitters: What are they?
You’ve probably heard of how dopamine plays a role in feelings of pleasure, or how serotonin levels influence depression. This barely scratches the surface when […]
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Are You Ready To Make A Change? Tips for How To Start Working Out
Have you tried to start working out before but you gave up when it got hard? Do you want to start again, but you’re not […]
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Brain plasticity; Rewiring the brain
Once upon a time, researchers and scientist theorised that the brain stops developing within the first few years of life. The connections the brain makes […]
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Nomophobia: Fear being away from your phone?
Do you ever feel anxiety because you’re away from your phone? Do you always use your phone to look up things you don’t know? Maybe […]
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Hypertension: A complete guide to high blood pressure
“I was walking down to the supermarket and started to feel vision problems, headache, chest pain, difficulty breathing and pounding in my chest and ears”. […]
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Anterograde Amnesia: Familiar faces become strangers
Anterograde Amnesia: Imagine yourself wandering up and down the streets not finding back home. Well, the solution is simple, looking for a taxi or ask […]
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Cognitive Dissonance: How Does it Influence How We Think?
Have you ever felt one way but did the opposite? Or have you ever had two different opinions about the same thing? You’ve experienced cognitive […]
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Dysphasia: Difficulty with comprehension of spoken or written language
Imagine not being about to sing your favorite song, or not being able to write or say how you feel or what you are thinking. […]
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Stages of Grief: Complete guide on what stages to expect when grieving
Everybody grieves at some point in their life… but what is grief? What are the different stages of grief? How does grief affect the body? […]
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Probiotics: Everything you need to know about our friendly bacteria
What are probiotics? Where do I find probiotics? How do probiotics affect my health? Can I eat too many probiotics? These are all questions that […]
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Not Sure If You Should Take The Leap? Cognitive Benefits of Learning Foreign Languages
We may not look back on our foreign language classes at school with much fondness.However, after reading about the following benefits of learning foreign languages, […]
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Fighting Fear: Living with Panic Disorder
You’re sitting in an airplane, clenching the armrests with your fingers when your heart starts pounding. Maybe the walls feel like they’re closing in on […]
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Mindfulness can change your brain? Find out how it relates to brain shape
Mindfulness occurs when your mind is at peace with what is present and you fully conscious of what is going on around you. Similar to […]
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Emotional memories: How emotions help you remember
Have you ever wondered why are there situations you can remember better and more vividly than others? How you might even experience an intense emotion […]
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Sex differences in the brain: Is there a male and a female brain?
For many years, science has tried to explain how women and men are different beyond sexual traits. On this matter, research continues on how sex differences […]
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Types of exercise: Different types of exercise and their benefits
Types of exercise. Cue the groans! This blog post is all about the benefits of different types of exercise. Yes! You read that correctly! Although […]
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Cognitive Reserve: What it is, Aging, Alzheimer’s and How To Improve It
We often talk about cognitive reserve when referring to someone who takes care of their brain health, who has the ability to decrease cognitive decline […]
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Brain seizures: When The Brain Has Too Much Energy
Brain seizures: Some of us have to deal with them every single day, whilst others can be witnesses of someone having a brain seizure. Most […]
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The Effects of Sugar on the Brain: Everything you need to know
We are always hearing about how sugar is bad for us, but how does it affect us? How does sugar affect our brains? In this […]
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How to Improve Your Short-Term Memory: Study Tips to Remember Everything
If you want to improve your short-term memory, look no further for some ways to help you out. Your short-term memory is what allows you […]
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Amygdala: The powerhouse of emotions
Our brain is a palace of structures. It dictates everything we do, how we think, how we behave and how we feel. In this article, […]
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Stroke: A useful guide to everything you need to know about strokes
There are approximately thousands of people who suffer from headaches, migraines, neck pains, etc. but what happens when these symptoms become acuter and are followed […]
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Hypnotherapy: What is it, what are the different types and treatments?
Hypnotherapy. Have you ever thought of being hypnotized? In this article, we answer some questions you might have: what is hypnotherapy, what are the different […]
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Endorphins: Learn everything you need to know about the feel-good chemicals
Endorphins is a word you have probably heard of, but do you know what it means? Whether it is the feeling of riding a roller […]
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Demyelinating Diseases: A useful guide to diseases involving myelin
What are the types of demyelinating diseases that affect the central nervous system? In this article, we answer all your questions: functions of myelin, causes […]
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Sensory Integration Therapy: What is it and who benefits from it?
Sensory integration therapy. Sensory integration refers to the brain’s ability to organize sensory information that comes from our surroundings. Sensations come in as perception and […]
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12 pairs of cranial nerves: What are they and what are their functions?
12 pairs of cranial nerves enable us to perform our daily routine in a comfortable and efficient way, as they take part of the information […]
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Emotional Dependence: Information and advice on this dangerous addiction
“They made us believe that each one of us is the half of an orange and that life only makes sense when u find that […]
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Cerebellum: Much more than motor coordination
It is likely that a few seconds ago before you arrived here you were typing on your computer or phone. We do it quickly and […]
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Meditation for Depression: Alternative treatments to cure complex disorders
Meditation for depression. Some call it a powerful tool to increase attention and focus whereas others are repelled by the thought of just sitting around, […]
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Hypersomnia: What it is, and how it impacts your health
We often hear about how people can’t seem to fall asleep, thus leading to people pulling all-nighters. In reality most are trying to go to […]
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Dyspraxia: Is your child clumsy? A reason for this could be this condition
Dyspraxia. It is commonly seen nowadays: On the one hand, you have the group of children that seems to be able to have no problems […]
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Cognitive Learning: A Guide to Types of Learning
Whether you realize it or not, cognitive learning has played an important role in your life ever since you were a baby. You learn through […]
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Internet Addiction: Guide to understanding and addressing the problem
Does your child spend too much time on his mobile phone? The answer is very likely to be yes. In this article, you will find […]
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Brain Zaps: A glimpse into the jolting brain phenomena
Ever been shocked by your outlet when you’re going to plug in a charger? It feels like a little prick on your finger, followed by […]
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Highly Sensitive People: This is how they see the world
Do you often need to escape from your surroundings to “recharge”? Do you often feel overwhelmed in certain environments? Are you easily excited? You may […]
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Orthorexia Nervosa: The eating disorder that’s taking over
Orthorexia Nervosa. Eating healthy has become the main subject today in social media. There has been a craze over who is the fittest and who […]
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Nucleus Accumbens: What is it, functions, anatomy, diseases.
The nucleus accumbens is a brain structure that is part of our pleasure and reward system. It activates our motivation and allows willpower to translate […]
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