Obesity: A complete guide to this worldwide growing issue
All over the world, we hear that obesity is a growing issue. Yet, there is a growing market for plus-sizes and campaigns that being bigger […]
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Intermittent Fasting: A complete guide
Intermittent Fasting: “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.” Most likely you either heard it from your parents […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Limbic System Functions: Limbo With Your Limbic System
Your limbic system functions range from regulating your emotions to storing your memories to even helping you to learn new information. Your limbic system is […]
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Benefits of exercise on the brain: How does exercise help?
You’ve probably heard before how the brain is “like a muscle” and just like our other muscles, we need to exercise it regularly. But how […]
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Human Brain Project: What is it and how it’s a research innovation
Assembly of The Human Brain Project has a goal to unravel what lies within the intricately woven network that still remains a secret. Humans are […]
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What Is Brain Freeze: Why we get it and ways to avoid it
Summer is finally here. It’s time for ice-cream! YAYYYY!!!! Woops I got carried away and ate mine too quickly. Now I have a brain freeze! Hold on, […]
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Fight or Flight: All You Need to Know About This Response
Fight or Flight. The sympathetic nervous system is one of two subdivisions of the autonomic nervous system, which is part of the peripheral nervous system. […]
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The Effects of Video Games: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Effects of video games. Growing up, video games were an inescapable part of life and were a large part of development and socialization. Pokemon, which was […]
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Mesothelioma and the Brain: How Chemotherapy Can Affect the Brain
Mesothelioma and the Brain Malignant mesothelioma cancer rarely spreads to the brain, but chemotherapy that is most commonly used to treat the disease often causes […]
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Alexithymia: Building Relationships Out of Nothing
Alexithymia. Understanding and expressing emotions are essential parts of human interaction that unfortunately may be confusing for some people. Imagine not being able to understand […]
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Concussion Symptoms- Causes and Treatments
Concussion symptoms. Recently, concussions have become the focus of several discussions, research studies, news articles, and even movies. But when concussion symptoms can no longer […]
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Marijuana’s Effects on the Brain: A Scientific Look At Cannabis and the Brain
Marijuana’s effects on the brain. Marijuana is becoming a more socially acceptable psychoactive substance, and coincidentally, a more abused substance. The other most popular abused […]
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Old Brain New Tricks: What Does Neuroscience Say?
Old Brain New Tricks: They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but does the same go for your brain? There is an […]
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Endless Possibilities: How Technology Affects Your Brain
In the current times, technology affects your brain in powerful ways that shape who you are as a person. This is especially the case for […]
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What is Your Basal Ganglia? How it Works for You
What is your basal ganglia? This tiny part of the brain is the mastermind behind all your daily activities. For all the work that it does […]
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Tips to Keep Your Brain Sharp in the City
There are many easy ways for city dwellers to keep our brains sharp while on the go. Millions of people live and work in big cities and […]
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13 Superfoods For Your Brain
Eating in some cultures is very important. It is a time when friends and family gather and enjoy a meal together. The Spanish even have […]
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Does Stress Get You Down? Overcoming Anxiety and Panic Attacks
How can you work on overcoming anxiety and panic attacks? Getting stressed out before a final paper is due, or before giving an important presentation […]
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Is Autism The Same In Both Sexes? Possible Differences In Autism Symptoms Between Boys and Girls
There have been many different studies conducted about autism in children that makes us believe that girls have a type of genetic protection against autism. […]
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Keeping Your Brain Healthy And Young
Did you know the Milky Way has about 100 billion stars? That sounds like a lot, right? Well, in our brain alone, we have as […]
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