
Frontotemporal Dementia: Everything you need to know
What is frontotemporal dementia? Are all dementias the same? This post explains everything you need to know about frontotemporal dementia. Understanding why people with this […]
Continue reading »What is frontotemporal dementia? Are all dementias the same? This post explains everything you need to know about frontotemporal dementia. Understanding why people with this […]
Continue reading »Chiari Malformation. The human skull is a bony structure that houses the brain. Along with support, it protects the tissues of the brain and spinal […]
Continue reading »Like most serious medical conditions, early intervention is a matter of life or death. However, rare illnesses often go undetected simply because not enough people […]
Continue reading »When it is time to have a child, no parent expects their baby to be born ill. Yet, that is the reality of Prader-Willi Syndrome. […]
Continue reading »Thousands of genes make up the human body. Various combinations of DNA (building blocks of genes) are the reason why you have brown hair and […]
Continue reading »We have all heard of neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease. Chances are, there is someone in your life with either diagnosis, as both […]
Continue reading »Everyone experiences sadness in their life, whether it be short or long term. Upsetting and distressing life events or experiences can take a toll on […]
Continue reading »Cognitive trauma in relation to brain impairment is not something that is greatly known, due to its diminishing characteristics that create deep-rooted effects. However, in […]
Continue reading »Problems concentrating isn’t only something that happens to kids- many adults find themselves struggling to concentrate, and we’ve probably all had moments where, no matter […]
Continue reading »Everyone has probably heard of “white matter” and “gray matter” before when people talk about our brain. This article focuses on the light-colored matter, what […]
Continue reading »If you are already seeking treatment it is probably because you or your child has been diagnosed with dyscalculia or math dyslexia. Dyscalculia is a […]
Continue reading »Depression is a serious mental condition that many people suffer from. A lot of people cannot seem to grasp the extent to which depression can […]
Continue reading »We “normal, everyday people” have all probably heard the term “gray matter” when talking about the brain. We’ve also probably heard about “white matter”. However […]
Continue reading »Just about everyone and their pets have binge-watched something before. Netflix found that on average, 61% of users watch between 2-6 episodes in one sitting. […]
Continue reading »Feel like nothing is worth giving it a try? Like everything that you do, provides little to no satisfaction? We all have things that we […]
Continue reading »Sweaty palms, nerves, and panic attacks are what over 40 million Americans deal with. What is anxiety and how is it measured? What are the […]
Continue reading »All over the world, children are separated from their parents daily. Some got to live with relatives, some live in foster care, and some remain […]
Continue reading »As a kid, I never felt motion sick- ever. I would go on the craziest of carnival rides and not feel dizzy one bit. Then […]
Continue reading »Have you ever been so tired that you just didn’t want to do anything? Even things you usually enjoy doing? Have you ever lost the […]
Continue reading »Depression has now become a topic that is talked about prominently in all forms of medium. This has led to a vast amount of knowledge […]
Continue reading »In the famous words of Franklin Roosevelt, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself!”, but what exactly is fear, what does it […]
Continue reading »Have you ever listened to music and felt the chills? Usually this feeling is achieved when we listen to a song we really enjoy. Many […]
Continue reading »Positive emotions: The pursuit of your favorite activity, hearing a great speech that inspires us or simply laughing with your friends all cause an increase […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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. […]
Continue reading »Almost everyone loves to have a nice, hot cup of coffee every once in a while. In fact, studies show that 85% of the U.S. […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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. […]
Continue reading »Have you ever thought about how your favorite athletes are able to do what they do? They do it by using sports psychology. In this […]
Continue reading »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? […]
Continue reading »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, […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »We’ve all dreamt about winning the lottery. We day dream about what we would buy with our winnings. While spending our winnings, basking in the […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »Fibromyalgia. If you don’t know what fibromyalgia is, you should know that those who suffer from it have to cope with hypersensitivity, which causes a […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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, […]
Continue reading »Have you ever thought about the difference between the pronunciation of “bat” and “pat”? e. In this article, we answer questions like what is phonemic […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »In a world that is becoming smaller and smaller, a mix of different cultures becomes more prevalent in our job and also our private life. […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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, […]
Continue reading »The comfort zone. It contributes to making us feel mentally safe in our everyday life. Developing a routine such as arriving to work always at […]
Continue reading »What is color psychology? How do colors influence emotions? What do the colors mean? What do the colors convey in different cultures? The meaning of […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »What are the functions of each brain hemispheres? What does each half of our brain do? Is it true that the left hemisphere is the […]
Continue reading »An Australian systematic review shows how CogniFit solutions are both effective and useful, and why few brain and neuro scientific solutions work. A new study […]
Continue reading »Addiction is a very common concept in today’s society. When we think about addiction, we usually picture drug addicts, looking for another fix. Addiction, however, […]
Continue reading »Peer Pressure. When we hear the phrase ‘peer pressure’ we often think back to grade school. We might think of the pressure children and adolescents […]
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