Tag: brain
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For Alzheimer’s Sufferers, Brain Inflammation Ignites a Neuron-Killing “Forest Fire”
Getty Images For decades researchers have focused their attacks against Alzheimer’s on two proteins, amyloid beta and tau. Their buildup in the brain often serves as a defining indicator of the disease. Get rid of the amyloid and tau, and patients should do better, the thinking goes. But drug trial after drug trial has failed…
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Fear of Suffering Is Worse Than Suffering Itself
Getty Emilio Duro in one of his best-known conferences called “Optimism and Enthusiasm” says that 99% of everything we worry about are things that have never happened to us nor will they ever happen. If we think carefully, it is true, because much of our suffering and its causes are in our brain, and what really happens is that…
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Menopause Symptoms: How To Prepare For Effects on Your Brain
Afriandi/Moment RF/Getty Images Menopause, which marks the end of a woman’s reproductive life, is something roughly half of the world’s population will go through if they live long enough. But this stage — like so much surrounding women’s health — is poorly understood. A drop in hormones, primarily estrogen, is the driving force behind menopause’s signature event:…
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Hey, There’s a Second Brain in Your Gut
Getty Images Scientists have known for years that there’s a “second brain” of autonomous neurons in your long, winding human digestive tract—but that’s about where their knowledge of the so-called abdominal brain ends. Now, research published in 2020 shows that scientists have catalogued 12 different kinds of neurons in the enteric nervous system (ENS) of mice. This…
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How Does The Brain Interpret Computer Languages?
Barcroft Media / Getty Images In the US, a 2016 Gallup poll found that the majority of schools want to start teaching code, with 66 percent of K-12 school principals thinking that computer science learning should be incorporated into other subjects. Most countries in Europe have added coding classes and computer science to their school curricula, with France and…
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Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus
Henrik Sorensen/Getty Images The ability to focus is an important driver of excellence. Focused techniques such as to-do lists, timetables, and calendar reminders all help people to stay on task. Few would argue with that, and even if they did, there is evidence to support the idea that resisting distraction and staying present have benefits: Practicing mindfulness for 10 minutes…
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When You Nap Every Day, Here’s What Happens To Your Brain
Hobo_018/Getty Images Napping is a guilty pleasure we don’t often talk about. When you’re a toddler, you’re put to bed during the day; when you’re older, post-lunch siestas might even become a regular thing. As it turns out, napping can do more good than give you that quick pick-me-up when you need it. A 2016 study published…
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5 Healthy Habits To Help With Your Addiction Recovery
Getty Addiction can present itself in a person in many different forms. Whether it’s an addiction to drugs, gambling, food, or alcohol, to achieve long-term sobriety, it is important to adopt healthy habits for recovery. There are many ways to adjust your life after rehab and this article will advise healthy habits to adopt when…
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If Anxiety Is In My Brain, Why Is My Heart Pounding?
George Peters/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images Heart in your throat. Butterflies in your stomach. Bad gut feeling. These are all phrases many people use to describe fear and anxiety. You have likely felt anxiety inside your chest or stomach, and your brain usually doesn’t hurt when you’re scared. Many cultures tie cowardice and bravery more to…
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Here’s What A Doctor Says Actually Happens When You Die
PETER DAZELEY VIA GETTY IMAGES Aside from “breathing”, “sleeping”, and “putting on Troy McClure’s accent every time you say his name”, I reckon panicking about death is one of the most universal human experiences. Obviously, part of the problem of wondering what happens when you die is that nobody with any real qualifications can answer…
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How Do People Get Parasitic Brain Worms Like The One RFK, Jr., Had?
Zephyr/Getty Images Experts explain how certain worms can infect the brain and why they are an important global public health problem. Earlier this week news broke that independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., claimed to have once had a dead worm in his brain. Kennedy had been experiencing memory loss and mental fog, and he…
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How Gut Bacteria are Controlling Your Brain
Getty Images Your gut is a bustling and thriving alien colony. They number in their trillions and include thousands of different species. Many of these microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea and eukarya, were here long before humans, have evolved alongside us and now outnumber our own cells many times over. Indeed, as John Cryan, a professor of…
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Train Your Brain To Remember Anything You Learn With This Simple, 20-Minute Habit
Getty Images Recently, a colleague and I were lamenting the process of growing older and the inevitable increasing difficulty of remembering things we want to remember. That becomes particularly annoying when you attend a conference or a learning seminar and find yourself forgetting the entire session just days later. But then my colleague told me about the Ebbinghaus…
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Your Brain Needs a Really Good Lawyer
Getty/Paige Vickers for Vox If you take it for granted that nobody can listen in on your innermost thoughts, I regret to inform you that your brain may not be private much longer. You may have heard that Elon Musk’s company Neuralink surgically implanted a brain chip in its first human. Dubbed “Telepathy,” the chip uses neurotechnology…
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Why Online Shopping Is Tanking Your Mental Health
Photo-Illustration by TIME; Getty Images Recently, I wanted a new pair of leather sandals. I narrowed my search down to a few favorite pairs, then compared prices before scouring the reviews. An hour later, I was still pondering which pair was the cutest, how much money I should spend, and whether the company’s return policy…
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