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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241023171546.htm) Live well, think well: Research shows healthy habits tied to brain health
Oct 23rd 2024, 17:15

In middle-aged people, having risk factors like blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol that are not well-controlled combined with not following certain healthy habits including exercise, diet and sleep, are linked to a higher risk of stroke, dementia or depression later in life, according to a new study. These results do not prove that not having healthy habits increases the risk of these conditions, they only show an association.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241023171543.htm) Could poor sleep in middle age speed up brain aging?
Oct 23rd 2024, 17:15

People in early middle age who have poor sleep quality, including having difficulty falling or staying asleep, have more signs of poor brain health in late middle age, according to a new study. The study does not prove that poor sleep accelerates brain aging. It only shows an association between poor sleep quality and signs of brain aging.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241023141840.htm) Scanning, scrolling, and swiping: New research uncovers why our brains are effective at quickly processing short messages
Oct 23rd 2024, 14:18

A team of linguistics and psychology researchers has discovered that when a brief sentence is flashed, our brains detect its basic linguistic structure extremely quickly -- in roughly 150 milliseconds, or about the speed of a blink of an eye.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241023131207.htm) Cannabis use in adolescence: Visible effects on brain structure
Oct 23rd 2024, 13:12

A collaborative study sheds light on how cannabis use affects brain development in young people, the main one being atrophy of certain regions of the cerebral cortex.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241023130903.htm) The decision to eat may come down to these three neurons
Oct 23rd 2024, 13:09

Manipulating a newly identified neural circuit can curb appetite -- or spur massive overeating.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241022154131.htm) Bilingualism may maintain protection against Alzheimer's
Oct 22nd 2024, 15:41

In a study, researchers use neuroimaging methods to examine brain resilience in regions of the brain linked to language and aging. They found that the hippocampus in bilinguals with Alzheimer's disease was noticeably larger than those who were monolingual when matched for age, education, cognitive function and memory, which suggests that there may be some form of brain maintenance related to bilingualism.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241022153931.htm) 'Visual clutter' alters information flow in the brain
Oct 22nd 2024, 15:39

Whether we're staring at our phones, the page of a book, or the person across the table, the objects of our focus never stand in isolation; there are always other objects or people in our field of vision. How that visual 'clutter' affects visual processing in the brain, however, is not well understood. In a study, researchers show that this clutter alters how information flows in the brain, as does the precise location of that clutter within the wider field of vision. The findings help clarify the neural basis of perception and offer a deeper understanding of the visual cortex in the brain.

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Michael Reeder LCPC
Baltimore, MD

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