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Tricycle Magazine
Inside the First-Ever Scientific Study of Post-Mortem Meditation6 min read · Jul 28th
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Three days after his heart stopped, Geshe Lhundub Sopa was leaned upright against a wall, his odorless body perfectly poised, his skin fresh as baked bread. He looked like he was meditating, remembers Richard Davidson, a prominent neuroscientist and friend of the late Buddhist monk.
By conventional Western standards, Sopa died on August 28, 2014. Five days later, and two days after Davidson’s initial visit, the neuroscientist returned to Deer Park and observed his friend’s body a second time. “There was absolutely no change. It was really quite remarkable,” he said.
NPR
Doctors Worry That Memory Problems After COVID-19 May Set Stage For Alzheimer's4 min read · Jul 26th · Some patient's who've had COVID-19 develop symptoms resembling early Alzheimer's. Researchers are trying to figure out whether these people are more likely to develop the disease itself.
brain
The New York Times
How Walking Can Build Up the Brain4 min read · Jul 14th · Older men and women who walked for six months showed improvements in white matter and memory, while those who danced or did stretching exercises did not.
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white matter, which connects and supports the cells in our brains, remodels itself when people become more physically active
brainandlife.org
How Yoga Can Help People with Traumatic Brain Injury4 min read · Jul 5th · Yoga can help patients connect with their bodies and relax in the face of tough symptoms.
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yoga
neuroscience
The Atlantic
The Beautiful Summer Day When My Family Almost Died8 min read · Jun 17th · Of all the injuries we suffered, mine is the worst. My brain injury has shaken my confidence in my own personality, my own existence.
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For now, in this liminal space between the old life and the new one, I often catch myself staring at my children. They have never been more beautiful.
They are beautiful because they are alive. I look at them, and I sit with the silence. Today, it is mine. Tomorrow, it may not be.
The New York Times
The Secrets of ‘Cognitive Super-Agers’5 min read · Jun 21st · By studying centenarians, researchers hope to develop strategies to ward off Alzheimer’s disease and slow brain aging for all of us.
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a variety of lifestyle factors may contribute to resilience, Dr. Stern said. Among them are obtaining a higher level and better quality education; choosing occupations that deal with complex facts and data; consuming a Mediterranean-style diet; engaging in leisure activities; socializing with other people; and exercising regularly.
The Guardian
David Eagleman: ‘The working of the brain resembles drug dealers in Albuquerque’6 min read · Jun 12th · The neuroscientist, broadcaster and author on the evolution of the brain, the mystery of consciousnesss, and why the next generation will be much smarter than us
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Guardian Books
Neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth: ‘Coronavirus has changed us all’~11 min read · Jun 12th · The neuroscientist and psychiatrist explains Zoom fatigue - and why the conditions of the pandemic can induce an ‘altered state’
coronavirus
The Atlantic
Neuroscientists Have Discovered a Phenomenon That They Can’t Explain7 min read · Jun 9th · “Scientists are meant to know what’s going on, but in this particular case, we are deeply confused.”
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“Our favored interpretation is that drift is a manifestation of learning,” he told me. “It’s not learning itself; it’s the smoke that comes out of learning.”
“Just because we can decode that information doesn’t mean the brain is doing that,”
Quanta Magazine
Sleep Evolved Before Brains. Hydras Are Living Proof.5 min read · May 18th · Studies of sleep are usually neurological. But some of nature’s simplest animals suggest that sleep evolved for metabolic reasons, long before brains even existed.
sleep
Futurism
A Mysterious Brain Disease Is Spreading in Canada1 min read · May 5th
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newsroom.ucla.edu
Changing gut bacteria through diet affects brain function, UCLA study shows4 min read · May 24th
brain
The New York Times
Air Pollution Takes a Toll on the Brain3 min read · May 17th · Even short-term exposure to polluted air may impair mental ability in the elderly. Aspirin and other NSAIDs showed some protective effects.
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Long-term exposure to air pollution has many health consequences, including accelerating brain aging and increasing the risk for dementia.
short-term exposure to polluted air, even at levels generally considered “acceptable,” may impair mental ability in the elderly.
WIRED
This Is Your Brain Under Anesthesia2 min read · May 11th · For the first time, researchers were able to observe, in extra-fine detail, how neurons behave as consciousness shuts down.
brain
NPR
An Alzheimer's Drug May Boost Cognition In People With Fragile X Syndrome2 min read · Apr 30th · An experimental medicine seems to ease symptoms of Fragile X syndrome, a genetic disorder that is the most common inherited cause of intellectual disabilities and autism.
brain
Nautilus Magazine
The Trouble with Brain Scans~19 min read · Apr 1st · One autumn afternoon in the bowels of UC Berkeley’s Li Ka Shing Center, I was looking at my brain. I had just spent 10 minutes inside…
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