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Exercise May Reduce Brain Inflammation, Reducing the Risk of Alzheimer’s

4 min read · 2021-11-28 · Physical activity appears to reduce microglial activation and improve cognition in the aging human brain, researchers report.
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The New York Times

How Staying Physically Active May Protect the Aging Brain

5 min read · 2021-12-01 · Simple activities like walking boost immune cells in the brain that may help to keep memory sharp and even ward off Alzheimer’s disease.
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The New Yorker

The Science of Mind Reading

6 min read · 2021-11-29 · Researchers are pursuing age-old questions about the nature of thoughts—and learning how to read them.
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The Guardian

Covid-19 virus does not infect human brain cells, study suggests

3 min read · 2021-11-03 · Exclusive: study raises hopes that Covid-related damage to sense of smell may be more superficial than previously feared
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Has a treatment for Alzheimer's been sitting on pharmacy shelves for decades? Scientists have two possible candidates

4 min read · 2021-11-02 · Two drugs approved decades ago not only counteract brain damage caused by Alzheimer's disease in animal models, the same therapeutic combination may also improve cognition.
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Stanford University

Experimental depression treatment is nearly 80% effective in controlled study

3 min read · 2021-10-30 · In a double-blind controlled study, high doses of magnetic brain stimulation, given on an accelerated timeline and individually targeted, caused remission in 79% of trial participants with severe…
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San Francisco Chronicle

How COVID affects the brain: Bay Area doctors hunt for answers

4 min read · 2021-10-10 · In one of the hottest areas of coronavirus research, scientists want to unlock the...
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Bernard noted that the affected brain regions were “all linked to the olfactory bulb,” which sends signals from the nose to the brain. It also connects to the temporal lobe, home of the hippocampus — which is key to memory and cognition.
Men's Journal

The Blind Man Who Taught Himself to See

20+ min read · From 2020 · Click. Click. To Daniel Kish, that’s the sound of sight. He was born with retinoblastoma, and doctors had to remove his eyes to save him. As a child, Kish started clicking his tongue to navigate the world. Many blind people spontaneously start using echolocation – snapping, clapping, clicking their tongues – in childhood, but their parents, doctors and teachers generally put a stop to it because they fear the social stigma its strangeness elicits. Kish wants to change that.
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NPR

New brain maps could help the search for Alzheimer's treatments

4 min read · 2021-10-06 · Scientists have created detailed maps of the brain area that controls movement in mice, monkeys and people. The maps could help explain human ailments like Alzheimer's and Lou Gehrig's disease.
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The New York Times

A ‘Pacemaker for the Brain’: No Treatment Helped Her Depression — Until This

9 min read · 2021-10-04 · It’s the first study of individualized brain stimulation to treat severe depression. Sarah’s case raises the possibility the method may help people who don’t respond to other therapies.
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The Conversation

Even mild COVID-19 can shrink the brain, preliminary research finds

5 min read · 2021-09-24 · It resembles brain changes seen in older adults.
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The sense of smell is also important to Alzheimer's research, as some data has suggested that those at risk for the disease have a reduced sense of smell.
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Why is walking so good for the brain? Blame on the "spontaneous fluctuations"

4 min read · 2021-08-28 · Going on a walk makes your mind wander in ways that neuroscience is only just coming to terms with
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Fractal patterns are easy on the eyes, endlessly fascinating to see and hear and even inspire feelings of beauty. 
VICE

People Born Blind Are Mysteriously Protected From Schizophrenia

9 min read · 2020-12-03 · The possible explanations could help us better understand the condition.
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COVID and the brain: researchers zero in on how damage occurs

5 min read · 2021-07-07 · Growing evidence suggests that the coronavirus causes ‘brain fog’ and other neurological symptoms through multiple mechanisms.
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NPR

To Remember The Moment, Try Taking Fewer Photos

5 min read · 2021-08-05 · Research shows that snapping too many pictures may harm your ability to retain memories. But selfie addicts, don't despair! There are techniques to make photography enhance memory, not undermine it.
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"When people rely on technology to remember something for them, they're essentially outsourcing their memory,"
Tricycle Magazine

Inside the First-Ever Scientific Study of Post-Mortem Meditation

6 min read · 2021-07-28
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As Tibetan Buddhists have long believed, biological death is more like a process—or a journey through various states—than a simple on/off switch. 
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