Brain Quiz: Do You Have a Brain?

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | September 7, 2009

Have you already read The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness? Let’s see… 1. Pick the only part of your body that does not con­tain fat: a. Arm b. Thigh c. Brain d. None Answer: d) Fats are also present in the brain: in neu­rons’ mem­branes to keep them flex­i­ble. These fats are the omega 3 and omega 6 fatty…

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Exercising the body is exercising the mind

By Dr. Adrian Preda | August 23, 2008 |

I apol­o­gize for the long delay in get­ting back to this col­umn but I have a good excuse. We just recent­ly had a baby, and boy, that takes care right there of the phys­i­cal exer­cise need. Between car­ry­ing the baby upstairs and down­stairs, run­ning to get the baby, get­ting out of the bed and picking…

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Looking inside the Brain: is my Brain Fit?

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | January 23, 2008 |

Today we have the plea­sure to have Dr. Pas­cale Mich­e­lon, one of our new Expert Con­trib­u­tors, write her first arti­cle here. Enjoy, and please com­ment so we hear your thoughts and engage in a nice con­ver­sa­tion. (Btw, if you notice some sim­i­lar­i­ty between the col­ors in the fMRI scan below and the look & feel…

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