Posts Tagged ‘synapses’
Education builds Cognitive Reserve for Alzheimers Disease Protection
Given the growing media coverage mentioning the terms Cognitive Reserve and Brain Reserve, you may be asking yourself, “What exactly is my Cognitive (or Brain) Reserve?” The cognitive reserve hypothesis, tested in multiple studies, states that individuals with more cognitive reserve can experience more Alzheimer’s disease pathology in the brain (more plaques and tangles) without…
Read MoreDr. Art Kramer on Why We Need Walking Book Clubs to Enhance Cognitive Fitness and Brain Health
Dr. Arthur Kramer is a Professor in the University of Illinois Department of Psychology, the Campus Neuroscience Program, the Beckman Institute, and the Director of the Biomedical Imaging Center at the University of Illinois. I am honored to interview him today. Dr. Kramer, thank you for your time. Let’ start by trying to clarify some existing…
Read MoreYour Trading Brain: Expert or Novice
All trading strategies and decision making are brain-based synaptic strategies. The human brain has an infinite capacity to change, organize and reorganize itself, progression to trading excellence is possible.
Read MoreNeuroplasticity through Mind Hygiene
Stephanie West Allen, our lawyer-blogger friend and Dr. Jeffrey M. Schwartz, a research psychiatrist at the School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles and a neuroplasticity expert, have written a thought-provoking article for The Complete Lawyer. See Article: Exercise Mind Hygiene On A Daily Basis. Excerpt: — “Here’s an example of a…
Read MoreStress and Neural Wreckage: Part of the Brain Plasticity Puzzle
Editor’s Note: Below you have a very insightful article on stress by Gregory Kellet, a researcher at UCSF. Enjoy! ———————————————- “My brain is fried, toast, frazzled, burnt out. How many times have you said or heard one version or another of these statements. Most of us think we are being figurative when we utter such phrases,…
Read MoreLooking inside the Brain: is my Brain Fit?
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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