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Study: Drinking up to 5–8 glasses of wine or beer a week not seen to increase dementia risk

August 24, 2018 by SharpBrains

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There may be a link between alco­hol and demen­tia, but it’s com­pli­cat­ed (Pop­u­lar Science):

“A recent arti­cle in the British Med­ical Jour­nal has rekin­dled the sci­en­tif­ic argu­ment over the rela­tion­ship between abstain­ing from alco­hol and devel­op­ing demen­tia. The study involved 9,000 civ­il ser­vants work­ing in Lon­don, all of whom were [Read more…] about Study: Drink­ing up to 5–8 glass­es of wine or beer a week not seen to increase demen­tia risk

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: abstinence, alcohol, dementia, midlife

For a good night’s rest, combine general sleep hygiene with mindful and cognitive techniques

May 2, 2016 by Luc P. Beaudoin

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Most Sharp­Brains read­ers under­stand the ben­e­fits of stress reg­u­la­tion, and also the ben­e­fits of sleep. Rec­om­men­da­tions for sleep hygiene are well pub­li­cized. They include avoid­ing alco­hol and stim­u­lants like caf­feine; stick­ing to reg­u­lar bed and wake times (even if you don’t get enough sleep); expos­ing [Read more…] about For a good night’s rest, com­bine gen­er­al sleep hygiene with mind­ful and cog­ni­tive techniques

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Peak Performance Tagged With: alcohol, caffeine, cognitive, cognitive refocusing, cognitive techniques, imagery distraction, meditation, mindful, mindfulness, sleep, sleep hygiene, stress regulation, stressful thoughts

Transcendental Meditation and Working Memory Training To Enhance Executive Functions

July 27, 2011 by SharpBrains

New study shows Tran­scen­den­tal Med­i­ta­tion improves brain func­tion­ing in ADHD stu­dents (press release):

- “Pri­or research shows ADHD chil­dren have slow­er brain devel­op­ment and a reduced abil­i­ty to cope with stress,” said Dr. Stixrud. “Vir­tu­al­ly every­one finds it dif­fi­cult to pay atten­tion, orga­nize them­selves and get things done when they’re under stress,” he explained. “Stress inter­feres with [Read more…] about Tran­scen­den­tal Med­i­ta­tion and Work­ing Mem­o­ry Train­ing To Enhance Exec­u­tive Functions

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: adhd, alcohol, brain-development, brain-functioning, cognitive-functioning, Cognitive-functions, executive-control, learn, meditation, memory, pay-attention, Stress, Transcendental Meditation, Working-memory, working-memory-training

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