Here’s a toast to a Healthy, Happy & Meaningful New Year!

And, if you’re look­ing for New Year Res­o­lu­tions, here you can find some inspi­ra­tion and ideas…  1. To har­ness neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty, start with enthu­si­asm 2. How learn­ing changes your brain 3. What you should know about neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty and dance 4. Three ways to pro­tect your men­tal health dur­ing –and after– COVID-19 5. Can you grow your hip­pocam­pus? Yes. Here’s…

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Large study finds that placebo works as well as vitamin D supplements to prevent depression and improve mood

Large Study Con­firms Vit­a­min D Does Not Reduce Risk of Depres­sion in Adults (Mass Gen­er­al press release): Vit­a­min D sup­ple­men­ta­tion does not pro­tect against depres­sion in mid­­dle-age or old­er adult­hood accord­ing results from one of the largest ever stud­ies of its kind … “There was no sig­nif­i­cant ben­e­fit from the sup­ple­ment for this pur­pose. It…

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Repetitive negative thinking may increase (or perhaps be caused by) cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s pathology

Demen­tia: neg­a­tive think­ing linked with more rapid cog­ni­tive decline, study indi­cates Demen­tia affects an esti­mat­ed 54 mil­lion peo­ple world­wide. There no cure, but reports indi­cate that approx­i­mate­ly a third of demen­tia cas­es may be pre­ventable, which is why many researchers have begun to focus on iden­ti­fy­ing risk fac­tors. This would allow for bet­ter per­son­alised interventions…

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Play sports (smartly) for a quieter brain and better auditory processing

___ Ath­letes Have Qui­eter Brains, New Research Shows (Sci News): “No one would argue against the fact that sports lead to bet­ter phys­i­cal­ly fit­ness, but we don’t always think of brain fit­ness and sports,” said Pro­fes­sor Nina Kraus, direc­tor of the Audi­to­ry Neu­ro­science Lab­o­ra­to­ry at North­west­ern Uni­ver­si­ty. “We’re say­ing that play­ing sports can tune the brain…

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Attention, readers in India: Amazon.in includes The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness in Kindle Weekly Deal

_______________ We are proud that Ama­zon India has select­ed The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness: How to Opti­mize Brain Health and Per­for­mance at Any Age as part of its Kin­dle Week­ly Deal run­ning from Octo­ber 13th to the 17th — when many best­selling eBooks will be dis­count­ed to just 49 rupees. – To ben­e­fit from…

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