Mindfully debunking four meditation myths

By Greater Good Science Center | September 10, 2018

___ Mind­ful­ness med­i­ta­tion can help us lead hap­pi­er, health­i­er lives … at least accord­ing to sci­ence. Yet many of us still balk at the idea of prac­tic­ing it our­selves. Per­haps we fear that med­i­ta­tion is too new agey, or it might slow us down or lead to com­pla­cen­cy. Some might fear mind­ful­ness could come at…

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10 Common Brain Health Myths, Debunked

By SharpBrains | April 18, 2016

10 Com­mon Brain Health and Brain Train­ing Myths, Debunked (The Huff­in­g­ton Post): “Giv­en all the inter­est in—and con­fu­sion around—-the top­ics of brain train­ing, neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty and brain health, let’s debunk ten myths that remain sur­pris­ing­ly pop­u­lar…Keep read­ing arti­cle at The Huff­in­g­ton Post.

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One more brain myth bites the dust: There’s no Male Brain, or Female Brain; There’s Human Brain

By SharpBrains | December 4, 2015

The brains of men and women aren’t real­ly that dif­fer­ent, study finds (Sci­ence): “As soon as sci­en­tists could image the brain, they began hunt­ing for sex differences…in the new study, researchers led by Daph­na Joel, a behav­ioral neu­ro­sci­en­tist at Tel Aviv Uni­ver­si­ty in Israel, tried to be as com­pre­hen­sive as pos­si­ble. Using

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Debunking 10 Brain Fitness and Brain Health Myths during Brain Awareness Week

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 11, 2013 |

In hon­or of Brain Aware­ness Week, let’s debunk ten myths about brain fit­ness and brain health that remain sur­pris­ing­ly pop­u­lar. Top 10 brain fit­ness and brain health myths, debunked: Myth 1. Genes deter­mine the fate of our brains. Fact: Life­long brain plas­tic­ity means that our lifestyles and behav­iors play a sig­nif­i­cant role in how our brains (and therefore…

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