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Want to Give Your Brain a Boost? Go Jump Out of a Plane

How facing your fears can stimulate creative thinking.

40 Things Your Brain Is Always Telling Your Emotions

"Pull. It. Together!" Find out why the Emotions make all the decisions in Disney•Pixar's Inside Out, now in 3D everywhere.

Overworking Your Brain Can Spark Ideas

Mental exhaustion can unleash creativity, research shows

Got brain drain? Hashimoto's brain degeneration

If you’re managing your Hashimoto's yet still waiting for your depression to lift and your memory to return, you could be suffering from the beginning of a brain breakdown. Scientists call it accelerated brain degeneration. Many symptoms of brain decline overlap with Hashimoto's hypothyroidism so that patients—and...

Is Your Brain a Pancake or a Waffle?

Happy heart, happy brain?

Study found seniors who met heart-healthy goals had sharper thinking skills.

Brain Health and Wellness, a primer

Some say that although we live in a connected world, we do not communicate. There are a lot of great things that can come from an innocent conversation: a job offer, making a new friend or finding out a useful tip or information. We hear a lot these days about America’s need to have a …

Is There a Bully in Your Brain?

Is There a Bully in Your Brain? By Nadine Briggs Our minds never stop thinking. We are constantly bombarded with an ongoing dialogue from within our own minds. What are we saying to ourselves? Is all of it true? Are we always nice or kind to ourselves? We all agree that bullying is bad and …

Right Brain vs. Left Brain: Which Is Stronger?

Do you ever wonder why you are better at some things than others? Why you might have a knack for painting and other creative pursuits, but when it comes to math and science, you have no idea what you are doing? Or maybe you are the opposite! Maybe you love numbers and figures and logic and puzzles, but when someone asks you to draw a picture or write a poem, you are totally and completely lost. Of course, the world needs both kinds…

Who’s Minding Your Brain?

Our minds influence the key activity of the brain, which then influences everything; perception, cognition, thoughts and feelings, personal relationships; they’re all a projection of you. …

Brain Insights and Well-Being

Using knowledge to link differentiated functions can change life for the better.

Is the Default Mode of the Brain to Suffer?

Mental meanderings are “the baseline state of you as a cognitive system” — is that a good thing?

Is There Something Unique about the Transgender Brain?

Imaging studies and other research suggest that there is a biological basis for transgender identity

Brain Scans Show The Real Impact Love Has On A Child’s Brain

You comfort them over a skinned knee in the playground, and coax them to sleep with a soothing lullaby. But being a nurturing mother is not just about emotional care – it pays dividends by determining the size of your child’s brain, scientists say. Both of these images are brain scans of a two three-year-old …

Do You Need A Brain Break?

Is it time for a brain break this afternoon?Do you reach that point in the afternoon where you feel like you are dragging a little bit?  It is about that time in the afternoon where we all start to lose a little focus, slow down, and maybe even get distracted by Twitter (guilty as charged!).It is too easy to reach for chips, processed foods and coffee.  I welcome you stop and give yourself a brain break.  What is a brain break?  It is…

4 Mistakes That Are Built into Your Brain

Today we’re going to look at four mistakes we make in our daily living. These are wired into our brain; if you look hard enough you’ll see them everywhere.

My Family Won't Stop Asking Me Questions, and It's Driving Me Insane