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Willpower Instinct Walking Book Club for brain health

June Walking Book Club – The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal

I've been a fan of Dr Kelly McGonigal ever since I saw her game-changing (for me) Ted Talk ...

Are you afraid of happiness? Take a quiz to find out.

Are you afraid of happiness? Take a quiz to find out. Underlying much of the traditional research on ...
mental heath risk smoking

Mental health problems reduce life expectancy more than smoking

In the UK, one in four people will experience some kind of mental health problem in the course ...
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Is ‘chemo brain’ real?

'Chemo brain' and cognitive decline after cancer - is it real? Cancer and its treatments cause a variety ...
How memory works forgetting and improvement inforgraphic

The neuroscience of how your memory works and how to improve it [infographic]

Our memories give us our sense of self and make us who we are. Here's a look at ...
Left Neglected Book Club Lisa Genova

May Walking Book Club – Left Neglected by Lisa Genova

I think enough time has gone by to introduce another Lisa Genova book, right?  We read Still Alice ...

This is your brain on knitting

I'm super excited to share this new art-science initiative that I've helped get up and running here in ...

Explainer: what is Alzheimer’s disease?

Explainer: what is Alzheimer’s disease? By Lauren Bartley, Neuroscience Research Australia and Yue Huang, Neuroscience Research Australia Alzheimer’s ...
Thrive Arianna Huffington Walking Book Club

April Walking Book Club: Thrive by Arianna Huffington

Our eulogies celebrate our lives very differently from the way society defines success. They don't commemorate our long ...
Brain Immune communication expert neuroscientist Dr Mark Hutchinson

Brain-immune communication: meet the expert Dr Mark Hutchinson.

Meet Dr Mark Hutchinson. Mark's research focus is 'the other brain' and immune-to-brain and brain-to-immune communication. Mark is an Australian Research ...

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Learn neuroscience with Dr Sarah McKay, neuroscientist, author, science communicator, and brain health expert

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