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Does eating chocolate improve your brain function?

Thanks to Dr Amy Reichelt for this tasty article!  Amy's research focuses on addictive memories, reward, motivation and behavioural control. She's particularly interested ...

Daydream believer: why your brain is wired to wander

Daydream believer: why your brain is wired to wander This post was written by cognitive neuroscientist Dr Muireann Irish of Neuroscience ...

How to break bad habits using neuroscience

What are habits? Your brain is fundamentally lazy. When it can, it wires thoughts, emotions, or behaviours into ...

REFIRE: 6 steps to rewire your brain (and master anything).

You can teach an old brain new tricks. But it takes more than simply waving a magic neuroplasticity ...

[infographic] 25 essential apps for a healthy body and mind

We all carry our phones around with us 24/7. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. Sitting in your pocket ...

What is brain plasticity and why is it so important?

What is brain plasticity and why is it so important? Duncan Banks, The Open University Neuroplasticity – or ...

How to walk away from Alzheimer’s disease

10,000 steps. That is the magic number of steps we should walk every day to improve our physical ...

Health Check: four key ways to improve your brain health

Health Check: four key ways to improve your brain health Anthony Hannan, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental ...

Does meditation stress you out? Here’s what I do instead.

Has mindfulness mediation become the latest bandwagon to jump on? Over the past few years, I've written about ...

These are the 7 habits of highly healthy brains (in order of importance)

The relationships between our thoughts, our biology, the world around us, and our health and wellbeing are complex. Add ...

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