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Imagine this: mental imagery strengthens neural circuits.

Aug 1, 2024 | Creativity, Exercise, Mind-Body, Neuroplasticity, Performance | 9 Comments

Imagine this: thinking about exercise strengthens your muscles, even if you don’t move an inch. Mental imagery not ...

10 science-based steps to reduce your risk of dementia

Feb 9, 2020 | Ageing Brain, Diet, Exercise, Healthy Living, The Scientists Speak | 2 Comments

By Dr Kate Gregorevic, Geriatrician, Writer and Founder of Projet ThreeSixFive. Dementia has now overtaken cancer as the ...

Age-related muscle wasting and cognitive decline linked

Dec 12, 2019 | Ageing Brain, Exercise, Healthy Living, Mind-Body, Neuroplasticity, Neuroscience, The Scientists Speak, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

by Blake Alec Miranda. We're all familiar with the concept that with ageing comes a gradual loss of ...

Weight training protects the ageing brain

Nov 22, 2019 | Ageing Brain, Exercise, The Scientists Speak | 7 Comments

Thanks to Blake Alec Miranda from the Yassa Translational Neurobiology Laboratory at the University of California, Irvine for ...

How to nurture a healthy brain for life (Part 7 of Your Brain at 100)

Nov 5, 2019 | Ageing Brain, Diet, Exercise, Healthy Living, Neuroscience, Sleep, Stress, The Scientists Speak | 5 Comments

This is part 7 of a series of lessons in brain health from our elders — those folk ...

Is Alzheimer’s disease a women’s health problem? (Part 5 of Your Brain at 100).

Aug 6, 2019 | Ageing Brain, Diet, Exercise, Healthy Living | 8 Comments

This is part 5 of a series of lessons in brain health from our elders — those folk ...

We get happier as we get older. (Part 2 of Your Brain at 100)

Jun 18, 2019 | Ageing Brain, Diet, Exercise, Healthy Living, Neuroplasticity, Sleep, Stress, The Scientists Speak | 6 Comments

This is part 2 of a series of lessons in brain health from our elders — those folk ...

When does old age begin? (Part 1 of Your Brain at 100 series)

Jun 17, 2019 | Ageing Brain, Diet, Exercise, Healthy Living, Sleep, Stress, The Scientists Speak | 1 Comment

This is part 1 of a series of lessons in brain health from our elders — those folk ...

Ladies. Good cholesterol is good for your brain.

Feb 12, 2019 | Ageing Brain, Diet, Exercise, Female Brain, Healthy Living, Women's Health | 8 Comments

Good Cholesterol Can Positively Impact Women's Brain Health Statistics bear out the folk wisdom that women live longer ...

Sitting for too long is bad for your brain.

Oct 28, 2018 | Exercise, Healthy Living

More adults than ever live a sedentary lifestyle, and the vast majority of us know this is bad ...

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