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Motherhood: hardwired or learned?

The age-old nature versus nurture debate is alive and kicking in the world of pregnancy and parenting. Is ...

HRT and dementia: cause or cure?

YOUR BRAIN ON MENOPAUSE: In this seven-part series, I explore menopause from a brain health perspective with a particular focus ...

The neurobiology of traumatic brain injury and sports concussion – a silent epidemic.

Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are the leading cause of death and disability worldwide.Each year about 69 million people ...

Lifelong mental health: few reach midlife untouched by mental illness.

Mental health statistics get sliced, diced and interpreted in multiple ways, and rarely make for good news. But, ...

Age-related muscle wasting and cognitive decline linked

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

Six Brain-Based Solutions to Beat Stress.

Stress is an inevitable part of life. We feel 'stressed' when real or imagined pressures exceed our perceived ...

10 brain books you should read in 2019

What’s on your “to-read” list this year? Here are a few books that I've read (or plan to ...

The art and science of your beautiful brain.

Self Reflected in violets. The entire Self Reflected microetching under violet and white light (photo by Greg Dunn ...

How does the brain process emotions?

The emotion centre is the oldest part of the human brain: why is mood so important? Genevieve Rayner, ...

How to: Scientist to Communicator

Ready to hang up your lab coat and enter the world of science, health and medical communications? But ...

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