Wellness

How Effective Are Nootropics (aka “Smart” Pills)?

October 17, 2017

In reality, there is scant research on the subject of brain-enhancing “smart pills.” This doesn’t stop people from creating them, consuming them, and extoling their alleged virtues. There even exists an online community of advocates who exchange recipes for “stacks” (DIY nootropics)

Tuning in to the Earth’s Natural Rhythm

October 4, 2017

Do you feel generally happier and more peaceful when you’re out in nature, away from noise, traffic jams and neon lights? It is not just that you left the city behind. Or that you’re a person who likes nature. In nature, your body more easily tunes into the Earth’s frequency and can restore, revitalize and heal itself

Your Brain on Jazz

September 16, 2017

Listening to the velvet nuances of jazz may be a musical dessert for the ears, but it can also help reduce anxiety and improve one’s focus. Asked why jazz could have such an effect, Dr. Mark Jude Tramo, a professor at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, says that, “jazz stretches

Are Smartphones An Obsession?

September 13, 2017

Over 68 percent of American adults now have smartphones, which has increased from one-third of Americans in 2011. According to the Pew Research Center, 81 percent of smartphone users said they keep their smartphone near them all the time during waking hours.

Global Giving Bonus Day: Help Students Get to the United Nations

June 15, 2016

This August, IBREA Foundation is hosting a conference on Youth Mental Well-Being at the United Nations. We have carefully selected four exemplary students from our brain education programs that we feel would benefit most from attending this event. With your contributions we will be able to fund the transportation

The Path to a Peaceful World

June 8, 2015

In September 2000, 187 member states of the United Nations reaffirmed their commitment to eliminating poverty and creating sustainable development. At the United Nations Millennium Summit, 147 heads of state signed the Millennium Declaration, which set measurable goals

How Your Brain “Takes Out The Trash” While You Sleep

October 29, 2014

For centuries, sleep has been more of a mystery to evolution than the duckbill platypus. Yet despite its weirdness, like every animal, even the platypus needs its zzz’s. Considering this unconscious function has been conserved across species and the fact that our brains are just as active during sleep

4 Ways To Trick Your Brain into Making Any Situation Better

May 1, 2014

We’re not supposed to feel happy all the time, and anyone who tells you that they are is a big, fat liar. Everyone gets the blues. Everyone gets anxious. And everyone gets angry. Unhappiness is normal, and, at least for a little while, it’s adaptive since our brains react to threatening truths

Coffee Could Boost Your Memory

March 29, 2014

Ah, a fresh “crawford” — it’s what my friends call a coffee and a delicious vehicle for caffeine. What could be better than a fresh craw on a cold day? Well, it may help me remember that cute barista who served it to me. In a study published in Nature Neuroscience, researchers discovered one more of coffee’s perks

Looking Toward The New Year: How Do Our Brains Simulate the Future?

January 1, 2014

Nearly half of Americans are said to make a New Year’s resolution. Among the top commitments are to save dollars, be a better person and exercise more. These generic vows of self-improvement yield the same old stories about motivation and happiness year after year. I could go that route, or

Does Running With Music Make A Difference?

November 5, 2013

I’m no marathon runner by traditional standards. I can’t run 26 miles in a day. I’ve never even tried. But I’ve been known to do it in a week. Marathoner or not, I consider myself a part of the running community. I crave runs. I go crazy without them, and I know the difference between a good and a bad run.

Cultivating Compassion

October 9, 2013

Rather than describing when I have a headache, I try to look at days I don’t have one. In the past three years, that count has been zero, and I can’t remember before that. They became a problem in 2008. Ever since, I’ve been weaving through the intricate tangle of America’s healthcare system, seeking traditional and alternative therapies

Schizophrenia and Syd Barrett: Shine on You Crazy Diamond

May 13, 2013

I heard a track recently, something that I haven’t heard in a long while, and it’s called “Shine on You Crazy Diamond.” You may have heard of it. Released by Pink Floyd in 1975, it was a tribute to their friend and founder, Syd Barrett, who at that point was no longer part of the band having left it in 1968 due to mental

John Kortum’s “The Kortum Technique”: Using Our Five Senses to Heal Ourselves

April 2, 2013

John Kortum, author of “The Kortum Technique: How to Access the Human Body’s Natural Blueprint for Health and Healing” is a medical intuitive with sensory perceptions he’s honed through the years into a vocabulary specifically geared to reveal imbalances in the body’s organs and systems. As he explains it

To Bed, To Sleep, Too Bad!

March 3, 2013

I’ve had a problem with sleep throughout most of my life. Fed up, I went to a sleep clinic a few years back. After being hooked up to an ungodly amount of wires to monitor my sleep, I was left there to spend the night.

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