Brain

Thanksgiving: What You Ate and How You Did It!

Thanksgiving is fantastic! For many, it’s a nice time to get together and think about all the stuff that we are grateful for. We get to eat a lot, drink a lot, and hang out with people we like, a lot. So it’s no surprise that the traditional Thanksgiving feast is a splendor of high-class culinary achievement

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“Sorry.” (Brain Freeze) “Oops.” — What Happens During A “Retrieval Failure”

We’ve all been there before. Tennis players can relate when the match is on their racquet and they feel frozen in space like they’ve never swung before. Their feet don’t move, their arms are like blocks of stone and the object they’re holding feels as foreign to them as a cell phone would to a caveman.

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7 Tips to Drop Excess Pounds with Diabetes

Losing weight when you have diabetes can be a good news-bad news thing. The good news is that dropping even a few pounds can help reduce your need for diabetes…
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Second Season of Brain Games Premiers Tonight on the Nat Geo Channel!

We couldn’t possibly be more excited about tonight’s season premier of Brain Games, one of our absolute favorite shows on the National Geographic Channel that critics are calling “tremendous fun!”…
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CHANGING OUR MINDS ON BRAIN SCIENCE

In 2014, Americans are expected to spend a whopping 20% of their total income on their health. This will be a tremendous burden on the US economy, but it also…
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Boston Marathon Bombing Triggered PTSD Symptoms in Veterans

In the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, 1918, hostility ceased between Germany and The Allies marking the unofficial end of World War I. The following…
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The Cerebral Organoid Has Emerged

The cerebral organoid has been described as the size of a pea, but please don’t eat it. It is not a food. It is not something floating around in space…
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Electric Symphonies of Small Effects

It’s the little things–we’ve all heard it, and probably so much that its meaning has gotten lost in the deep canals of our jaded ears. But when it comes to…
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Neuroscientists: Disc Jockeys With Lasers

What could moving a needle across a piece of vinyl and shining a laser over a mouse brain have in common? They are both techniques that allow us to play…
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To Scratch an Itch

It’s officially mid-July, and in the ever-humid concrete jungle that is New York City, mosquitoes swarm the streets looking for some nice, hot blood. Last week I had a blast…
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Facebook is Driving Me Mental

When I initially joined Facebook about two years ago, I thought it was pretty fun. It was nice to reconnect with a bunch of people I’ve lost touch with over…
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FREEDOM PHOBIA

Entry from Ibrahim Toure, a participant of the International Brain Education Association (IBREA)’s fourth World Youth Leadership Program which took place from May 26-31, 2013 in New York. The program…
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Different Strokes for Different Folks – The Grandparent Dilemma

Despite the fact that I love both of my remaining grandparents very much, I can’t deny that they are two of the most stubborn people in the world making it…
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Hip Hop Artist Easy A.D. and Local Students Rap the Signs and Symptoms of Stroke at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia

On Wednesday, May 15, 2013, over 100 students from Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School and P.S. 4 The Duke Ellington School participated in the Third Annual Brain Attack Awareness Day…
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Dr. Raj’s new book – YOU ARE MORE THAN THAT

Dr. Rajiv Juneja (aka Dr. Raj) has written a book, a very useful book called You are More than That, A Guide to Embracing the Spiritual Being Within and Becoming…
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