By Gregory Kellett, a cognitive neuroscience researcher at SFSU and UCSF, and science writer for Lumos Labs.
Eating lots of fish, the ultimate brain food, was recently associated with reduced risk of stroke.
A study conducted by Jyrki Virtanen and his crew at the University of Kuopio in Finland found that people who ate more fish tended [...]
By Gregory Kellett, a cognitive neuroscience researcher at SFSU and UCSF, and science writer for Lumos Labs.
Your brain is made up of 60% water and many of us may not be drinking enough of the clear wet stuff to keep our thinking “juicy.”
Not drinking enough water has detrimental effects on our brains. [...]
By Gregory Kellett, a cognitive neuroscience researcher at SFSU and science writer for Lumos Labs.
It turns out there may be a link between cardiovascular fitness and the size of one’s hippocampus, a portion of the brain important for the formation of new memories.
Researchers from the University of Illinois and the University of Pittsburgh, [...]
Could the brain training you do today help the memory of your children – even before conception? Research published today suggests that – surprisingly – this might actually be possible.
A study of brain function in mice reveals that a stimulating environment improves the memory of their offspring. If this improvement also occurs in humans, a [...]
By Gregory Kellett, a cognitive neuroscience researcher at SFSU and science writer for Lumos Labs .
Data collected by Agnes Flöel and her crew at the University of Munster in Germany seems to give yet another reason to resist that second helping of chocolate cake.
The research compared short-term memory performance of overweight individuals who [...]
By Gregory Kellett, a cognitive neuroscience researcher at SFSU and science writer for Lumos Labs .
Recent findings have linked exercising regularly with increased cerebral blood flow and a greater number of blood vessels in the brain.
While it has been shown in the past that aerobic exercise might reduce cognitive decline, this study [...]
Think you’re good at multitasking? Many people believe they get more done by doing several things at once, but usually they’re wrong. Every time you switch to a different activity, you must give up a moment to shift your attention to the new task at hand. Overall, doing more than one thing slows you down.
While [...]
By Gregory Kellett, a cognitive neuroscience researcher at SFSU and UCSF, and science writer for Lumos Labs.
A recent research review to be published in the journal Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry shows a link between cigarette smoking and adverse changes in the function and physiology of the brain. Summarizing the findings of dozens [...]
