By contributing author Aimee Fountain, who splits her time between Lumos Labs and teaching at American River College.
So this man walks into a bar…
You’ll get unique – and potentially beneficial – activity in your brain if you think something is funny…and maybe even if you don’t, as long as you laugh. While extensive research has [...]
While that approach may be a tad over-optimistic, there is evidence that certain foods can lead to better brain health and memory. We described some of the top candidate brain foods previously, and now this new article from the Daily Galaxy includes a helpful list of specific foods that have been linked to maintaining better [...]
My younger brother is getting married next summer, and I’m happy for him. In addition to him being happy, and me getting a cool new sister-in-law, this move might even be good for the longevity of the newlyweds’ brains.
Married men tend to live several years longer than single men. A happy husband has an [...]
Because there are so many recommended ways to improve your health, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. One reaction - especially when confronted with broccoli or a treadmill - is to simply be delinquent about it, choosing the television over hard work.
A practical approach is to focus on the things you would like to do anyways. [...]
By contributing author Paul Li, a neuroscience graduate student at Columbia.
Ever since the advent of cellular phones, horror stories have been circulating on issues about its safety, particularly the effects it has on the human brain. Some have become increasingly worried and resort to using an ear piece whenever they are on the phone. While [...]
The picture to the left shows a large empty space where this man’s brain should be. The dark area occupying most of his head and labeled “LV” is fluid instead of brain. Amazingly, with just a little bit of gray matter on his inner skull, he has lived 44 years before anyone noticed his [...]
By contributing author Paul Li, a neuroscience graduate student at Columbia.
When I was a kid, I was constantly scolded by my mother for spending countless hours on my 1989 Nintendo Entertainment System. She thought reading or playing outside would be more beneficial for me than Duck Hunt or Super Mario Brothers. My mother could have [...]
Elizabeth Buchen, neuroscientist, science writer and advisor to Lumos Labs, continues her discussion of cognitive reserve with a specific example.
The cognitive reserve hypothesis has recently been supported by findings of Dr. Margit Bleecker, who studied the effects of lead exposure on cognitive function. The study involved 112 lead smelter workers in New Brunswick, who [...]
