Scent and Memory: A Powerful Combination
As you smell a fresh pine tree, cookies baking, bayberry or orange, do flashes of past Christmas holidays come flooding through your mind?...
Brain Boost for Health Problems - with Physical Exercise
My last blog detailed the positive effect of physical exercise on the brain itself. What happens to allow neurogenesis (growth of new...
Everything Changes as You Age
I am going to put my gerontology hat on right now so we can discuss how your body changes as you age. This might not be new information...
What Does 'Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life' Really Mean?
The Neuroscience of Change How many times have you read this passage: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life? It seems like it would be...
Habits - A Blessing and a Curse
Have you ever been accused of being a ‘creature of habit’? What exactly does that mean? Dr. Sarah McKay defines the common...
You, Your Brain, Politics, and Decision-Making
Last September I wrote a blog about your brain and politics. Little did I ever expect the political process of selecting presidential...
Your Brain and Decision-Making
There is an overwhelming amount of information related to the process of decision-making and the brain. I will try to simplify the many...
You, Your Brain, and Productivity
This topic was so interesting to research. I put a few words into Google search and I get a lot of different sources of information. If...
Burnout's Effects on the Brain
Burnout: a state of emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. It occurs when you feel...
The Brain-Heart Connection
February is American Heart Month. Heart disease is still one of the leading causes of death in the United State. 1 in 4 deaths are...
