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“Life comes at us very quickly, and what we need to do is take that amorphous flow of experience and somehow extract meaning from it.
Defensiveness lives in our bodies; It’s not just a matter of controlling ourselves; the minute we feel any kind of threat it takes over. So how to we get rid of it?
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Do you recall studying for your exams? You probably do. But do you remember how you studied, how you memorized French words or the year of the American civil war? Now, that’s probably harder.
What we do know about the brain is that it gets less sharp and productive with age. In this clip from our Alzheimers and dementia series, the doctor asks Kyle example questions from a mental screening test for dementia called "the mini cognitive assessment."
There are false signs and symptoms you should know when it comes to Alzheimer's and dementia. Psychiatrist Dr. Domenick Sportelli breaks them down in this video.
In his talk, Gould discusses the important role dreams and memories play in our lives.
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Meditation is like a gym for your brain. If you follow through and exercise (in this case, your brain) every single day pretty soon you’ll see results.
“You are not stuck with the brain you have. You can make it better and I can prove it.” Dr. Daniel Amen tells the SUCCESS Live Long Beach crowd that it starts with modeling a brain-healthy life.