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What’s the Connection Between Sleep and Alzheimer’s Disease?—Sleeping with Science, a TED Series

2020

Does not getting enough sleep lead to Alzheimer’s disease? Sleep scientist Matt Walker explains the relationship between the two—and how researchers are exploring how to use sleep to decrease our chances of developing this condition. See more...

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Shattered Mind

Describes various types of brain injury and their effects on mental, physical, verbal, and artistic abilities and examines fundamental questions relating to brain structure and function.

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Howard Gardner
1976
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The Creative Age: Awakening Human Potential in the Second Half of Life

In a single generation, the view of life after fifty has changed dramatically.

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Gene D. Cohen
2001
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Why Time Seems to Fly by as You Get Older, and How to Slow It Down: A Scientific Explanation by Neuroscientist David Eagleman

Psychologists have indeed shown in several studies that adults, especially those over the age of 40, perceive time as moving faster than it did when they were children. Why?

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David Eagleman
2019
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Why Do We Dream? A New Theory on How It Protects Our Brains

Whenever we learn something new, pick up a new skill, or modify our habits, the physical structure of our brain changes.

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David Eagleman, Don Vaughn
2020
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This Is Your Brain on Gluten

A No. 1 bestseller by a respected physician argues that gluten and carbohydrates are at the root of Alzheimer's disease, anxiety, depression, and ADHD. What to make of the controversial theory?

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James Hamblin
2013
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The Polluted Brain

Some of the health risks of inhaling fine and ultrafine particles are well-established, such as asthma, lung cancer, and, most recently, heart disease.

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Emily Underwood
2017
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When Freud Meets fMRI

The emerging field of “neuropsychoanalysis” aims to combine two fundamentally different areas of study—psychoanalysis and neuroscience—for a whole new way of understanding how the mind works.

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Casey Schwartz
2015
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Speaking of Psychology: Keeping Your Brain Fit Episode 28

Much like in our arms or legs, our brain’s “muscles” can rebuild and grow if they’re given the right exercise. In this episode, neuroscientist Tracey Shors talks about how her research has led her to explore links between physical and mental exercise.

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American Psychological Association
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Raise a Smarter Child by Kindergarten

Between birth and age five, your child has up to thirty IQ points at stake. Scientists now know that the human brain is undergoing a constant and dramatic transformation in the first years of life.

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David Perlmutter, Carol Colman
2008
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Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar—Your Brain’s Silent Killers

In Grain Brain, renowned neurologist David Perlmutter, MD, exposes a finding that’s been buried in the medical literature for far too long: carbs are destroying your brain.

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David Perlmutter, Kristin Loberg
2018
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