WELLNESS / MIND

Playing to Learn

Teaching kids using guided play turns out to help them learn not only reading and math, but also how to persist when difficulties arise. >

Give Your Brain a Shot of Exercise

A study of seniors who agreed to brain biopsies after death shows more precisely what exercise does for our brains to help us stay sharp. >

Inflammatory Foods May Fuel Dementia

Eating a diet high in anti-inflammatory foods like fruit, tea and coffee, vegetables and legumes appears to help prevent cognitive decline. >

Nasty or Nice? Behind Our First Impressions

Unfriendly avatars get more cooperation from human subjects than friendly ones do, saying something surprising about the decisions we make. >

A Surprising Treatment for Alzheimer’s: Viagra

The insurance records of over 7 million people revealed that those who took sildenafil were nearly 70% less likely to develop Alzheimer's. >

New Hope for Recovering Speech

Our use of tools and language developed together in the brain. Now this relationship may be used to help brain injured patients speak again. >

Targeted Magnetic Stimulation Eases Depression Faster

A new transcranial magnetic stimulation technique for relieving depression could be a game changer because it works so quickly. >

Feeling Invincible? Think Again

People who value individualism tend to believe they can overcome all. This can be a strength. But in the case of the pandemic it's mistaken. >

A New Pathway to Safer Opioids

The routes that opioids take in the brain point the way to creating non-addictive drugs that retain their pain-killing properties. >

Breastfeeding’s Brain Benefits

Breastfeeding offers many benefits, and now moms who breastfed appear to be at reduced risk of dementia and Alzheimer's later in life. >

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