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Jul 30

10 Ways To Keep Your Brain Sharp

Your brain is the command center that powers our thoughts, memories, emotions, and actions. As we age, it becomes increasingly important to take care of your brain health to maintain cognitive function and prevent age-related decline. Let’s explore the following ten proven ways to improve memory, enhance cognitive abilities, and…

Brain Health

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10 Ways To Keep Your Brain Sharp
10 Ways To Keep Your Brain Sharp
Brain Health

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May 29

Understanding Intelligence

We humans are only as intelligent as the knowledge we have to work with — Understand (verb): to stand in the midst of, among, between. Intelligence (noun): from the Latin words, inter (between), and legere (choose). First things first — mushrooms It was Charles Darwin who wrote that intelligence is based on how efficient a species becomes at doing the things it needs to survive. If that is the case…

AI

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Understanding Intelligence
Understanding Intelligence
AI

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Jul 27, 2022

A Short History of Intelligence

We humans are only as intelligent as the knowledge we have to work with. — Understand (verb): to stand in the midst of, among, between. Intelligence (noun): from the Latin words, inter (between), and legere (choose). First things first — mushrooms It was Charles Darwin who wrote that intelligence is based on how efficient a species becomes at doing the things it needs to survive. If that is the case…

Intelligence

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A Short History of Intelligence
A Short History of Intelligence
Intelligence

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Jul 22, 2022

Using Your Brain To Improve Your Own Mental Health #WorldBrainDay

Mental health requires courage — The key to a happy life The key to a happy life is the ability to transcend personal suffering, find a balance, and recognise that the world has problems. …

Mental Health

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Using Your Brain To Improve Your Own Mental Health #WorldBrainDay
Using Your Brain To Improve Your Own Mental Health #WorldBrainDay
Mental Health

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Jul 6, 2022

World First: Aquatic Therapy Guidelines for Parkinson’s Disease [Infographic]

International consensus on the evidence-based application of aquatic therapy in the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease. — I’m delighted to share the recent publication of new international aquatic therapy guidelines for Parkinson’s disease — a world-first in achieving international consensus on the evidence-based application of aquatic therapy in the treatment of the illness. Aquatic therapy involves water immersion as an exercise and rehabilitation medium to improve the…

Parkinsons Disease

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World First: Aquatic Therapy Guidelines for Parkinson’s Disease [Infographic]
World First: Aquatic Therapy Guidelines for Parkinson’s Disease [Infographic]
Parkinsons Disease

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Jul 4, 2022

Is Rewiring Your Brain The Answer To Ethics?

Ignoring developments in neuroscience means ignoring an opportunity to improve ethical behaviour. — Physiologically, our brains are the legacy of ancient times, when survival was paramount, and acting before thinking was necessary. We have the brains of ancient cave dwellers still inside us. Even with all our disputes, follies, and tribal differences, what we are is what brought us here, and we may…

Ethics And Morals

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Is Rewiring Your Brain The Answer To Ethics?
Is Rewiring Your Brain The Answer To Ethics?
Ethics And Morals

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Apr 2, 2022

How Do Brain Cells Communicate With One Another?

Understanding the process of neurotransmission How do brain cells communicate with one another to create thoughts, feelings, and behaviours? They communicate by means of a process called neurotransmission. Neurotransmission — the transmission of nerve impulses between neurons or between a neuron and a muscle fibre or other structure — could…

Neuroscience

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How Do Brain Cells Communicate With One Another?
How Do Brain Cells Communicate With One Another?
Neuroscience

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Mar 24, 2022

Is The Mind Modular?

Mind — n. the human consciousness that originates in the brain and is manifested especially in thought, perception, emotion, will, memory, and imagination. No robot can solve a crossword, or engage in a conversation, with anything like the facility the average human being can. Somehow or other we humans are…

Neuroscience

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Is The Mind Modular?
Is The Mind Modular?
Neuroscience

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Mar 20, 2022

What Stephen Covey Taught Me About The Neuroscience of Focus

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. Stephen Covey, who died ten years ago, was a truly inspirational figure who studied human behavior and devised a set of simple instructions for human happiness known as The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Of these 7…

Neuroscience

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What Stephen Covey Taught Me About The Neuroscience of Focus
What Stephen Covey Taught Me About The Neuroscience of Focus
Neuroscience

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Mar 8, 2022

Is Social Media Damaging Your Brain?

We need to stop and ask ourselves what we are doing when we buy into social media and what is the full nature of this intimate transaction. One of the most common questions I hear is the question of whether or not social media is damaging our brain. I view…

Internet

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Is Social Media Damaging Your Brain?
Is Social Media Damaging Your Brain?
Internet

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Professor Billy O'Connor. Neuroscientist. Medical Educator. University of Limerick Graduate Medical School

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