Teaching the Brain to Learn: Five Exercises

Did you ever wonder why the face of an old friend can seem so familiar even if you haven’t seen them for years and no matter how hard you try you can’t remember their names? Did you ever think about what is going on in your brain that causes this to happen? Did you...

A moment of calm vs. a lifetime of stress

Everyone is aware that stress is bad for us in lots of ways, but did you know that it can cause your brain to physically shrink? Studies have shown that the volume of the Hippocampus can reduce following high levels of stress due to the fact that neurones are being...

Pumping Iron…in the brain

In recent years the popularity of digital brain training devices has rocketed.  Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are affecting more and more people each year. Accordingly there is increasing demand for better awareness and scientific understanding of the causes and...