Can Meditation Make Your Brain Younger? Way beyond stress reduction, meditation has the quiet power to defy aging of the brain. By Balachundhar Subramaniam, M.D. Aging is unavoidable. None of us can ...

Research has long linked prolonged sitting to cognitive decline. But a new study complicates that narrative, suggesting that the effects of sedentary behavior on brain health depends on how a person ...

The relationship between physical activity and cognitive function has taken on new dimensions, with emerging research revealing that even minimal movement can produce substantial improvements in ...

Yesterday, I noticed something extraordinary. For the past five years, I’ve frequently driven a challenging seven-hour drive between a small mountain town and my hometown of Vancouver, Canada. For ...

Like all organs of the body, our brain too needs exercise to get sharper, and fitter. While intelligence is a broad concept and can be genetic (you will most likely be intelligent if your parents are) ...

Are you really gonna eat that? A neuroscientist is sounding the alarm about five foods that can accelerate cognitive decline, even increasing your odds of developing dementia. The good news is that he ...

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Dopamine is a neurotransmitter — a chemical made in your brain. It carries messages to your nerve cells. Dopamine is also a hormone made in your adrenal glands that gets released into your bloodstream ...