I try to add new brain research every month. The research is usually not the original scientific papers, but plain-English discussions of the research from media, academia, government and health organisations.
July 2021a
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. How it works and why Australians should care.
ABC News: Click HERE
July 2021b
Hallucinogens and their growing use in Australian brain therapy
ABC News: Click HERE
June 2021
Rebellious workers: Why their thinking is important
BBC Creativity: Click HERE
May 2021
Screen time and children’s brain development.
BBC FUTURE: Click HERE
April 2021
Detect early signs of dementia through a driving test? Yes!
Neuroscience News: Click HERE
March 2021
Vitamin A found to help those pesky dendrites!
Science Daily: Click HERE
February 2021
Using immune cells to repair brain tissue post stroke
Brain Research UK: Click HERE
January 2021
Flight, fight – or – faint. Why we have different responses to fear
The Conversation: Click HERE
December 2020
How screen time alters the brain of a child
BBC Future: Click HERE
November 2020 (a)
Our neurons are far more powerful than we thought
Gizmodo: Click HERE
November 2020 (b)
Does Mindfulness help you to not sweat the small stuff? Seemingly not!
Science Daily: Click HERE
October 2020 (a)
The amazing activation speed of Dopamine and Serotonin
Science Daily: Click HERE
October 2020 (b)
Elon Musk and Gertrude the pig
BBC Science: Click HERE
September 2020 (a)
Binge drinkers lack empathy
Science Daily: Click HERE
September 2020 (b)
Exercise helps learning and memory in young adults,. Something we’ve been saying for years. Here’s more research for the unbelievers.
Neuroscience News: Click HERE
August 2020 (b)
Sports head injuries and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)
Brain Facts.org: Click HERE
August 2020 (a)
How cognitive decline can be reversed: A targeted approach
Science Daily: Click HERE
July 2020 (a)
How Covid-19 is affecting the brain
The Guardian: Click HERE
February 2020 (c)
Many ask us about Deep Brain Stimulation – a procedure we talk about in our experiences for those with Parkinson’s or Epilepsy. Here’s a simple, personal story.
BBC News: Click HERE
February 2020 (b)
What’s happening in the adolescent brain?
Cambridge University: Click HERE
February 2020 (a)
Weight training staves off Alzheimer’s: New Australian research
The ABC: Click HERE
January 2020 (c)
Can a regular sauna stave off dementia? It seems so!
Psychology Today: Click HERE
January 2020 (b)
The newest research on blood pressure and dementia. A New Zealand first.
The NZ Herald: Click HERE
January 2020 (a)
ADHD medicine and it’s impact on the brain. An interesting yet complex read for those effected by ADHD.
Science Daily: Click HERE
December 2019(a)
The amazing work to map the bio-markers of disease using AI and automatically tell the brain to send in the army.
BBC Science: Click HERE
December 2019(b)
Humans grow new neurons well into their 90s
The Guardian Neuroscience: Click HERE
December 2019 (c)
The Lion’s Mane Mushroom reverses memory decline
US Library of Medicine: Click HERE
November 2019
The increasing similarity between Autism and Dementia.
Neuroscience news: Click HERE
October 2019 (a)
Theta and the link to learning and memory
American Assoc. Advancement of Science: Click HERE
October 2019 (b)
New Australian study links dementia to air pollution
Neura: Click HERE
September 2019
Diagnosing dementia through walking patterns.
Science daily: Click HERE
August 2019
Does Multi-tasking exist?
BBC Science: Click HERE
July 2019 (a)
How to escape the multi-modular brain state created by modern work
BBC Science: Click HERE
July 2019 (b)
Alzheimer’s Disease explained simply
Live Science: Click HERE
July 2019 (c)
The future of brain-computer interfaces
BBC Science: Click HERE
June 2019
Artificial intelligence helping find active neurons
Duke University and Eureka Alert – Click HERE
May 2019
Neurogenesis and exercise in the treatment of Alzheimer’s?
Nature Journal – Click HERE
April 2019:
Advances in Deep Brain Stimulation show promise.
Science Daily – Click HERE
March 2019:
Gut bacteria and mental health: the evidence increases.
Nature Journal – Click HERE
February 2019:
Does Micro-dosing improve Mood and Performance?
Neuroscience News – Click HERE
And below is research from pre-2019
| A wine each day keeps alzheimers away | https://www.alzinfo.org/articles/moderate-drinking-reduce-alzheimers-risk/ |
| Being in Theta: The Benefits of Autopilot | sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/1… |
| Brain and Health | brainandhealth.com/brain-waves |
| Brain Injury Australia: Measuring Concussion in Sport | braininjuryaustralia.org.au/reso… |
| Brainwaves explained | scientificamerican.com/article/w… |
| Brainworks | brainworksneurotherapy.com/what-… |
| Could this explain our unique intelligence? | sciencealert.com/human-excitator… |
| Exercise and the Brain: John Ratey | johnratey.com |
| Exercise and the recipe for neurogenesis | qbi.uq.edu.au/brain/brain-diseas… |
| Got an itch? Blame your brain. | sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/1… |
| Know your Neurons | blogs.scientificamerican.com/bra… |
| Modular v non-modular brains | sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/1… |
| More on the left and right brain myth | npr.org/sections/13.7/2013/12/02… |
| Neurogenesis and exercise | psychologytoday.com/blog/the-ath… |
| Psychedelic drugs in the treatment of depression | neurosciencenews.com/psychedelic… |
| The Herpes virus and its link to Alzheimer’s | sciencealert.com/there-s-mountin… |
| The modular brain | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PM… |
| The Rosehip Neuron | livescience.com/63441-new-brain-… |