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How Chronic Stress Can Damage the Brain
Stress is one of the body’s natural responses to threat. When you feel threatened or at risk, your nervous system responds to it by releasing a flood of stress hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol. This causes the body to leap into emergency mode: your heart pounds faster, your muscles tighten, your blood pressure rises,…
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Drug May Halt Dementia and Neurodegenerative Symptoms in Mice: Study
Researchers in Japan have identified a potential drug therapy for neurodegenerative symptoms in animal models of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, concluding that the drug may reverse the effects of these disorders. The team, publishing the results in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, noted that there is currently no disease-modifying therapy for neurodegenerative disorders like…
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5 Reasons Why Your ADHD Medication Isn’t Working
Has your ADHD medication stopped working or made your symptoms worse? You are not alone: standard prescription medications for treating ADHD symptoms are not foolproof, and statistics in fact shows that as many as 30 percent of children with ADHD hardly respond to stimulants or cannot bear the side effects. About 1 in 3 adults…
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How Does Anxiety Affect the Brain?
How does anxiety affect the brain? Most of us experience anxiety at least once in our lives. And while there’s no denying it’s a normal human emotion, what exactly happens behind closed doors in our brains? Anxiety affects everyone differently, but if you’ve ever experienced panic attacks, you know that these emotions can mess…
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5 Natural and Synthetic Nootropics to Choose From
Do you want to get smarter and learn new things? If yes, then nootropics are your answer! Nootropics are brain-enhancing supplements that act as cognitive enhancers. These include natural herbs and vitamins. There are two main types of nootropic supplements: natural and synthetic. Both have their pros and cons. Nootropics are natural supplements that…
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5 Surefire Ways to Train Your Brain for Happiness
If you think that some people are simply born or made happier than others, then think again. Recent research has shown that your brain can rewire itself – through various ways of repeated thinking, feeling, and acting. The brain, after all, can change, be changed, and isn’t set in stone even in your adult years. …
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5 Ways to Naturally Calm Hyperactivity
We’ve practically seen hyperactivity in numerous forms: A child that won’t stay still in class or at the dinner table, or a young adult finding it difficult to sit still to concentrate on and complete a task. ADHD and hyperactive conditions command a multibillion prescription drug industry, with ADHD diagnoses in children increasing by about…
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The Stress of COVID-19 on Children with ADHD
Outside of a raging global pandemic, plenty of children around the world already exhibit behaviors that seem difficult to manage. Now with COVID-19 changing their routines in therapy and learning, kids with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have more to deal with in areas of hyperactivity, impulsivity, inattention, and similar symptoms. COVID-19 Stress and ADHD Symptoms…
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From Function to Cognitive Enhancement: Facts and Trivia About the Human Brain
The human brain didn’t not launch the multibillion industry of cognitive enhancement for nothing. It’s a cool and commanding organ that serves as the command center for the human nervous system, receiving signals from sensory organs as well as relays information to the muscles. Here are some facts and trivia about this amazing organ of…
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How to Overcome Your Social Anxiety
Key Points: Cognitive behavioral therapy has been shown to be an effective form of treatment for social anxiety. Among other steps, CBT prescribes challenging anxious thoughts, and specifically tracking whether one’s catastrophic predictions about social encounters actually hold true in real life, as a way of realizing that they generally don’t. After an encounter, socially…