Does the Brain keep Developing into Middle Age?

by Jonathan

Does the Brain keep Developing into Middle Age?

While the rest of the body usually stops growing by the time we are about twenty years old, the mind seems to run on a very different time table. New research suggests that the human brain keeps on developing well into middle age. Science is discovering that in some ways, the mind is much more like a muscle than they ever imagined. More specifically, the brain’s structure continues to change over time. These findings suggest that it may be possible to essentially build up the brain throughout much of adulthood. What they found Brain volume is commonly believed to stop [...]

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Exercise and Your Brain

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If you want to improve and more importantly save your brain, there may be nothing better that you can do than exercise. It shouldn’t surprise us that the brain, which is a physical organ, is directly impacted by the physical health of our bodies. There is a lot of truth in the adage “healthy body, healthy mind.” We tend to think of thoughts as something separate from our physical self, but they are not. Here are some of the benefits of exercising on the brain: Increases blood vessels and blood flow through the brain. Increases levels of oxygen in the [...]

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Vitamin D and Your Healthy Brain

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There is a vast amount of research showing the many health benefits of vitamin D. New studies confirm that in addition to promoting a healthy brain, vitamin D absolutely critical for calcium absorption and maintenance. Osteoporosis, hypertension, cancer (especially colon), and autoimmune diseases have all been linked to low vitamin D levels. In general the reports you see on deficiency usually range between 30% and 80% of the population. Since these are almost always conservative organizations and report on minimum rather than optimal levels, you can be sure the vast majority of the population is not getting the optimum amount [...]

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Do Subliminal Images Impact Your Brain?

Do Subliminal Images Impact Your Brain?

The brain does register subliminal images even if a  person is unaware they have seen them, UK researchers report. The research, in Current Biology, suggests subliminal advertising is probably effective. The practice, which was first used in the 1950′s, has been banned in the UK, but is still permitted in the US. Using brain scans, a team from University College, London, showed people only registered the images if the brain had “spare capacity”. “If there is ‘spare capacity’, in terms of attention, the brain will allocate that resource to subliminal activity” ~Dr Bahador Bahrami, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience Subliminal [...]

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The Power of Your Non-Conscious Brain

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Your non-conscious brain is perceiving, learning, and making decisions for you all the time. But because all of this takes place on a subconscious level, you are generally unaware of the process. It’s an amazing part of your mind and yet, for the most part it seems to operate quite independently. By the way, your non-conscious brain (or mind) is the same thing as your subconscious mind. Neuroscientists prefer the term “non-conscious” because they feel that it does away with a lot of non-scientific baggage that is attached to the old term. For our purposes though, I will use the [...]

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What Your Brain is Doing When You are Asleep

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We assume that the brain is doing something while we’re asleep because we dream. But is dreaming all that is going on up there? Are dreams just random static coming out of our sleeping brains, or is our brain doing things behind our backs while we are asleep? When we get tired, we sleep so we can shut down to rest and rebuild. It seems logical that the brain would follow a similar pattern. After all, don’t we get tired of thinking and want to turn the process off after a while? Sleeping sounds like the perfect way for our [...]

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Understanding the Role of Brain Waves

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In his book, Brain Wave Vibration: Getting Back into the Rhythm of a Happy, Healthy Life, Ilchi Lee introduces a simple training technique that has already transformed thousands of lives. Brain Wave Vibration is a powerful, easy-to-follow method that helps people bring their bodies and minds back into balance for total health, happiness, and peace. The simplest form of practice merely requires moving your body to your own internal rhythms. llchi Lee serves as president of the Korea Institute of Brain Science and the International Brain Education Association. He lives in Sedona, AZ, but spends much of his time traveling around [...]

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Turmeric May Be a Potent Weapon Against Dementia and Alzheimer’s

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The spice Turmeric contains the ingredient curcumin that has shown powerful properties important to the aging brain. In addition it recently has been shown to have fantastic potential in cancer prevention. Turmeric is an ingredient in curry powder and that may explain why seniors in India have 1/10 the rate of Alzheimer’s disease as seniors in the U.S. It is safe and well tolerated in large amounts so you should definitely add curry or turmeric to your diet and curcumin to your supplement program.

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