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  • Student study tip to improve your memory

    This student study tip is a good example of “better learning through neurochemistry”.

    It comes from a new research study out of the University College London, and provides an interesting

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  • Does listening to music while you study accelerate learning?
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    I’ve been asked several times if studying can be made more productive by having music playing in the background.

    While going through college and medical school, I’ve met quite a few students who insisted they study better and learn more with this method.

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  • Meditation builds concentration and focus
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    Not too long ago, I posted how over the long term, meditation can actually increase the size of the brain. Specifically, it thickens the cerebral cortex in areas important for attention and concentration.

    I came across another study, though, that shows meditation over the short term can also

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  • Calorie Restriction Reverses Memory Loss
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    About 2 weeks ago, I posted how an “empty stomach” can improve memory and boost brain power via a stomach-made hormone called ghrelin.

    Ghrelin travels to the hippocampus, the memory engine of the brain, and causes new connections to form between brain cells.

    Now, a study has been published that shows

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  • Green Light Improves Concentration
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    This helpful bit should be of use to college students, busy executives, and anyone else who is dependent on high levels of concentration and brain power.

    It turns out there is a growing body of research that shows, amazingly:

    • Exposure to green outdoor settings (parks, trees, grassy backyards, etc…) can
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  • How Falling in Love Improves Your Brain
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    It turns out that falling in love may be a powerful way to crank up the bodily chemicals that boost brain power and enhance learning ability.

     

    According to a new research study done at the University of Pavia (Italy) and published in Psychoneuroendocrinology

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  • How An Empty Stomach Can Boost Brain Power
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    A recent article published in Nature Neuroscience reveals that when the stomach is empty, it makes a special hormone called ghrelin.

    Amazingly, ghrelin travels to the hippocampus portion of the brain and causes new connections to form between brain cells there. As discussed in previous posts, the hippocampus is the memory engine of your brain.

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  • How to “massively” stimulate the growth of new brain cells
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    A 2006 study out of the Division of Neuroscience and The Brain Research Center at University of British Columbia Hospital nicely summarizes one of the core teachings of brain enhancement:

    • Regular doses of exercise can “massively increase” the growth of new brain cells in your brain.

    The best part of it all, however, is the specific location

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  • Caffeine and the Brain: Accelerated Learning?

    Many college student rely on caffeine for accelerated learning. However, contrary to what most people think, caffeine does not simultaneously stimulate all regions of your brain.

    New brain imaging technology reveals that it preferentially stimulates the Frontal Lobes and the Anterior Cingulum. These areas are important for:

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  • Brain Myths: “You cannot make new brain cells”
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    For years it was thought (and taught!) that the brain can not create and make new brain cells.

    This is false. Numerous studies have now conclusively proven otherwise.

    What is really interesting, however, is that new studies show that the hippocampus- the memory engine of your mind- can actually

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  • Can certain body postures boost creativity?

    A study by Dr. Lipnicki- published in Cognitive Brain Research- suggests that you can boost creativity by lying flat.

    20 people were asked to solve anagrams either lying down or standing up.  Since anagram answers frequently come in a flash of insight-i.e. a creative breakthrough - they were thought to be a good test of

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  • Self-testing to improve memory

    New research out of Washington University suggests a great More »

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