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Chocolate and Your Brain
I bet as mid-February rolls around you have one thing on your mind – chocolate. Or, maybe love? Nope. Chocolate! Ah, what is it about...
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Feb 13, 20223 min read
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Hibernation
Ah, winter! Shorter days, colder temperatures, and it is so hard to get out of bed. Perhaps, like me, you sometimes envy animals who...
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Jan 7, 20223 min read
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Does your brain like fear?
By the pricking of my thumbs Something wicked this way comes. ~William Shakespeare Fall is in full swing and that weirdest of all...
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Oct 28, 20212 min read
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Absent-mindedness
The probing question on my mind while I walked around the parking lot the other night after late rounds at the hospital was: “Dude,...
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Sep 22, 20213 min read
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I really don’t want hearing aids!
“Hmm. It’s getting harder to hear conversation, especially high pitched or soft voices. Those noisy restaurants make it hard to hear – so...
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Jul 23, 20213 min read
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Gentle Touch
Our skin is an enormous sensory organ, studded with tiny touch receptors in different layers of the skin. They are dense in some areas...
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Jun 15, 20213 min read
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“The earth laughs in flowers.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson What is it about flowers? We have always been strangely attracted to them. Stone drawings of flowers were found in...
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Apr 13, 20213 min read
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Don't ditch your resolutions just yet! Re-think them!
Let’s face it! By now, most of us have made and broken several New Year’s resolutions. Psychological research shows almost 90% of us fall...
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Feb 8, 20213 min read
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Holiday Cheer Happens in Your Brain
Well, here we are! This Covid-infested mess of a year is drawing to an end, the dark days of winter are upon us and ‘tis the season. And...
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Dec 24, 20202 min read
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You're probably tired, is blue light to blame?
What's the deal about avoiding blue lights when you are preparing for sleep? Adequate sleep. What, exactly, is that? It’s certainly not...
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Nov 13, 20203 min read
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Procrastination in the Brain
We know procrastination leads to stress, and still 20% of us are chronic procrastinators. Why do we do this?
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Oct 13, 20203 min read
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Neuroscience of Negativity
Feeling negative? Let’s face it. Things are crazy these days and it is easy to get overwhelmed with worry and dread. Current events and...
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Sep 3, 20203 min read
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Racial bias in the Brain
Take a look at the neuroscience of biases - what they are, how they form, and how it can affect your daily decisions!
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Jul 16, 20203 min read
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The Tucson Festival of Books and The Brain Bus
Do you want to give your child a head start in life? If you do, the best way to accomplish this is to read to them when they are an...
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Mar 5, 20202 min read
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HELLO 2020!
As 2019 wrapped up, we took some time to review the past year for the Center for Neurosciences Foundation and we found a magnitude of...
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Jan 22, 20201 min read
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