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Improve Your Brain Power Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

EE Edit@rs · February 13, 2014 · 1 Comment

For those that are trying to figure out a scientifically verified way to improve intelligence and brain function, will be glad to know that several studies rally for the mind-improving benefits of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, known to many as tDCS.  Although the … [Read more...] about Improve Your Brain Power Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Filed Under: Brain Health and Functionality, Studies and News Tagged With: cognitive enhancement, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, fluid intelligence, prefrontal cortex, tdcs, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Difference Between Short-Term, Long-Term, and Working Memory

EE Edit@rs · January 22, 2014 · Leave a Comment

For the most part, memory and how it works has largely been a mystery to experts. However, what scientists do know is that memory is partitioned into several different parts---primarily short-term memory, long-term memory, and working memory. Working memory, short-term memory, … [Read more...] about Difference Between Short-Term, Long-Term, and Working Memory

Filed Under: Brain Health and Functionality Tagged With: hippocampus, long-term memory, long-term potentiation, prefrontal cortex, short-term memory, working memory

How to Improve Your Working Memory

EE Edit@rs · December 4, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Picture this: you are trying to add up all the costs of your shopping trip to Target, in order to figure out how much you have to pay at checkout.  Another example of working memory at work is solving a logic puzzle in which you have to sequentially place 5 marathon runners in … [Read more...] about How to Improve Your Working Memory

Filed Under: Brain Health and Functionality Tagged With: adderall, brain training, dual n-back, intelligence quotient, iq, meditation, memory, modafinil, n-back, nootropics, prefrontal cortex, ritalin, working memory

How Music Changes Your Mood

· September 28, 2013 · 9 Comments

Are you sad, depressed, or anxious maybe? You will be glad to know that you can chase all the blues away just by listening to your favorite music. Considered as a natural antidepressant, music can give you the euphoric high that antidepressant medications can bring. So if you are … [Read more...] about How Music Changes Your Mood

Filed Under: Brain Health and Functionality, Emotion Management Tagged With: dopamine, hippocampus, limbic system, mood, music, prefrontal cortex, stress

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