Neuroplasticity

An Answer to Your Question: How I Really Went Off Sugar

Rick Foster | Posted 05.18.2012

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Rick Foster

An article I read about sugar induced a fearful epiphany. I hadn't been previously aware of the metabolic disturbances and other frightening impacts of sugar on my body. Thus, fear became the spark that ignited a major life change, which I'm enjoying to this day.

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Can Leadership Be Mentored?

The Levo League | Posted 05.09.2012

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The Levo League

Without mentorship, education, and development, there would be very little continuity of culture over history. Those who strive to teach us have a permanent impact on the future.

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Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: Is The Internet Changing Your Brain?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.25.2012

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2012-04-25-Screenshot20120425at3.31.27PM.jpgIs the internet bad for our brains? Is it affecting our ability to remember things, form meaningful relationships, or make decisions?

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When Her Husband Lost His Language, She Did Something Incredible

Debra Ollivier | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Neuroplasticity, Healing, Brain Science, Baby Boomers, Language Therapy, Diane Ackerman, Aphasia, Fifty News
Debra Ollivier

Author Diane Ackerman was on a book tour promoting "An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain" when her husband, Paul West, suffered a massive stroke that radically combusted the alchemy in his own brain.

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Scientists Search for Where Memories Are Stored in the Brain

Shaahin Cheyene | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Neuroplasticity, Brain Research, Neuroscience, The-Brain-That-Changes-Itself, Brain Science, Brain, Brain Health, Science News
Shaahin Cheyene

What scientists have yet to figure out is how neurons and synapses can support long-lasting memories, given that they regularly degrade and are replaced by new ones. Researchers from the University of Alberta may have figured it out.

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Lower the Pressure

Rick Hanson, Ph.D. | Posted 04.25.2012

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Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

Remind yourself that you can act in competent, honorable and successful ways even when there is no sense of pressure.

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Children With Special Needs: A Revolutionary Approach Gives New Hope

Anat Baniel | Posted 04.25.2012

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Anat Baniel

Are you a parent to a child with special needs? Have you been trying to help your child do something he or she can't do, or corrected them over and over again to end up with little or no progress?

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How Does Our Consciousness Change The Structure Of The Brain And Then Our Life?

Peter Baksa | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Neuroplasticity, Dalai Lama, Mental Health, Consciousness, Neuroscience of Consciousness, Conscious Relationships, Mindfulness, Meditation, Brain Science, Brain Wave, Healthy Living News
Peter Baksa

In addition to the brain giving rise to thoughts, hopes, beliefs and emotions that add up to this thing we call the mind, could it be that the mind also acts back on the brain to cause physical changes in the very manner they were initiated?

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How Meditation Changes Our Brains

Michael Stanclift, N.D. | Posted 02.13.2012

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Michael Stanclift, N.D.

By using our attention during a mindful meditation, we are training our brain to become more and more connected to the current moment. This has the effect of allowing ourselves to see what's actually happening, without getting caught in our opinion of the situation.

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Take a Stand.. Be Friendly: Why Friendliness Is Almost Subversive

Rick Hanson, Ph.D. | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Happiness, Neuroscience, Rick Hanson, Wisdom, Neuroplasticity, Positive Psychology, Mind Brain, Brain, Be Friendly, Buddha's Brain, Just One Thing, Contemplative Practice, Friendliness, Mindfulness, Relationships, Buddhism, Love, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News
Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

In its own quiet way, ordinary friendliness takes a stand that is almost subversive these days: that the world has many more opportunities than threats, that most people want the best for others.

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Practicing the Compassion Meditation

Rick Hanson, Ph.D. | Posted 12.23.2011

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Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

Compassion is natural; you don't have to force it; just open to the difficulty, the struggle, the stress, the impact of events, the sorrow and strain in the other person.

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Why Do We Love To Stare At the Sea?

Wallace J Nichols | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Neuroplasticity, Neuroscience, Emotion, Oceans, Travel News
Wallace J Nichols

I know I'll keep returning to the ocean with my lights, camera and wetsuit to make more memories. I'll try again, and fail again, to box that light and bring it home.

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Is Technology Rewiring Our Soul?

Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D. | Posted 07.19.2011

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Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.

Our distributed digital networks of communication are rewiring and re-patterning human consciousness through their diverse and pervasive interconnections.

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Gabrielle Giffords And The Wonder Of Neuroplasticity

Robert Weller | Posted 07.16.2011

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Robert Weller

Neuroplasticity, also known as "cortical remapping," is a term for how the brain can find other ways to make things work when its usual pathways are destroyed or blocked.

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Mind, Brain, Genes, Neuroplasticity and Enlightenment

Deepak Chopra | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Spiritual Enlightenment, Neuroplasticity, Gene Regulation, Brain-Functioning, Altruism, Free Will, Rudolph Tanzi, Video, Home News
Deepak Chopra

Rudolph Tanzi and Deepak Chopra discuss brain functioning and neuroplasticity.

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Rewiring Our Minds For A Modern Lifestyle

Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Neuroplasticity, Neuroscience, Spiritual Living, Self-Reflection, The Inner Life, Self-Awareness, Brain, Social Networking, Science, Healthy Living News
Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.

When we spend hours in the front of a computer screen, we may be involved in rewiring our neural connections to make our brains more receptive to a modern, highly connected and networked lifestyle.

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Weekly Health Tip: Define Your Wellness Mission

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Neuroplasticity, Habits, New Year's Resolutions, Neural Pathways, Home News
Deepak Chopra

Brought to you by Deepak Chopra, MD, Alexander Tsiaras, and TheVisualMD.com Here comes 2011! More than 40% of American adults make a resolution to...

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'Good' Worry? How Worrying Well Can Help You Manage Stress

Martin Rossman, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Martin Rossman, M.D.

Worry generally gets a bad rap in modern life. That's because most of us don't know how to worry well -- using it to manage stress instead of letting it cause more stress.

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Technology Actually Can Rot Your Teenager's Brain -- and Maybe Yours Too

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 11.17.2011

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Kathleen Reardon

Is dependence on social technology hurting how people communicate? Are we less agile than before, less attentive to nonverbal cues because, frankly, we're getting out of practice?

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The Adventures of Ozzy and Sanity

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Sigman

In the early '80s, shortly after a music trade magazine I'd been editing bit the bullet, a honcho at mega-label CBS Records hired me to help with the ...

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Keeping Your Prefrontal Cortex Online: Neuroplasticity, Stress and Meditation

Jeanne Ball | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jeanne Ball

The brain can be changed in a positive direction through healthy lifestyle choices. When the different parts of the brain are better integrated through meditation they work together more harmoniously -- our brain is healthier.

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Tara Parker-Pope Interviews Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.17.2011

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Deepak Chopra

Tara Parker-Pope of the New York Times interviews Deepak Chopra deepakchopra.com ...

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Keeping Life Fresh And Alive: Things To Consider

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 11.17.2011

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Srinivasan Pillay

As children we are introduced to new experiences and possibilities in life, and there is a freshness to life's experiences. Why is it that in adulthood, we find ourselves desperately making up ways to feel alive?

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Top 7 FAQs On Brain Fitness And Neuroplasticity

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.17.2011

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Alvaro Fernandez

I have selected the 7 most common questions on brain fitness and neuroplasticity, and answered them here. I hope you enjoy the FAQ session.

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Why You'll Need A Personal Brain Trainer

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.17.2011

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Alvaro Fernandez

Substantial gains could be achieved by organizing everyday activities that grow neurological abilities and sustain brain health. If the ordinary citizen is to achieve brain fitness, they'll need to work at it.

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