Brain Basics
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How Diabetes Can Affect Your Brain
Your body relies on sugar (glucose) as its main energy source. But too much can be bad for your health. High blood sugar can lead to diabetes, which affects more than one in ten people in the US.
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Q&A About the Brain
Understanding Gene/Environment Interactions
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How Alcohol Can Affect Your Brain
Slurred speech, slow reflexes, and trouble walking straight are just a few signs of intoxication from too much alcohol. But did you know heavy drinking can also do lasting harm to the brain?
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Q&A About the Brain
Understanding Seizures
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Left Brain vs. Right Brain
There’s a common myth that people’s personalities are tied to a dominant side of their brain. But the truth is not that simple.
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Q&A About the Brain
Understanding Sleep
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How Stress Affects the Brain
Stress is a normal part of life, but when it becomes long-term or overwhelming, it can be harmful. Learn what happens in your brain when you’re stressed, how stress can negatively affect your body, and what practices you can ad
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Fact SheetsNeuroanatomy: The Basics
The brain and nervous system are a network of many specialized parts.
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Q&A About the Brain
How Does the Brain Develop?
Neuro News
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Scientist Q&AA Path to Biomarkers
Predicting the path of illness for someone diagnosed with schizophrenia is difficult because its origins are so varied. Dana Grantee Jong Yoon is developing imaging methods to tease out the cellular mechanisms of one potential cause: too much dopamine production.
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NEUROETHICS ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS!
The contest, which aims to promote interest in neuroethics among students and postdocs early in their academic careers, awards three prizes:
Academic Essay: Nathan Luke Higgins, for Continued access to invasive neural devices: lessons from the AIDS epidemic
General Audience Essay: Erin Morrow, for Beyond Disinformation: Deep Fakes and False Memory Implantation
High School Essay: Rafael Hiu Nok Au, for Exploring the Ethical Implications of Neurotheological Studies
Congratulations!
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Podcast
Learning to Thrive After Pediatric Cancer – with Lisa Jacobson
With Lisa Jacobson, Ph.D., we discuss the critical roles that educators and healthcare professionals hold in childhood cancer survivors’ lives.
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Worrying and the Aging Brain
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Scientist Q&AA New Window into the Living Brain
By adding analysis methods from astronomy to an imaging tool doctors use every day, Dana Grantee Jesse Schallek and his lab have found ways to see translucent cells at the back of the eye.
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When the Myth is the Message: Neuromyths and Education
Two reports suggest that neuromyths are more pervasive in the educational community than we might think, and this may work against academic achievement. We investigate some of the most common myths, explaining their scientific origins and realities.
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Podcast
Neuroscience and the Law – with Francis Shen
With Francis X. Shen, J.D., Ph.D., we discuss the intersection of law and brain science to understand how (and if) insights from neuroscience can make the legal system more just and effective.
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Researchers Crack Mystery of Immune System’s Surveillance of the Brain
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NeuroeducationReady to Read?
Neuroimaging confirms the key role of white matter in reading ability, but the translation of the research to the classroom lags. Where does the research stand?
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How Sleep Affects Your Brain
The better you sleep at night, the better your brain will function, and the better you’ll feel. Learn about what goes on in the brain while you rest, the effects of sleep deprivation, and how to get a good night’s sleep.
Cerebrum Magazine
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Read our Spring emagazine
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Ageism: The Brain Strikes Back!
By Tanya T. Nguyen, Ph.D., and Dilip V. Jeste, M.D.
Does the brain improve with age? Our authors, who study successful aging and mental illnesses, address the often debated, complicated question that many of us have long wondered about.
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Interoception: The Secret Ingredient
By Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D., and Karen S. Quigley, Ph.D.
Our authors, who co-direct the Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory at Northeastern University, explain how sensations created inside our bodies connect to the mind and brain.
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Narcissism Gets No Respect
Why is narcissistic personality disorder, which has been recognized by the American Psychiatric Association since 1980, under-researched and rarely treated?
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Beauty and the Brain
Since 2014, stunning imagery inspired by brain research has launched an annual art exhibition during Brain Awareness Week at the Icahn School of Medicine in NYC.
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Neuroethics ViewpointKeeping a Close Eye on Organoids
New stem cell-based brain models may yield insights into development and function, disease and possible therapies. But as the power of the models advances, so do the ethical concerns they raise.
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Clinical CornerThe Value of Vulnerability
A young clinician who uses a wheelchair has found that sharing his experience and showing vulnerability helps many kinds of patients.
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Podcast with Dilip V. Jeste, Author of Ageism: The Brain Strikes Back!
Dilip V. Jeste, M.D, author and senior associate dean for healthy aging at the University of California, San Diego, talks about his Cerebrum magazine cover story, “Ageism: The Brain Strikes Back.”
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Podcast with Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D., Author of Interoception: The Secret Ingredient
Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D., talks about the internal-sense system, largely below our consciousness, that keeps our bodies and brains going.
Celebrate the Brain!
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DIY: Brainy Crafts
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Resources for Educators
Links to downloadable materials including lesson plans with teacher’s guide, presentations, and handouts for students, as well as to other great brain-science resources
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Printable Puzzles
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Publications & Handouts
Handouts, fact sheets, a graphic novel, and more. Organized by age and interest
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Video SeriesBrainWorks
Neuroscience prof Eric Chudler and a group of curious kids investigate the brain in these half-hour programs.
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Video SeriesVideo Short-Takes
A playlist of our quick explainers of how the brain works and how to maximize brain function and health.
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