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Do Brain-Training Games Make You Smarter?
The pitch is appealing: sharpen your mind with a few minutes of brain games each day. Unfortunately, science suggests this promise is probably too good to be true.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Your Brain on Fructose
True or False: Fructose, a sugar used in many processed foods, may fail to fill us up and can even make us hungrier.
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
Nutrition and the Brain
How does your brain absorb the nutrients from your food?
  • University of Washington
Work It Out: How Exercise Benefits the Brain
Break out your leg warmers and headbands — aerobic exercise can improve learning and memory and may boost academic achievement.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
What Percentage of Your Brain Do You Use?
Two-thirds of the population believes a myth that has been propagated for over a century: that we use only 10 percent of our brains. Hardly!
  • TED
  • 5 min
Why Does Food Make Your Mouth Water?
You’re sitting in your favorite restaurant when a waiter walks by with a hot plate of your favorite food, and your mouth starts to water. But why?
  • American Chemical Society
  • 3 min
Can Marijuana Help or Hurt Adolescent Health?
A roundtable of scientists discuss ongoing research on the effects and potential applications of marijuana for adolescents in the United States.
  • Science Friday
  • 29 min
Marijuana Use Causes 7 Fold Increased Risk of Violent Behavior
New research reported in the journal Psychological Medicine, concludes that continued use of cannabis causes violent behavior as a direct result of changes in brain function that are caused by smoking marijuana over many years.
People Behind the Science: Julie Brefczynski-Lewis
The neuroscientist and professor discusses finding calm in the world of stress research.
  • People Behind the Science
  • 32 min
What Happens When You Eat Too Much
The season of giving is often also the season of over-indulging at the dinner table. But what happens when you overeat?
  • American Chemical Society
  • 3 min
How the Neurotoxin in Dungeness Crab Causes Brain Damage
The California Fish and Game Commission has banned crab fishing until further notice after detecting high levels of a neurotoxin in Dungeness and rock crabs. The toxin, domoic acid, is produced by certain types of planktonic algae, and it becomes concentrated in tissue of crabs and other marine organisms during plankton blooms.
What are nootropics and how do they work?
Nootropics include a large host of substances that affect and enhance the way the brain works.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
People Behind the Science: Peggy Mason
The professor discusses the neuroscience of social behaviors and science outreach in this podcast from People Behind the Science.
  • People Behind the Science
  • 37 min

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