Marc Arginteanu's Blog, page 37

Grow your biceps and your IQ

Exercise may do more than just give you a buff bod, it may pump up your mind. In 2016, researchers at University of Tucson, Arizona, studied eleven collegiate distance runners and compared them to a group of eleven non-a...

Your brain and the great outdoors

Time spent in the great outdoors is a mood booster for most of us. It turns out that nature also boosts brain function.

Jealousy brain circuit

Jealousy isn���t all bad. Without it, humans probably wouldn���t have evolved into a (mostly?) monogamous species. In 2017, Californian researchers might have discovered the brain circuit responsible for the green-eyed monst...

Lifelong learning may prevent dementia, such as Alzheimer���s

In 2016, a systematic review encompassing medical reports on almost 14,000 people reported that people with high (and continuous) lifetime intellectual enrichment were significantly less likely to develop AD.

Is your brain wired for alcohol abuse? And what can you do about

A wide-ranging circuit in the brains of people who are prone to alcohol abuse may be connected by faulty wiring. In 2022, Californian scientists described the neural anatomy of the defective circuit. They studied more th...