Overeating, poor memory formation, learning disorders, depression – all have been linked in recent research to the over-consumption of sugar. And these linkages point to a problem that is only beginning to be better understood: what our chronic intake of added sugar is doing to our brains
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Is play the key to academic success? A growing body of research suggests that playing certain kinds of childhood games may be the best way to increase a child’s ability to do well in school.
Spider Phobia Cured With 2-Hour Therapy
Getting up close and personal with a furry tarantula is probably the very last thing someone with a spider phobia would opt for, but the encounter may be the ticket to busting the brain’s resistance to arachnids.
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Unhurtful Thoughts: A Preoccupied Brain Produces Pain-Killing Compounds
Spinal scans reveal the mechanism by which intense thinking can block pain receptors in the nervous system
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