How Do Dogs Affect Your Brain?
There’s evidence the nickname “man’s best friend” is well earned, as research has shown that dogs can improve people’s moods, reduce blood pressure and lower levels of the stress
How Your Brain Helps You Form New Habits (and Break Bad Ones)
New Year’s resolutions. Easy to make. Hard to keep. But if you’re trying to set goals or make changes in the new year, there’s good news:
How the Time Change Impacts Your Brain
It’s early November, which means it’s time to “fall back.” When daylight saving time (DST) came to an end on Sunday, November 5, most of
Can Brain Ultrasound Treat Addiction?
For the over 46 million Americans age 12 and up who struggle with substance use disorder, new research offers hope that ultrasound therapy “can help
How Trying New Things Makes Us Happier
“Out with the old, in with the new,” the old adage goes. In this case, folk wisdom is backed by brain science. Trying new things
World Mental Health Day: 10 Ways to Boost Well-Being
It’s World Mental Health Day. The good news? More people are talking about mental health. The bad news? In the influencer ecosphere, some of the talk
Changing Your Thoughts Changes Your Life
Research has shown that optimism not only increases your quality of life but can actually help you live longer. Which is all fine and well,
What Makes Optimism So Powerful?
Why is optimism such a powerful force? Turns out, there’s brain science to back it. In a Forbes.com article, Harvard instructor Carmine Gallo interviewed developmental molecular biologist
Reading for Pleasure in Childhood Linked to Better Adolescent Mental Health
Great focus and attention is placed on teaching children to read, a key academic and life skill. But teaching children to love to read, and
What to Do When Anger Hijacks Your Brain
Ever done something “in the heat of the moment” you later came to regret? Anger can have that effect. “When we are angry the primal part