29 h. ago More muscle, younger brain: New study discovers the negatives of body fat on an aging brain

More than seven million Americans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s, a brain condition that affects your memory and thinking

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2 w. ago Folktales review – taking on tyranny of social media as teens learn to live like hunter

In this documentary, high schoolers camp out in subzero temperatures, making their own fires and driving sledges in the wildThe Pasvik Folk high school in remote northern Norway teaches teenagers to grow as young adults and escape the pressures of toxic social media by challenging them to get back in touch with their “stone age brain” and live like hunter-gatherers in the snowy wild. This is the subject of a documentary from Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. Over winter months of almost continuous darkness, the teens cleanse themselves with tasks such as camping out in subzero weather, making their own fires and driving sledges with huskies.Prior to all this of course is presumably a solemn promise to do without their phones, tablets and laptops, although there are no scenes of the kids actually having to surrender these gadgets (this isn’t rehab, after all). They have to swim in icy water; and they make it look like fun. What doesn’t look like fun is the camping out and there is one te...

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3 w. ago Woman bodybuilder, 101, shares two foods to avoid to live long and stay in shape

Iñaxi Lasa, 101, from Spain, has defied the odds to reach the remarkable milestone. The centenarian shares her secrets to a long life as she dedicates two hours a day to the gym

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3 w. ago Science says our brain has five ‘eras’, which explains why I didn’t feel like a real grown

Millennials have long been painted as the generation who won’t grow up. But as a new study suggests the human brain has five distinct eras, with adulthood only kicking in at age 32, it might turn out we’re all stuck in arrested development for longer than we thought, writes Helen Coffey

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3 w. ago The language skill that could help keep your brain younger into old age

Researchers believe that multilingualism keeps people to stay sharp

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3 w. ago Adolescence lasts into your 30s, major new study on brain development finds

New analysis has found that the human brain goes through five ‘major epochs’ ages during lifetime

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3 w. ago Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s

Study suggests human brain development has four pivotal ‘turning points’ at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83Scientists have identified five major “epochs” of human brain development in one of the most comprehensive studies to date of how neural wiring changes from infancy to old age.The study, based on the brain scans of nearly 4,000 people aged under one to 90, mapped neural connections and how they evolve during our lives. This revealed five broad phases, split up by four pivotal “turning points” in which brain organisation moves on to a different trajectory, at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83 years. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Staying in shape could help your brain age slower, doctors say

Researchers say their AI-powered findings may help to fight Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia

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