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We are mom and dad, who in addition to being parents, do research on healthy lifestyle and cancer. We would like to achieve a healthy, balanced and meaningful life. In our pursuit, we sift the healthy from the unhealthy, the simple from the complicated advice. The blog also includes random musings on topics other than health and parenting. Send us a message at applyforlife@gmail.com, mikelifesteer@gmail.com or through the contact form in the sidebar.

Showing posts with label brain activity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brain activity. Show all posts
Thursday, June 22, 2023

What We Eat Is What We Think?

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Consider that diet can affect your gut microbiome.  Consider also that gut bacteria produce short chain fatty acids from dietary fiber, so ...
Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Prior Expectations Primes The Brain

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The paper linked here shows that prior expectation of an external stimulus “tunes” the brain to expect that stimulus and thus affects the ...
Friday, November 10, 2017

Heavy Metal Music Toxicity?

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By Flickr user Wok - http://www.flickr.com/photos/wok/12916031/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=887535 It...
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Stress, Dopamine, Wnt signaling, And Myelin Loss

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Dopamine is related to major aspects of behavior, and abnormal regulation of the dopamine system is linked to depression and other mental...
Thursday, April 7, 2016

Exercise And Mental Function

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A neuroscientist describes some of the positive effects of exercise on brain function and mental activity.   Let’s start with one of the...
Sunday, December 13, 2015

JUST NOTHING: Mind the human limits

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We all know and feel the physical limits of our bodies; however, we rarely recognize and admit to the limits of our brains.  We, as...
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