The power of music to affect our memory is quite intriguing. Most recently brain-imaging studies have shown that music activates many diverse parts of our brain, including an overlap in where the brain processes music and language. This simultaneous left and right brain action maximizes our learning and retention of information. The information we are [...]
Children’s minds are synonymous to sponges. They absorb everything around. Be it a good information or a junk, their brain is non-selective. Because the early formative years in the life of children affect their later choices in life, parents should nourish them well during their formative years. Several developmental researches prove that nature and nurture [...]
Amnesia is a condition where in an individual’s memory is lost or altered. There are two major classes of amnesia according to cause: organic and functional. Organic amnesia is caused by any physical damage or injury to the brain. Functional amnesia, on the other hand, is caused by psychological factors like psychosis and other mental [...]
The human brain receives about 20% of total body oxygen consumption, usually through normal breathing in a normal situation. It functions mainly for cognition, consciousness, orientation, speech and memory. Its enclosure in a cranium with the protection of meninges and brain- blood barrier suggests its vulnerability and fragility especially from abrupt changes of conditions such [...]
Today, people from all walks of life have started to go back to the basics. Be it in their practices or lifestyle. They acquire everything in their surroundings as nature provides the abundance of life. What is still significant is the belief of man in the use of natural methods of therapy, without the application [...]
The brain is composed of brain cells called neurons. There are about 10 billion neurons in a person’s brain. Said to be the center of the central nervous system (CNS), the brain recognizes emotions and feelings by a person. The brain also reacts to these stimuli that can make us happy, sad or depressed.
Depression is [...]
Cell phones flourished with the advent of the new millennium. There are almost 5 billion users in the world today. With this magnitude of users, these questions lurk in everyone’s mind, “Is the cell phone safe for the brain?” “Do they really affect the brain?” These questions arise from the fact that cell phones operate [...]
Do you know that your brain can dictate to your body to reduce your sugar concentration? Without the brain, specifically the hypothalamus, you will not be feeling anything. That is exactly what happens when you lose consciousness, the brain is “dead,” and so you feel nothing. It is when the brain responds to stimuli that [...]
Do you ever get those days when you’re simply not in your element? You go to work without focus, stare blankly at the audiovisual during a staff meeting, and go back to staring blankly at your computer, unable to focus on what needs to be done. Days like these don’t just happen – not if [...]
When we think of fats, we also automatically associate it with obesity, clogged arteries and well, a few new pair of jeans. What most people don’t know is that while there are the bad fats, there are also the fats that actually neutralize the effects of bad fats.
The body is not the only thing affected [...]
