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11 April 2010 View Comments

How does Alcohol Affect the Brain?

How does Alcohol Affect the Brain?

Consumption of large quantities of alcohol negatively affects our behavior and impairs our judgment. It can also cause serious physical side effects – anything from vomiting to alcohol poisoning. But how does alcohol affect the brain? Long after the hangover, what does alcohol do to the brain?
Alcohol consumption can have temporary effects on the brain, [...]

12 October 2009 View Comments

How Brain Exercises Can Change Your Brain… Physically

How Brain Exercises Can Change Your Brain… Physically

For about a century (since the birth of modern neuroscience) scientists debated whether or not a human’s brain can change. Of course, back then, no one could confirm their theories. There were no way they could see the human brain change over time.
Now they do. They call the human brain’s ability to change “neuroplasticity”. In [...]