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Stressed Out? Look After Your Brain.

Stressed Out? Look After Your Brain.

For weeks you've been cramming for this exam and you got up early this morning to make sure that you had remembered everything. A lot hangs on this test – your promotion, for one. You can feel the tension rising but say to yourself, “It’s just exam nerves – it’s good...

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Are Avocados Brain Food?

Are Avocados Brain Food?

Avocados are great brain food, in moderation! See more about this below. What you eat affects how well you think. Just as your body needs to be in peak condition as you approach your 40’s and 50’s, to have a memory that keeps growing and never lets you down, your...

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It’s On The Tip Of My Tongue.

It’s On The Tip Of My Tongue.

A family meal was in progress and there was lively discussion about the latest neighbourhood scandal. Forty-something, Ben J. had taken off with the 18 year-old babysitter. Hilarity prevailed as one after the other of us imagined what might become of the odd couple....

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Use Your Computer and Grow Your Brain Power.

Use Your Computer and Grow Your Brain Power.

All in our family have been amazed when visiting to see their 82 year-old Grandad peering at the computer screen, looking for messages from the family. Not only that, he has discovered the Internet and has been looking up Scottish things from all over the world. What...

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I’m Sure I’m Right. The Truth About False Memories

I’m Sure I’m Right. The Truth About False Memories

I was highly amused the other day to hear a judge say, “it’s amazing how many car crashes happen between two stationary vehicles”. Everyone has their own version of events and many a court case has been won or lost on eyewitness testimonies that directly contradict...

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What Causes Memory Loss?

What Causes Memory Loss?

I felt like an idiot sitting in the restaurant on my own. Time ticked by and I tried not to look at my mobile for the zillionth time to see how long I’d already been there, looking like sad, middle-aged woman who’d been stood up. I wanted to stand up and explain to...

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