What Do Areas of the Brain Do?

What Do Areas of the Brain Do?

  The brain is divided into lobes and each has a range of specific functions. Some of the following symptoms may indicate disorders in that lobe.   Frontal Lobes The frontal lobes are part of the Cerebral Cortex and are the largest of the brain’s...
Is it Dementia or Alzheimer’s?

Is it Dementia or Alzheimer’s?

Are YOU confused? You’re not alone! As more and more people are diagnosed with brain disorders, the terms dementia and Alzheimer’s are bandied about. But what do they mean? Here’s the simple answer. Dementia isn’t a specific disease. Dementia is the overall term that...
How well can you read faces?

How well can you read faces?

When you look at someone Can you tell what they are thinking? Or feeling?   And does it matter? YES! Recognizing how others are reacting is the first big step in getting along with others. And that matters, doesn’t it? Professor Simon Baron-Cohen of The...
How Much Practice Do I Need?

How Much Practice Do I Need?

The answer to this is a surprise! Joan and Mary spent exactly the same amount of time practising their memory exercises. 20 minutes a day, broken up into 5 minute bits.   But Joan ended up with a higher rate of improvement than Mary. WHY? Because what’s important...
How Music Makes You Spend.

How Music Makes You Spend.

The magic of the music seems to light the way. JOHN LENNON, Intuition It mightn’t be Lennon’s music that ‘lights your way’ but there is a 99% chance that some sequence of musical sounds will. Music is right up there with sex and eating as one of life’s greatest...
What is your body saying?

What is your body saying?

No mistaking how THIS man’s feeling! But more often than not we try to hide feelings … BUT It doesn’t matter what you SAY Your body will give you away every time! The trick of it, of course, once you know what the signs are, is to avoid the signals...