Author: DynamicBrain Inc.
Publication: Monthly Newsletter
Published Date: March 21, 2023

Maintaining a healthy and fit brain requires just a little more than only exercising with BrainHQ. While the exercises in BrainHQ directly target various brain functions, there are other lifestyle elements that need to be considered for improved cognition. Nutrition, physical activity, sleep, and social life all contribute to our brain’s health.

Yet again, a recently published study has shown how MIND and Mediterranean diets can prevent the build-up of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain, a hallmark sign of Alzheimer’s disease.

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month and a reminder for all of us to take charge of our brain health. So please do your BrainHQ training today, and, if you still don’t have full access, join now.

Kind regards, Frieda Fanni President DynamicBrain Inc. DynamicBrain Inc. is the Canadian partner of Posit Science Corporation since 2010 providing brain fitness program BrainHQ in English and French.

Staying in sync for memories
Did you know that memories don’t lie in one specific region of your brain? Multiple separate groups of neurons connected inside and across key regions of the brain work together to form, store, and recall memories. Short-term memory relies on two of these regions: the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex. Recently, researchers set out to see how these regions interact and why memory sometimes fails. Find out what they learned.

Keeping pace with time
We’ve all had experiences where time felt like it was flying by and other moments where it was advancing at a snail’s pace. Typically, you can feel time passing by quickly when you’re busy or excited, and you can feel it dragging on when you’re bored. Our experience of time often doesn’t correspond to real time. A group of academics investigated how our perception of time passing depends on signals our hearts send to our brains. Check out this article to see what they discovered.

Mandatory rest
A case of the flu can send anyone to bed and trigger a loss of appetite. A decrease in movement, hunger, and thirst help the body conserve energy and fight an infection. Previously, it wasn’t clear how the brain knew that there was an infection in the body. Now, scientists have identified in mice just how the brain is notified of a flu infection. Read this article to find out how it works.