Category: Memory Health
Articles and resources for memory health
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What Alcohol is and What it Does to Your Body
What is Alcohol? Ethanol, or ethyl alcohol, is produced by fermentation and has been used as a general anesthetic, antiseptic, disinfectant, and as a fuel source for lamps, stoves, and internal combustion engines. Ethanol is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid, it is the active ingredient in alcoholic drinks, as a psychoactive depressant, and the second… Read more
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Become an Organized Person – on Your Terms!
Get Organized with Ease! Have you ever wondered why some people organize their home, schedules, and lives effortlessly while you struggle just to get out the door without forgetting something? Does your dining room table seem to mysteriously grow mountains of paper and miscellaneous accoutrements that seem to cast a condescending glance at you every… Read more
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Never Forget a Name Again!
Stop Telling Your Brain to Forget Names! Have you ever gone to a party, event, or networking meeting where you were introduced to several people only to promptly forget their names? If so, you’re not alone, it happens to most people sometimes if not often! You can say goodbye to that frustrating and often embarrassing… Read more
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Why Learning Becomes a Chore
The Science Behind It Why do preschoolers LOVE to learn and the rest of us don’t? When does our brain become so resistant to education? There are a couple of reasons. One. Babies’ brains can’t not learn. From birth to about two, our brain absorbs everything, like a sponge, just like people always say. No… Read more
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6 Ways to Improve Your Memory
There’s No Such Thing as a Bad Memory – Only a Trained or Untrained One The region in the brain most associated with memory is the hippocampus and is a major component of the limbic system. We have two hippocampi, one on each temporal lobe and the name is for its shape, which resembles a… Read more
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Alcohol and Memory
Pick Your Poison? Even one drink can have an impact on your cognitive and impaired memory. Alcohol is neurotoxic, meaning it is poison to your brain and damages brain cells, so its short-term and long-term effects can be dangerous. Blackouts (no memory of events during intoxication, not passing out) occur when your body’s alcohol levels… Read more
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Improve Executive Functioning
Easy Ways to Improve Your CEO Some researchers have even proposed that executive functioning may better predict success than does IQ. The CEO of our life resides in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) of our brain and is primarily responsible for the following functions. As you can see, the PFC plays a significant role in success.… Read more