We know that there are certain foods that are supposed to be good for our brain health, but did you know that some spices also have been found to help your little grey cells grind more effectively? Come with me on this month’s journey to explore how a bit of fruitiness and the spice of […]
We Humans like to think that we have much more self-discipline than other animals. We know how to set goals— losing 5 kilos, starting our own businesses—and then we resist temptations and plough through difficulties to achieve them. We are far from perfect at this talent, but in most of our minds there is no […]
I always get a deep sense of satisfaction when I read that something in science has ‘proved’ what we know in the healing & energy worlds. During a healing session, there is not only an energetic phenomenon that occurs, but also a simultaneous psycho-emotional component. This is why during a healing people can often experience […]
As someone who likes to combine things – I have a fondness for working on reports and articles in cafes wherever I happen to be in the world – I can appreciate this study. Two neuroscientists have ‘discovered’ that Michelangelo was conveying secret messages about neuroanatomy in his artwork on the Sixtine Chapel ceiling. Was […]
In a recent study, neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, report that hormone fluctuations during a woman’s menstrual cycle may affect the brain as much as do substances such as caffeine, methamphetamines or the popular attention drug Ritalin. Scientists have known for decades that working memory (short-term information processing) is dependent on the chemical […]
You are probably no stranger to the fact that people who have come back from the verge of death have said that it was as if ‘their whole life flashed before their eyes.’ Very recently, unusual research into brain activity just before death offers clues about why such experiences occur. An analysis of brain activity […]