Books on Building Better Habits
Habits are the best way to drive neuroplastic change. Good habits drive brain change that helps us. Bad habits drive brain change that are unhelpful. It’s good to know the difference between the two.
What is your Smartphone doing to your Brain?
Over the past few weeks I’ve been contributing to a public relations campaign to help people understand what they can do to gain all the benefits of using smartphones, while dodging the pitfalls associated with overuse.
Mindfulness Meditation in VR
The brain benefits of mindfulness meditation are numerous and I’ve written about it in this brain blog many times and the literature support
Using Virtual Reality to Reduce Pain Really Works
Meta-analysis of 92 trials reveals that Virtual Reality can be an effective form of pain relief
Watching Game of Thrones in an MRI scanner to help throw light on how brains process faces
Fascinating new study on face blindness or prosopagnosia hits the neuroscience press
Keynote Speaking for Business Brains
When it comes to motivational speaking, no matter what an organisation’s priorities are, the neuroscience literature always yields some useful inspiration.
Should the UK ban smartphones for under 16s?
A petition has been lodged with the UK parliament to consider banning smartphones for all under 16s on the basis of the suffering it has caused many young people over the past decade or so.