What is Media Multitasking doing to your Brain?
I often work out of a library in central London when I need to get something done that requires quiet, intensive, sustained focus.
Brain Science does a School Reunion on TV
In this month’s blogs I put together some clips from the School Reunion episode of Meet the Humans with Michael Mosley
Pregnancy Brain
Many women notice that their memory and other aspects of cognition seem to be affected by pregnancy. For ages it wasn’t clear whether ‘pregnancy brain’ was real or imagined. Thanks to a study published earlier this year, we now have some answers…
Do You Remember That Time…?
This month’s brain blog is about the different types of sensory cue that trigger recollection of key experiences from different periods of life and how access to these memories helps to define who we are.
Fighting Dementia with Sea Hero Quest
Sea Hero Quest – the world’s first smartphone game where anyone can help scientists fight dementia – announces it’s early findings…
Secrets of the Brain
I haven’t had a new TV series on the box for quite some time, but at 9pm tonight on Sky channel 279 my latest series Secrets of the Brain hits our screens.
Another Year of Brain Tweets
Each year I look back on a year’s worth of brain tweets to see what’s been trending recently… here they’re carefully sorted & categorised for your delectation
The Runner’s High by Dr Jack
People who exercise regularly have lower rates of anxiety & depression, even boasting greater cortical thickness in the prefrontal cortex & medial temporal lobe
Hot Topics in Neuroscience by Dr Jack
I finally took the time to categorize and tally as many of my recent Tweets as I could get my hands on to clarify what topics have been hottest in recent times.
Fourth Anniversary of Dr Jack’s Brain Talks for Secondary Schools
“The talk was inspirational for staff and students alike. The students enjoyed your informal yet informative style. You made difficult concepts easy to grasp. They especially liked how you applied these high level ideas to their everyday lives and studying. You were witty andmost importantly not in the slightest bit patronising.”