Author: DynamicBrain Inc.
Publication: Monthly Newsletter
Published Date: January 22, 2022

Happy, healthy, and peaceful 2022!

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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.

Storing memories
What physical changes take place in the brain when a memory is made and stored? For the first time, scientists have answered this question, with the help of some special fish. Using a cutting-edge technique, they prompted memory formation in larval zebra fish and tracked the changes thanks to the transparent nature of zebrafish heads. What they’ve discovered challenges our common understanding of why some memories are stronger than others. Read about their discovery here.

Chronic pain? Train the brain
Have you ever had a car alarm keep going off despite every attempt to turn it off? That’s exactly what chronic pain is like. Chronic pain is pain that lasts for more than three months. It’s like an alarm that’s stuck on “on” even when the danger to your car is long gone. More than 20% of North Americans live with chronic pain. Learning and practising how to think differently about chronic pain may help reduce the pain. But that takes training. Read about a new approach to training the brain here.

Structurally distinct
Among medical health professionals, there are some who don’t recognize ADHD as an actual diagnosis. A recent article in Psychology Today challenges this belief and asks us to recognize ADHD for what it is: a neurodevelopmental disorder that deserves research and attention. The article outlines structural differences in the brain that contribute to ADHD symptoms and behaviours. It also calls on the medical field to consider renaming the disorder for clarification. Learn about these differences and what the article suggests here.