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

There’s growing evidence that sleep disruptions and insomnia impact our brains and that they’re even associated with a higher rate of dementia. But if you’re wondering how seriously daylight saving time impacts our brain health, I would invite you to listen to our Dr. Mahncke’s concise educational video interview explaining just that!

While your sleeping pattern is one of the main pillars of brain health, so is your cognitive training. So remember your BrainHQ training today, and, if you still don’t have full access, join now.

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.

Waste management in the brain
Waste management isn’t just a concern for urban areas. Your body has its own waste management systems, and your brain has specialized systems for flushing out waste. But those systems may not always work properly for some people when the brain is faced with certain conditions. When that happens, it may lead to disorders like dementia. A group of researchers, including some from Yale University, tackled this issue in a recent study. Find out what they discovered here.

Networking is the way to mingle
Would you describe yourself as a social butterfly or more of a hermit? We often say we’re one or the other, but the reality of social behaviour is more nuanced. In fact, brain researchers from Duke University suggest that, when it comes to social behaviour, there are at least eight differences rather than the traditional two. Using a brand-new AI system to make sense of brain wave data from several regions of the brain in mice, these researchers have attempted to chart a new “social brain network” map. Read on here.

May we have your attention, please!
Careful! There’s no hiding it anymore. Brain scans can now answer the age-old question parents, teachers, and (dare we say) partners, have asked everywhere: Are you paying attention? A team at Yale University has investigated the possibility of predicting the severity of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder. Using a model of fMRI data, they sought to learn whether they could predict how well individuals could perform on tasks based on their brain scans alone. Learn what they uncovered here.