A Single Session of Moderate Intensity Exercise Influences Memory, Endocannabinoids and Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels in Men.

Regular physical activity is a lifestyle factor known to benefit neuroplasticity and neurocognitive functions. Regular exercise enhances memory functions, synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels. Evidence suggests that BDNF influences hippocampal synaptic plasticity. This is shown as physical exercise increases BDNF, mRNA and protein levels in the hippocampus but blocking…

Caffeine & Cognition

Caffeine, mainly found and consumed in the form of coffee, is the most widely used and accepted psychoactive drug worldwide (Yuan et al. 2020). For most students, especially ones in university, coffee and the caffeine it contains could become like your best-friend as you work through what could feel like an endless array of classes,…

Blood Pressure and Dementia: Are You at Risk?

Mental disorders. It seems like everyone knows someone who suffers from one affliction or another. Some worse than others, though one can attest that dementia associated with brain aging is one of the most painful afflictions to witness. Most frequently characterized by memory loss, personality changes and impaired mental reasoning. Resulting in suffering individuals completely…

The Role of Vitamin C in Spatial Memory Development: A Study on Guinea Pigs

In the Western world, taking a daily vitamin is common, accessible, and socially accepted as being part of a ‘healthy’ regimen. Many individuals don’t think twice about taking a vitamin to supplement the nutrients they might not be getting enough of from their food. However, many of those individuals who take vitamin supplements don’t really…

Brain Areas Identified for Environmental Interaction

Researchers in France (Roux-Sibilon, Kalénine, Pichat & Peyrin, 2018) did an experiment which tested Paired Object Affordance with specific brain regions. In psychology, ‘affordance’ is basically a word for how one can recognize and interact with objects in your environment. For example, trees can be used for animals to climb to safety; twigs can be used to pick…