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…

Marijuana Use and the Teen Brain

It is a common assumption to believe that marijuana is a relatively safe recreational drug. With its many benefits for people with several disorders and its impressively low lethal dose, it has become a popular drug of choice for teenagers and young adults. Marijuana, however, does not affect young brains in the same way it…

Run Away From Depression

Depression affects many adolescence and young adults and is the main reason of disability worldwide. There have been many drugs created to help combat one’s depression, yet they all come with negative side effects (Chen et al., 2017). Current research is showing that running can be its own kind of therapeutic treatment for depression. Research…