Liberals vs. Conservatives: Dueling Brains

The more we exercise an area of our brain, the more neural pathways we grow which increases the thickness of the gray matter.  It’s almost like building muscles;  the more you use a muscle the more it becomes the one that you lean on often.  In recent studies done at the University College of London, […]

The White Rabbit Effect

Feed your head! The body ages as brain speed declines. Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter associated with learning and neural firing speed.   “When the brain loses acetylcholine, it sends a death code to the organs and hormone-producing glands of the body that it is losing the necessary moisture to keep your brain and body well […]

Developing Intuition Can Make You Smarter

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What does intuition have to do with intelligence? Being in touch with your emotions and the emotions of others not only makes you seem smarter, it actually improves your memory.  This is because it uses the prefrontal cortex.  Unless you get more intuitive, you can’t get smarter.  My research and my experience with patients […]