Your eyes say more than your lips ever could. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Can your eyes reveal how much your brain remembers? Jordana Wynn and a Canadian team saw the potential. They tracked how people – ranging from healthy young adults to amnesia
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Can we recharge our brains’ batteries? Literally?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Alzheimer’s seems to drain our brains. Some say the disease’s sticky plaques are what causes memory loss. How? Enter Bruce Yankner and team at Harvard. They wondered if the plaques are actually
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What your brain needs might just be… under the sea! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Alzheimer’s is a devastating disease that causes the brain to degenerate. And for reasons still unknown, almost two thirds of patients are women. Why is that? Enter Asger Wretlind
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Hey, coffee lovers! How’s your sleep? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Caffeine can boost alertness. It’s in coffee, chocolate – even soda! But what if you have too much caffeine before bed? Enter Philipp Thölke and team from the University of Montreal! They gave
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Declutter … your brain?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Our brains have tiny blood vessels that help drain out cellular waste. So do clogged brain vessels mean weaker learning and memory? Kyungdeok Kim and team at Washington University went down the brain drain. After blocking
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Feeling older and… what’s the other word? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Alzheimer’s disease happens when sticky plaques accumulate in the aging brain, damaging and killing neurons. And women are more likely to experience it. Why? Enter Madeline Wood Alexander and team from Sunnybrook
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Didn’t carbo-load before the race? Try some brains instead! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Marathon runners rely on carbohydrates, like pasta, for energy. When that runs out, fat is next! Now guess what’s sixty percent fat? Your brain! That’s due to the fatty myelin
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Can pollution JAM UP your brain?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. You’re weaving through honking, coughing traffic. Your head is pounding like a drum solo. Could smog be scrambling our brain signals? Enter Yichen Yang and a team from the University of Edinburgh. They
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Neurons are TRIPPY man… This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Psychedelics are all the rage in treating mental health disorders. But hallucinating to improve your mental health sounds … intense. What about … “diet acid” … for us squares? Enter Jeremy Tuck and team from
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News flash: Rock ‘n’ roll head-banging ain’t healthy! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. In 1968, at a Led Zeppelin concert, hard rockers began BANGING their heads on the stage. Violent rhythmic head movements became common among heavy metal fans. Unfortunately, so did reports of
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