Light Up Your Mind
Recent research has led to a revolutionary new discovery: Our brains constantly change throughout our lives, forming new pathways in response to our environment, actions, thinking and emotions. Working with a cross-disciplinary group of experts, BrainFutures seeks to make effective brain health practices widely accessible to people of all ages, enabling advancements in learning, enhancement of cognitive performance, prevention of debilitating brain conditions and effective treatment of mental health and substance use conditions.
Neuroscience shows that brain fitness interventions can build higher-order processing skills, promote emotional resilience and mitigate stress.
From physical exercise and diet to evidence-based games and apps, healthy aging engages the brain as well as the body.
Scientific advances in understanding the brain and evolving new technologies can improve outcomes in the treatment of mental health problems.
Scientific discoveries have sparked development of new interventions for brain health and illness which will fundamentally shape care over the next generation.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 8 million people die every year from mental illness.
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September 2018 is the seventh annual World Alzheimer’s Month, an international campaign to raise dementia awareness and challenge stigma.
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A team of 34 international scientists discover a new type of brain cell in humans that is not found in mice and other animals used to model human brains in experiments.
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