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Marco Travaglio November 28, 2018November 27, 2018 Aging, Alzeihmer's disease, Brain, dementia, dietary fat, Fat, Food, income, Learning, MeDi, Mediterranean Diet, Memory, Oxidative stress, socioeconomic status

Food for Your Brain: Mediterranean Diet May Help Your Neurons Live Longer

Historians consider it one of the ‘cradles of civilization,’ but for many scientists today the real value of the Mediterranean basin does not lie in its contribution to history. Home… Read More

Brain Basics

Anita November 23, 2016June 30, 2017 Amygdala, Brain, Brain stem, Cortex, Cranial nerves, Emoji, Flight or fight, Food, Fusiform, Gratitude, gravy boat, Hippocampus, melatonin, Nerve, Neuroscience, Neuroscientist, olfactory, PLoS, PLOS Blogs, PLOS Neuro, Prefrontal, Pumpkin pie, Receptor, Sleep, suprachiasmatic nucleus, Thanks, Thanksgiving, Ventral, Ventral Tegmental Area, VTA

How to Give Thanks Like a Neuroscientist

You’re on your way to the traditional Thanksgiving family get-together. You drive down a familiar street, locate your familiar house, and park in a familiar spot.… Read More

Can Looking at Food Photos Ruin Your Dinner? by Knowing Neurons

Did You Know?Sensation and Perception

Kate Fehlhaber November 27, 2013March 5, 2017 2013, Advertising, Elder, Food, Hunger, Instagram, Journal of Consumer Psychology, Larson, Photo, Satiation, Satiation from sensory simulation: Evaluating foods decreases enjoyment of similar foods

Can Looking at Food Photos Ruin Your Dinner?

How many advertisements do you see each day? If you could count them all (billboards, television commercials, sidebar advertisements on your Facebook feed), it would add up to almost 5,000! … Read More

Neuro News Sensation and Perception

Jooyeun Lee October 29, 2012March 5, 2017 Addiction, Brain, Crave, Current Biology, DiFeliceantonio, enkephalin, Enkephalin Surges in Dorsal Neostriatum as a Signal to Eat, Food, M&M, Neuroscience, Reward

Do You Crave Sweets?

My answer is YES, all the time, no exceptions! Do you remember when Miranda from “Sex and the City” was so addicted to chocolate cake that even after she threw… Read More