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April 26, 2020
LOSE YOUR MIND, NOT YOUR MEMORY
We’re all scattered, feeling stress and isolated. In these strange days of ‘sheltering in’, even pure boredom can lead to a lack of schedule, NO exercise, binge eating and drinking and a lack of energy with a ‘haven’t accomplished anything feeling’ of “I’m losing my mind”! But losing your mind…
April 23, 2020
A Half-Century of Giving Transforms UT Dallas
OVER THE PAST 50 or so years, The University of Texas at Dallas campus has evolved physically from a lone building in the middle of the Blackland Prairie just north of Dallas to a deliberate patchwork of research facilities, residence halls and academic buildings bustling with bright students, innovative programs…
April 20, 2020
Brain Breaks and Deep Breaths to Help Ease the Stress
Multitasking is one of the habits a lot of us deploy. The more we do at the same time, the more productive we think we’ll be. Video courtesy of NBC DFW. In addition to the brain breaks, another stress resilience tool is…
April 16, 2020
3 Things You Should Not Sacrifice For Peak Performance or Productivity
Key lifestyle habits that can help you do your best work. Doing your best work, making good art, getting things done and crushing your goals require a rewarding investment of time and resources — we all prioritise different kinds of things to get what we want in life. Any type…
April 14, 2020
38 Genius Habits Your 80-Year-Old Brain Will Thank You for Doing Today
Prevent those senior moments from plaguing your senior years. Here’s what you can do to keep your mental skills sharp as you age. Get your blood pumping Although any exercise is good, aerobic workouts may be the best for brain health. A study published in 2018 in the Journal of…
April 10, 2020
6 Signs You’re Burning Out—and What to Do About It
Health experts reveal how to identify whether workplace burnout and what to do about it to feel both mentally and physically healthier. You’re under a lot of stress “Stress is the main reason burnout occurs,” Serani says. “But more importantly, it’s the kind of stress that worsens burnout. Burnout is at…
March 13, 2020
Social Awareness Increases Prove Brain Changing in Adults with Autism
Researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas, in collaboration with co-leading authors at George Washington University and Yale, have demonstrated in a…
March 6, 2020
Center for BrainHealth Supports Attitudes And Attire’s Luncheon
At noon on Friday, February 21, North Texans had two totally different fundraisers. At St. Philip’s School and Community Center’s Snyder Activity Center, the 20th Annual Destiny Award Luncheon was underway with Taraji P. Henson as guest speaker and Peter Brodsky receiving the 2020 Mona and David Munson Humanitarian…
February 25, 2020
Have Your Brain Recharge with Getaway Tiny Cabins
WFAA – Getaway opens tiny cabins outside Dallas, hoping people disconnect from city life Start at 2:23 A company called Getaway just opened 44 tiny cabins in Larue, Texas, hoping to provide a break for busy people with hectic lives. North Texans can now escape to 44…
February 20, 2020
The ‘Speechless: Different by Design’ exhibit uses brain science to inform art
PBSNewsHour –At the exhibition “Speechless: Different by Design,” touching pieces of art is actually encouraged. As Jeffrey Brown reports, the Dallas Museum of Art show — created as a collaboration between designers and brain researchers — explores how people interact with their surroundings and how they communicate with each other.