News Coverage
December 4, 2018
Stress eats holes in your brain
Here’s how it happens and what to do about it, according to medical experts. After her husband passed away, Sandi Bond Chapman said she “could feel it immediately.” “For a year, I couldn’t think,” said Chapman, founder and chief director of the Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas…
October 31, 2018
New Ways to Make Your Brain Act 20 Years Younger
If it seems like you’ve heard conflicting advice in the media about brain games and other ways to make your brain “younger,” you’re right. A few years ago, pricey brain-game software (and hours at the computer) were thought to accomplish this…and then, soon after, almost completely discredited. In fact, physical exercise,…
October 29, 2018
Let scientists study the effect of marijuana as we decide on legalization
Cannabis use is a fact — legal in some places and not in others. Either way, science should be a stronger consideration to inform our policies. Elsewhere, research has yielded insights that would not have been possible without the ability to study substances in a scientific and controlled setting. Consider…
October 21, 2018
4 Ways to Increase Brain Power that May Prevent Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer’s-related brain changes start as early as your 30s or 40s—but research has unlocked four key strategies that boost your brain power, especially if you start doing them now. If you were taught that you’re born with all the brain cells you’ll ever get and it’s all downhill from there,…
October 10, 2018
Dallas Innovators: Bonnie Pitman Does Something New Every Day
She’s an art historian, scholar, and director at the Center for BrainHealth. But, perhaps her most innovative work is the creation of Do Something New—a daily practice that makes even the most ordinary of days, extraordinary. It was July 8, 2011. Bonnie Pitman had just gotten a biopsy report from…
August 29, 2018
Study explores effects of combined, isolated use of cannabis and nicotine on the brain
Researchers at the Center for BrainHealth® at the University of Texas at Dallas investigated the effects on the brain of concurrent cannabis and nicotine use, versus the use of solely cannabis and solely nicotine. The results, recently published in the journal Brain Structure and Function, show that not only were…
August 28, 2018
Differences between combined, isolated use of cannabis, nicotine on brain networks
Researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas investigated the effects on the brain of concurrent cannabis and nicotine use, versus the use of solely cannabis and solely nicotine. The results, recently published in the journal Brain Structure and Function, show that not only…
August 24, 2018
My Office: Sandra Chapman
Doves nest and coo just outside the office of Sandra Bond Chapman, Ph.D., who runs the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas. Chapman, a cognitive neuroscientist, collaborates with scientists across the country and globally on issues concerning the brain and its health. Last year the…
August 23, 2018
5 Expert-Approved Habits to Improve Brain Health
An in-depth review of 4,600 clinical trials — led by researchers at the Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) published last May, provided further insight into what we already know; that staying active is vital for maintaining optimal health as we age. However,…
August 8, 2018
Cognitive Training Can Aid Older Adults in Innovative Thinking
A new pilot study suggests cognitive training improves innovative thinking, along with corresponding positive brain changes, in healthy adults over the age of 55.