Posts Tagged ‘brain imaging’

If you want a younger, healthier brain, exercise that increases your muscle mass can help, says Gretchen Reynolds in the Washington Post: “More muscle mass was linked to younger brains in new research, suggesting resistance training can support long-term brain health.” She goes on to say: “If you need another reason to visit the gym […]

We are in the midst of a great deal of cognitive dissonance about obesity. Part of the boilerplate description is that it is simply a dietary disease. But recent scientific and therapeutic advances tell a different story – that obesity is just as much a disease of altered brain function as it is a dietary […]

It’s a complex puzzle. But your brain definitely responds in very complex ways when you spot some food. Food marketers know this at a practical level. They spend their lives figuring out ways to make you respond to images of their products. Neuroscientists are figuring it out at a more basic level. Functional MRI images […]

A body of fascinating research is coming together to suggest that it might be possible to retrain the brain and alter its response to food cues in a way that provides meaningful reductions in obesity. The promise lies with interventions that use insights about brain responses to food and inhibit the brain activity that contributes […]