My phone and I are glued at the hip, literally. When reality interrupts our time spent face-to-interface, I still keep it snug in my back pocket, ready to be reunited again with my scrolling fingers. It was love at first sight, but our relationship quickly became all-encompassing, causing me to[Read More…]
Tag: dopamine
Music shown to significantly improve mental motivation
There’s something about music that engages the brain, often eliciting a strong emotion simply using the ears. While it might just be an abstract pattern of pitches and rhythms, music somehow has significant biological and therapeutic implications. A recent study co-authored by McGill researchers explains the phenomenon, providing novel evidence[Read More…]
A brain without a body
Parkinson’s disease affects the dopamine neurons in as many as ten million people worldwide yet, to this day, nobody has identified a concrete cause. However, science may be a step closer, as researchers have recently shown that the protein alpha synuclein detrimentally affects the brains of Parkinson’s patients. Scientists have[Read More…]