brain Archives – Jewish Journal

Make Your Own Map Interview: Lisa Genova, Empathy Warrior, Author and Neuroscientist

Lisa Ellen Niver March 8, 2023

New Israeli study links brain hyperactivity to Alzheimer’s

Jewish Journal August 13, 2014

An Israeli research team has announced new findings that link Alzheimer’s disease to brain hyperactivity and says its research helps explain why so many patients who have this debilitating disease run a high risk of seizures.

The powers and pitfalls of the boomer brain

Jewish Journal July 19, 2013

“I’m reading a great book about the middle-aged brain,” I recently told a friend, “but I can’t remember the title.”

An Israeli Workout for the Brain

David Brinn August 3, 2006

What do limousine drivers, breast cancer patients and retirees have in common? They\’re all the beneficiaries of the applications developed by CogniFit, an Israeli company.

Total Recall

Nancy Sokoler Steiner January 22, 2004

Twice in the past couple of days, I\’ve been in conversation and found myself grasping for a word. On both occasions, my 4-year-old supplied the word before I could come up with it. And, of course, there are the times that I walk into a room only to realize that I have no idea what I wanted to do once I got there. Are these natural lapses or early signs of something more sinister?

\”We are all one day closer to Alzheimer\’s disease,\” Dr. Gary Small says forebodingly in his book \”The Memory Bible: An Innovative Strategy for Keeping Your Brain Young\” (Hyperion, 2003). \”Alzheimer\’s and dementia begin forming in our brains much earlier than anyone previously imagined, even in our 20s.\”