Brain Health Blog

Monthly Archives: February 2008

Brain activity during video gaming

By Lumos Labs Science Associate Paul Li, MS Neuroscience.
Males are bigger consumers than females when it comes to mainstream video games. A possible reason males enjoy playing (and end up addicted to) video games might be attributed to how the male brain is wired when compared to the female brain, particularly in the reward and [...]

T-Shirt Finalists Announced

Announcing the T-Shirt Design Contest finalists! Congratulations to the 6 designers who made the finals with their impressive shirts. From the submissions received, we selected the best designs so that you (our readers) can vote to pick the winner.
Thanks to everyone who submitted a shirt design. We needed to narrow down the finalists to just [...]

The Color Blind Advantage

I used to think I had Ted Williams-caliber vision (a doctor said that, and it was memorable for a 10-yr old aspiring baseball player). When dreams of baseball stardom started to seem less likely, I began to think I’d make a good pilot. Though I’ve long since chosen a different direction, I still took pride [...]

T-Shirt Design Contest: Last Day!

Go Fish!

By Lumos Labs Science Associate Paul Li, MS Neuroscience.

One of the top brain foods you can have in your diet is fish. This brain food, also in pill form, is a good source of omega-3 fatty acids that the body alone cannot produce. Recently, scientists from UCLA further discovered that omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid, [...]

May I Have Your Attention, Please?

By guest expert Dr. Cynthia Green, Ph.D., a nationally recognized expert in brain health and president of Memory Arts LLC.

I was once asked if there is one thing that everyone could do to improve memory. Luckily, there was an easy answer. If we only paid better attention to things that we want to [...]