The internet is full of advice on how to keep our brains healthy. With so many voices speaking at once, it’s often hard to know where to turn for the most trusted guidance. So, the team at Modern Brain Journal advised Brainy Moms on 5 of the best websites for brain health information.

According to research published in Molecular Psychiatry, adequate sleep is a key ingredient for psychological and cognitive health in children. Scientists evaluated data from over 11,000 school-age children and discovered that not only were behavior problems correlated with reduced sleep time, but these kids also had lower brain volume.

Researchers have discovered that validation is key to offering true comfort. While we might want to shush our loved-ones complaints and fears, it is apparently more effective to encourage him or her to talk through those feelings, share anxieties, and express fears.

According to new research from Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, participants who wrote scheduling information down with pen and paper had more accurate recall than those who recorded the information on a tablet or smartphone.

Recent research reveals: even in football players that had never been diagnosed with a concussion, biomarkers revealed brain damage that had likely been building over time, due to repetitive hits. One-on-one brain training programs like LearningRx are designed to mitigate just such cognitive deficits and strengthen overall processing.

The worldwide coronavirus outbreak has affected and continues to affect every citizen of the globe, regardless of fame, status, or wealth. New research reported reveals a distinct trend of coronavirus-associated blues – psychological distress – in the US adult population.

Students with a growth mindset were drastically better at overcoming stress than those with a fixed mindset. Students with a growth mindset reported less psychological stress and fewer maladaptive coping techniques.

The results of a randomized controlled trial, published in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology, support the efficacy of the ThinkRx one-on-one cognitive training program in improving cognitive skills and IQ scores in students ages 8 to 14 years.

New research offers a promising alternative to corticosteroids: smell training! While most Covid-19 sufferers will eventually spontaneously recover their sense of smell, this can take up to six months. Scientists now show that smell-training can improve and speed up this recovery, with a systematic process of sniffing four distinct odors at least two times per day for several months.

We want to do everything possible to keep our brains in top-notch condition, but finding the best resources isn’t always easy. Who are the experts we should be listening to? The team at Brainy Moms scoured the podcast community to find five of the best shows on brain health.