What Is Neuroscience?
What exactly is neuroscience? We spoke to Sally Sheldon, our very own in-house neuroscientist to find out what’s what in the world of brains.
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3 Ways To Not Lose Your Head This Season
Stressful situations are bound to crop up over the next month or so, which is why it’s crucial that you’re psychologically ready to bat off the stress grenades, tune into your inner zen, escape into tranquility and effortlessly cope – with head firmly on shoulders.
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Spending Money = Good For The Brain + Lowers Blood Pressure
Spending money can be unavoidable, so rather than beating yourself up about it, we’re going to highlight a few science-backed ways in which your brain may benefit from spending money.
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Cognitive Deficits
Ageing is inevitable and the internet likes to remind us of this with hundreds of articles and posts on signs you’re getting old. Pointing to indications and signs such as forgetfulness. And most of these signs have one thing in common that articles fail to mention.
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Panic! I’m Not A Perfect Parent!
We’ve turned to a parenting pro who writes about the subject (among other things) of parenting for a living, and asked him what his view and experiences are on parenthood. Enter Stuart Heritage…
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5 Simple Steps To Nail Public Speaking
There are 5 steps you can take to help prepare your mind, body and brain for public speaking. If you do these 5 things you WILL survive and maybe, just maybe, nail it too.
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Brain Chemicals
Many of our feelings, decisions and actions are influenced by chemicals in our brains, such as neurotransmitters, neuropeptides and psychopharmaceuticals that whizz around, controlling and influencing our nervous system. Read on to find out more!
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New Father? Here’s How To Cope
We often assume that new parents should be the happiest people on earth, tired, but happy. So the idea of depression in new fathers seems pretty far-fetched, right?
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3 Mysterious Things About The Brain
Ever had Déjà vu and felt totally creeped out? Ever experienced a random mind blank and didn’t know why? Ever found something intensely painful without any external impact? We uncover the science behind each.
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Is The Brain Still Alive When You Die?!
These findings offer a small window into something beyond that which scientists originally had presumed happened after death.
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Why There’s A Bit Of Patrick Bateman In All Of Us
Researchers are arguing that killers may have an underlying abnormality in brain development and a reduction in their emotional learning. Both of which could happen to anyone…
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The Science Behind Cognitive Training
At Peak, our aim is to make lifelong progress enjoyable. To achieve this, we have karate chopped through the noise and have provided you with the scientific facts around cognitive training.
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Does Brain Training Really Work?
We’ve collated the scientific research highlighting the benefits of brain training and why and how it can potentially boost your brain for the better.
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Here’s How Your Partner Copes With Stress
In this article we’ll delve into a few science-backed ways that men and women cope with stress and hopefully teach you one or two new ways to tackle it head on.
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3 Reasons Your Brain Won’t Let You Sleep Tonight
In this article, we’ll explore the main issues that keep people up at night and why it’s so important to address them as soon as possible.
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I Feel Like A Failure
Depression can make you feel like a “failure” and can affect your everyday life, routine and relationships. We explore 3 ways to help with depression.
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Top 5 Books To Improve Your Mental Fitness In Your 20s
We know that to be physically fit we must workout and exercise, but what about our mental fitness? We explore the answers in our latest article.
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Smart Drugs At Uni. Is The Pressure On?
In this article, we will run through the legal drugs some students have turned to, to seek cognitive enhancement and look at where the future lies for smart drugs, nootropics and legal stimulants.
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Millennials, No Wonder You’re Stressed At Work!
Is work for Millennials more stressful now than for the generations before them? Maybe. And here’s why:
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1 Science-Backed Sleeping Hack To Try In Your 20s
Your 20s can be an intense decade. Making sure you get an optimum amount of sleep to power you through each and every day should be at the top of your priority list.
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Feeling Lonely In Your 20s? You’re Not Alone
Being a 20-something can be intense. You can feel like you’re in a state of constant anxiety-ridden flux, trapped in a dark place and pretty lonely at times.
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Why Should You Care About Alzheimer’s Disease?
So why should you care about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia? Here are a few eye-opening facts you have to know:
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3 Ways To Survive Adulthood In 2020
How to avoid the traps of adulthood and go into it with your head held high (so high in fact, you won’t be able to see your phone’s screen…)
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What Goes On In Your Brain During Sex?
What goes on in your brain when you have sex? And why do these thoughts, feelings and processes happen?
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