Brain Power and Brain Health
Neuroscience research over the past several decades has revolutionized our understanding of the change processes in the brain that underlie the development and elaboration of our skills and abilities in younger life, and that account for their predictable, progressive decline at an older age. Neuroplasticity studies also provide us with important new insights into strategies for overcoming those losses, and for managing our brain health all across the span of our lives.
Our goal is to explain how this science relates to YOUR health - and to explain how the great personal endowment of "brain plasticity" contributes to YOUR potential for continuous personal growth.
Michael M. Merzenich is a professor emeritus neuroscientist at the University of California, San Francisco and designer of BrainHQ.
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| The Secret Life of the Brain This is a PBS documentary series directed by David Grubin, revealing the fascinating processes involved in brain development across a lifetime. |
| The Brain Using simple analogies, real-life case studies, and state-of-the-art CGI, this film shows how the brain works, explains the frequent battle between instinct and reason, and unravels the mysteries of memory and decision-making. |
| The Multi-Dimensional Mind Learn from leading experts in neurology, neuropsychology, neuroscience and geriatrics about how your brain works and how it changes with age. |
| The Neuroscience of Learning and Memory Jeanette Norden explores how the brain learns and remembers, focusing on a discussion of how the brain is organized in general. |
| Building Brains: The Molecular Logic of Neural Circuits Thomas M. Jessell explores the human brain, the sophisticated product of 500 million years of vertebrate evolution, assembled during just nine months of embryonic development. |
| Brain, Mind and Behavior: A Remarkable Universe Take a look into our current understanding of the function of the human brain and some of the important diseases that cause nervous system dysfunction. |
| Mental Health and Illness: From Neuroscience to Clinical Care There is no health without mental health. Mental well-being and mental illness are essential topics for 21st century health care systems and for society. |
| Brain and Behavior The relationship of the brain to behavior, beginning with the basic elements that make up the nervous system and how electrical and chemical signals in the brain work to effect behavior. |