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- Study shows marijuana’s long-term effects on the brain http://www.brainhealth.utdallas.edu/blog_page/study-shows-marijuanas-long-term-effects-on-the-brain 5 comments
- Study identifies differences in large-scale brain network patterns in long-term cannabis users who have cravings https://brainhealth.utdallas.edu/center-for-brainhealth-advances-understanding-of-connectivity-patterns-in-reward-related-brain-regions-in-cannabis-users/ 5 comments science
- Cannabis users experience increased cortical activation during the brain’s resting state when compared with nonusers. The resulting “noisy brain” might impair brain activity and disrupt cognitive processes, finds new research. https://brainhealth.utdallas.edu/research-suggests-increased-cortical-activation-in-cannabis-users-brains-during-resting-state/ 4 comments science
- In a randomized clinical study involving adults age 56 to 71 that recently published in Neurobiology of Aging, researchers found that after cognitive training, participants' brains were more energy efficient, meaning their brain did not have to work as hard to perform a task. https://brainhealth.utdallas.edu/cognitive-training-helps-regain-younger-working-brain/ 11 comments cogsci
- Research Shows Strategic Thinking Strengthens Intellectual Capacity: Strategy-based cognitive training has the potential to enhance cognitive performance and spill over to real-life benefit according to a data-driven perspective article by the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas http://www.brainhealth.utdallas.edu/blog_page/brainhealth-research-shows-strategic-thinking-strengthens-intellectual-capa 368 comments science