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How Your Microbiome Affects Brain Health
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The story you usually hear about the gut-brain axis is direct: gut bacteria signal the brain, influencing mood and cognition in real time. That is not wrong,… Read more…
Poor Focus at 45: Three Causes, One Is Fixable
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If you are over 40 and your focus has declined, the first question nobody asks is: *what kind of focus problem is this?* Read more…
Why Information Overload Causes Decision Fatigue
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The standard explanation for information fatigue is cognitive overload. The idea is that your brain has a limited processing capacity and that excessive info… Read more…
What Generative AI Does to Your Thinking
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The worry about generative AI is that it makes you dumber. That by outsourcing thinking to a machine, your cognitive capacity declines. Read more…
Cognitive Atrophy Compounds Like Sedentary Behavior
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The sedentary behavior analogy is useful for understanding cognitive decline in the AI era. No single missed workout destroys your fitness. One week of misse… Read more…
The 40% Rise in Cognitive Disability: What It Means
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The statistic is sobering: cognitive disability prevalence among U.S. adults rose 40% between 2010 and 2020, according to CDC BRFSS data . The number of adul… Read more…
