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Featured Neuroscience

·July 9, 2019·2 min read

Blue light at night increases the consumption of sweets: Rat study

Rats exposed to blue light at night were more prone to indulge in sugary snacks than regular foods.

Featured Neuroscience

·May 28, 2019·5 min read

Childhood trauma tied to tooth loss later in life

Experiencing trauma and adversity during childhood has been linked to a greater risk of tooth loss later in life.

This is a still from the grocery store brain training game

Featured Neuroscience

·May 7, 2019·5 min read

Train your brain to eat less sugar

A new brain training game in which players navigate a grocery store, earning rewards for selecting healthy food options, may help to reduce the desire to give into sugar cravings. Participants who had higher initial preferences for sugary foods lost as much as 3.1% body weight following daily gameplay.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·April 4, 2019·3 min read

No such thing as ‘sugar rush’! Sugar worsens mood rather than improving it

Carbohydrate consumption from sugary drinks and snacks does not help to improve mood. The findings may help increase public awareness that the 'sugar rush' is a myth and help inform health policies to promote healthier alternatives.