Brain Mechanics Blog
Fear of the Machine
Every time I mention that I “basically work with systems of artificial intelligence which help re-wiring human brain”, I get these looks of sheer existential fear – and I can’t say these are not completely unjustified. For centuries, our society was leveraging machines to “replace” people, since machines were much easier to control and maintain... Continue Reading →
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Eating mushrooms = a healthier brain!
A recent study of seniors who consumed approx 150g of cooked mushrooms a week tested better on neuropsychological tests and had a 50% reduced risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) compared to age-related healthy controls. Even thought this was only a clinical, the researchers did see a dose-dependent effect with a weekly consumption of 75g... Continue Reading →
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A little Green tea a day (or some carrots) could help keep Alzheimer’s away:
A recent study showed that a diet containing compounds found in carrots (ferulic acid) & green tea (EGCG) reversed Alzheimer’s-like symptoms in mice genetically programmed to develop the disease. Some of the mechanisms improving cognitive function by these compounds is their ability to prevent amyloid beta plaques from forming in the brain, reduce neuroinflammation and... Continue Reading →
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Get your Sweat ON to keep Alzheimer’s @ bay
When your body’s core temperature after a certain time threshold, your body produces heat shock proteins (HSP). A recent NIH Study, showed that HSPs are activated as part of the body’s hormetic response to heat stress either from physical activity or sauna or other modalities of heat exposure. In the brain, heat shock proteins prevent... Continue Reading →
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GET YOU SOME! (Some chocolate for good health that is):
So turns out my chocolate cravings where actually me being healthy & I can back it up by real science! No seriously a small clinical trial just shows that dark chocolate consumption increases neuroplasticity, improves memory and mood, reduces stress and inflammation to go along with past findings of it fighting free radicals, preventing heart... Continue Reading →
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Living Shadows
IoT has a classic concept of “shadows” – that is, a last known state of any device, as recorded. Same as the light of the long gone stars, a device may not even exist anymore – but its shadow would be there, in the system of records. This is a great concept for anything lacking... Continue Reading →
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The Magic of XAI
We are living in the world where mentioning AI scares most people right away – decades of primitive and silly fiction, depicting horrors of “robots taking over humanity” built yet another solid foundation for moral panic, whenever machine smartness is mentioned. However, should we really be worried? And why? Think about it this way –... Continue Reading →
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Vitamin D: how it could help you prevent Alzheimer’s & Dementia
Due genetic traits & family history we are told that Alzheimer’s & Dementia could be a high probability & that right now there is nothing we can do to prevent it, yet on a daily basis I see new discoveries that give us hope. The brain is a energy- intensive organ that needs the right... Continue Reading →
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