Sentences with phrase «call brain boosts»

«In our school day, we build in two full movement classes during the day along with short movement bursts, what we call brain boosts, to break up classes and get kids active rather than having them sit for hours and hours straight.»

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Gazzaley and Rosen say some activities may boost cognition and attention by stimulating the brain's ability to strengthen and reorganize existing neural connections, a process called neuroplasticity.

Simply put, it gives the brain what one neuroscientist calls «greater bandwidth,» boosting the processing capacity of the affected brain cells by 3,000 %.

The data showed that when the cell phone was transmitting, the power of a characteristic brain - wave pattern called alpha waves in the person's brain was boosted significantly.

Eroglu's earlier work has shown that thrombospondins are released by brain cells called astrocytes and boost new synapse formation between neurons in the brain.

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Buchanan found that he could boost variability by manipulating a specific set of neurons in the brain region called the central complex.

Current city living, testing found, correlated with a boost in activity in a brain region called the amygdala, which is associated with memory and emotional intelligence, with a particularly large effect in people from big cities.

A 50 - minute phone call boosts metabolism in the brain regions closest to the antenna, including areas involved in language, decision making, and emotional processing.

Play a computer game, boost your IQ — that's the claim made by some software companies peddling so - called brain - training programs.

And for decades patients have taken a drug called Levodopa to boost the brain's dopamine levels.

«Exercise increases blood flow in the brain,» Dr. Levy explains, and that, in turn, boosts both production and availability of brain chemicals called neurotransmitters.»

This miracle plant is called «Indian Ginseng» (or Ashwagandha), and for the past 10 years it's been used in the US for its mood - boosting, brain - protecting powers (6, 8, 9, 10).

The brain cells become more active and boosts the production of a protein called brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF).

His studies suggest that alternate - day fasting, with a single meal of about 600 calories on the fast day, can boost the production of a protein called brain - derived neurotrophic factor by 50 to 400 percent, depending on the brain region.

These herbs are able to boost brain function due to a specific chemical they contain called rosmarinic acid.

In fact, research suggests aerobic exercise boosts the release of growth factors in the brain that spurs the development of new nerve cell connections, especially in an area of the brain called the hippocampus.

Infact, it is also sometimes called the brain food and it can help boost mood and reduce anxiety and depression better than some antidepressants.

I like to call this type of foods intelligent food because they have the necessary nutrients to boost Stem cell, DNA and brain health.

Power naps can alleviate our so - called sleep deficits, but they can also boost our brains, including improvements to creative problem solving, verbal memory, perceptual learning, object learning, and statistical learning.