A 2026 Australian study involving 2,192 dementia-free adults found that each 10% higher ultra-processed food intake was associated with 0.05-point lower attention and 0.24-point higher modified CAIDE dementia-risk score.1 The memory result was not significant, so the honest read is attention and risk-score signal, not global cognitive collapse. Research Highlights Attention was lower: Each 10% …
Betrayal does not just make people less trusting. It can also change what they pay attention to afterward. After a negative social surprise, people may start scanning more closely for signs of threat, which can make distrust easier to confirm and harder to undo. Research Highlights Selective observation: Son and Yoo 2026 modeled social inference …
Self-directed neuroplasticity is a concept derived from the researcher Dr. Jeffrey M. Schwartz in his book, “The Mind & The Brain“ (Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force). In the book, he makes a compelling argument that you aren’t at the mercy of genetically-predetermined brain activity. His research suggests that you play an active role in influencing brain function …