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Richard Restak M.d

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The Promise and Perils of Brain Research

The Promise and Perils of Brain Research

Scientific expertise should determine the direction of brain research.

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Richard Restak M.d

Superagers May Hold Answers to Lifetime Cognitive Ability

Superagers May Hold Answers to Lifetime Cognitive Ability

Neuroplasticity has the potential to prolong cognitive longevity for decades.

28.05.2026 30

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Smarter People Tend to Possess Enhanced Working Memory

Even in adults enhancing one’s working memory skills can increase intelligence.

20.05.2026 50

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A Reliable Memory Method Based on Ancient Practices

Pictures are more powerful memory stimulators than words.

13.05.2026 30

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Enhancing Our Power of Smell Improves Our Cognition

The alchemy of olfaction: Molecules into perfumes.

06.05.2026 60

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Olfaction Smell Is Our Most Neglected Sense

Olfaction is both the simplest and the most complicated of the five senses.

28.04.2026 70

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The Effects of Media Depictions or Mediaspeak on War

Are we too enamored with media as an antidote to harsh realities?

17.04.2026 60

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How Anxiety Can Increase the Likelihood of War

Individual and collective anxiety helps shape the path to conflict.

10.04.2026 60

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Carbon Emissions in a War-Torn World Threaten Brain Health

We are all casualties in 21st-century wars.

03.04.2026 60

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How to Think About the Brain

Ideas about the brain are always historically and culturally influenced.

26.03.2026 60

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Richard Restak M.d

The Effects of Extreme Heat on the Brain

How heat affects the brain: We’re already experiencing concerning temperatures.

20.03.2026 100

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Richard Restak M.d

The Importance of Watching the Watchers

Surveillance: The perils of covert observation.

12.03.2026 80

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Richard Restak M.d

AI: Stimulus and Threat to Optimal Brain Functioning

How many of the brain’s operations do we want to assign to AI?

05.03.2026 40

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Richard Restak M.d

Hearing Loss and Its Link to Dementia

25.02.2026 90

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The Destructive Effects of Misinformation on the Human Brain

Cautionary examples of the prevalence of misinformation in the 21st century.

18.02.2026 100

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Richard Restak M.d