Category: Brain Health

Source: https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2020/07/24/update-should-candidates-to-high-office-should-pass-a-cognitive-mental-fitness-test/

Wow, that was a couple of very insightful discussions, via social media no less.

#1. The first one was about whether heads of state and candidates to high office should pass a cognitive/ mental fitness test. Click HERE to read and discuss some of the sharpest comments, such as…

• “I wonder what brought this up.”
• “Definitely. We routinely screen applicants for a wide range of jobs.”
• “Then the balance of political power would shift towards the designers of those tests.”
• “That’s what debates are for.”
• “Yes, but probably nobody would pass it.”
• “No, because if we can’t judge that for our…

Source: https://totalbrainhealth.com/gene-variation-may-protect-against-alzheimers-study/

Source: http://www.brainhealtheducation.org/how-traumatic-experiences-can-leave-their-mark-on-a-persons-eyes/

Pupillary response in those with PTSD differs from people who have not experienced traumatic events. The pupils of those with PTSD failed to show sharp constriction caused by light changes, and more enlargement when exposed to emotional stimuli that other participants. Patients with PTSD not only showed an exaggerated response to threatening stimuli but also

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Source: https://totalbrainhealth.com/where-you-live-could-affect-your-chances-of-developing-dementia/

Source: http://www.brainhealtheducation.org/autopsies-reveal-surprising-cardiac-changes-in-covid-19-patients/

A series of autopsies conducted by LSU Health New Orleans pathologists shows the damage to the hearts of COVID-19 patients is not the expected typical inflammation of the heart muscle associated with myocarditis, but rather a unique pattern of cell death in scattered individual heart muscle cells. They report the findings of a detailed study

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Source: https://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/info-2020/states-mask-mandates-coronavirus.html

The governors of Arkansas and Colorado issued statewide mask orders on July 16 to help curtail the spread of COVID-19, making their states the 27th and 28th (plus the District of Columbia) to manda……

Source: https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2020/07/22/debate-should-heads-of-state-and-candidates-to-high-office-pass-a-cognitive-mental-fitness-test/

Wow, that was quite a discussion over at Facebook groups on Neuroscience, Neuroplasticity, Psychiatry & Clinical Psychology, Singularity and beyond as a response to the question <a href="https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2020/05/27/should-heads-of-state-and-candidates-to-high-office-pass-a-cognitive-m…