WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN THIS WEEK
caffeine shrinks your hippocampus, but cocoa improves memory; laying too long in bed causes depression, but too short causes dementia; eating apples helps dementia, while singing in a choir helps you write contradictory tabloid headlines
reported in: The Daily Mail by Johnathan Chadwick on 18th February 2021 & The Daily Mail by Johnathan Chadwick on 16th February 2021 & The Daily Mail by Johnathan Chadwick on 12th February 2021 & The Daily Mail by Dan Avery on 12th February 2021 & The Daily Mail by Ryan Morrison on 18th February 2021 & by Johnathan Chadwick on 12th February 2021
this story was in episode 4 #brain #fog #headline #contradiction
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the Daily Mail's regular assault of occasionally insightful scientific articles includes advice that:
caffeine temporarily reduces grey matter in the hippocampus - an important part of the brain associated with memory
but you can boost your memory by eating lots of cocoa which contains flavonols and, err, caffeine
if you don't take caffeine, you might lie-in bed longer at weekends, which will give you depression
but if you don't lie in, and instead sleep for less than 5 hours a night, you'll get dementia
but you can counteract one form of dementia - Alzheimer's - if you eat an apple every day
finally, if you need the cognitive flexibility required to make sense of all this contradictory tabloid brain science, then start singing in a choir
I'm not kidding - every one of these was a Daily Mail brain science story in the last two weeks. every single one