Brain Fitness

How Untreated Depression Changes the Brain Over Time

Leaving depression untreated for too long may lead to neurodegenerative levels of brain inflammation, a recent study found. While the right amount of brain inflammation protects us from disease and helps repair the brain when it’s injured, "[g]reater inflammation in the brain is a common response with degenerative brain diseases as they progress, such as wi...

The Power of Meditation: What We Learned From the 12 Thai Boys

Can you imagine being trapped inside of a cave for two weeks, with no food and little oxygen? For most of us, our first reaction would be to panic. Twelve young boys trapped inside of a northern Thailand cave used a survival technique that most people wouldn’t have thought of—Buddhist meditation, a tool for achieving clarity and peace of mind, and liberati...