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Happy Thanksgiving! What do Thanksgiving, habits, and neuropsychological health have in common? ...
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Imagine your body is like a car. Cars have stress. Every time you drive your car, you are putting stress on the vehicle. This stress results in wear and tear. Wear on the engine; wear on the tires, the seats, and the body of the vehicle....
by matt bridgman Chemo brain, aka chemo fog, aka chemo-related cognitive dysfunction, aka cancer-related cognitive dysfunction.
What is it? What causes it? What can be done about it? Read More to see what I have been learning in my attempt to answer these questions.  The word "cognition" refers to our thinking skills. In neuropsychology, we discuss cognition in terms of 5 main areas (sometimes called "domains") of thinking skills: attention, language, visual-perceptual skills, memory, and executive skills. Social cognition is sometimes also considered as another domain. Let's explore these areas a little further...
 I was invited a while back to present at a symposium, the theme of which was “recipes for a healthy lifestyle.” The lineup included a dietician from the local hospital, and it was a catered event, with salmon and other healthy foods on the menu. As a neuropsychologist, a lover of the brain, I of course chose to talk about brain health. My “recipe” for brain health turned out to be a rather decent (in my humble opinion at least) overview of that which is required for the health of our brain and our neuropsychological health. This website is almost an extension and expansion of that initial talk, that initial recipe.
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