Seasonal changes and the brain
You may be wondering if the seasonal changes can affect our brain? Well, the short answer is yes! Seasons do have an effect on our brain...
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How we think the time and its impact on our wellbeing
Time is a basic concept of our mind, we could not think about anything without thinking it within a time framework. Time is the flow of...
Can brain-training clear-up brain fog
In collaboration with Antwerp University Hospital, our team at MyCognition, including Martina Ratto - Beingwell’s cognitive scientist -...
Does exercise improve our brainpower?
Thanks to our resident cognitive scientist, Martina Ratto, we have the answer, and the short one… yes! Like the rest of our body parts,...
The power of group thinking
Imagine all of our brains thinking together. Two minds are greater than one, right? But we are used to imagining our thinking as...
Uncovering high performance: nature or nurture?
When it comes to performance, are people born talented? Martina Ratto, Cognitive Scientist, explores...
Can we REALLY multitask?
Martina Ratto, Cognitive Scientist and brain boffin', explores whether we can actually multitask or not.
Has evolution made our brains lazy?
Our lazy brain comes courtesy of our ancestors who aimed to do less to increase survival.
Rashomon effect: Can we trust our memory?
How is it possible for people to remember the same event entirely differently? Martina Ratto explains.
Thinking about thinking
One thing that makes the human mind quite unique is our ability to think about thinking...
Navigating complexity in a world brimming with info
Our brains need to process more and more every day at high speed, just to keep up with the world.
Why do we enjoy being scared?
What does our enjoyment of Halloween or scary films, reveal about our human nature?
Left versus right brain: facts and myths
Is the right side of our brain responsible for numbers and the left for creativity? Martina Ratto explores...
Identifying automatic thoughts and reframing
Grace McMahon, life coach, explores automatic thoughts and how we can identify and reframe them.
How mindfulness changed my mindset
Cara Fielden, journalist, wellbeing warrior, and social media guru, shares her experience...
Navigating our brains negativity bias
Our tendency to focus on the negative is an innate human habit. How can we change this?
Food for thought - eating for our brains
Whether on jollies in Bridlington or the Mediterranean, we can find plenty of delicious food to...
Extroverts - have the headlines worried you?
Recent headlines have brought to light a mental wellbeing decline in extroverted people...
New Alzheimer's research - a solution or just a patch?
Is the new Alzheimer’s drug all it’s cracked up to be? Martina Ratto, Cognitive Scientist, explores...
How does our brain actually think?
We’ve all got one, a lump of grey squidgy matter, housed in our heads. But how, exactly, does it work?
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