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@tagomago @markusl You're outside of my realm of direct expertise at that point; I study what happens when the brain breaks, generally, rather than how to avoid it. But cognitive workouts--I would count mindfulness training under that. It's changing the normal pattern of brain and cognitive activity and it's a skill you can develop. Plus, unlike playing wordle or studying Japanese ::cough:: it also lowers cortisol levels in the blood (in some studies), which can have lots of good effects. /1

@markusl @tagomago Cool, thanks! Sure, I'm off now but I'll try to say more over the weekend. The short and dirty version for keeping your brain going is: Keep your cardiovascular system healthy, by whatever means you can, don't skimp on the sleep, and give it a cognitive workout every now and again, don't just use the same thinking patterns all the time.

@tagomago Neuroimaging, cognitive neuroscience, neuropsychiatry research, that sort of thing.

I don't write enough about the research we're doing in the lab. #science But the thing is, a lot of science is a slog, and then the paper gets written, and then the reviewers sit on it and make odd or maybe helpful comments, and then hopefully it finally gets published and it's all SO COOL!! But it's hard to explain in a few hundred characters. 😁

@tagomago I support some of the causes I think are good through Patreon. I appreciate that it is not ideal, but I figure the causes need my $$ more than my ideals.

Have to admit, 10 hours of pink noise and a weighted blanket have led to two nights in a row of deep sleep and wacky dreams. It feels very good. 😁

@imgn I'm with you on that. I'm sorry to see this pope still unable to get away from such twisted thinking. Just when you think he's getting it together, he falls back into the 1500's...