Josh's new book: The Genius and the Impostor
To grab your copy of the book, head to GeniusAndImpostor.com. To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to the free Better Brain Fitness new...
3 Aug 17min
Preventing the Wrong Kind of Brain Plasticity, with Dr. Henry Mahncke
Henry Mahncke is the CEO of Posit Science and the creator of BrainHQ, the most researched brain training platform in the world. A neuroscientist who did his PhD with Michael Merzenich, considered the ...
3 Juni 1h 3min
Can This Vaccine Help Prevent Alzheimer's?
Can a shingles vaccine cut your dementia risk by 20%? A series of landmark studies — published in Nature, Cell, and JAMA — say yes. In this episode, Tommy unpacks the research: how natural experimen...
7 Maj 28min
Can a Blood Test Predict Alzheimer's?
A recent study published in Nature Medicine claims a blood test can predict when you'll develop Alzheimer's disease, and it got a lot of attention. But how well does it actually work, and should you r...
14 Apr 28min
An Existential Crisis for Alzheimer's Research?
In this episode, we discuss a study published in PLOS One that compared living brain tissue to post-mortem brain tissue and found dramatic molecular differences between the two. The findings raise ser...
28 Feb 21min
Does Computerized Brain Training Help?
In this episode, we dig into a recent McGill University study on computerized cognitive training and its effects on brain chemistry in older adults. What you'll learn: Why certain brain training gam...
30 Jan 29min
What's Wrong With The New Food Pyramid.
In this episode, we dive into guidelines to figure out what all the fuss is about, whether that fuss is warranted, and whether we should even be issuing dietary guidelines to begin with! Topics and Qu...
16 Jan 34min
#90: This Brain Aging Study Is Our New Favorite!
Much of what we talk about on Better Brain Fitness resolves around the demand-driven decline model we published. Well...a new study just published in Nature Communications gave that model the best tes...
18 Dec 202523min
