Widespread drastic reduction of brain myelin upon prolonged endurance exercise(biorxiv.org)

78 points by anigbrowl 3 years ago | 34 comments

Alzheimer's microbiota induce deficits in cognition and hippocampal neurogenesis(academic.oup.com)

86 points by bookofjoe 3 years ago | 40 comments

Writing by hand is good for your brain(nealstephenson.substack.com)

1393 points by dwwoelfel 3 months ago | 629 comments

Neal Stephenson's Substack post arguing that writing by hand benefits the brain, with practical advice on how to do it.

Brain endurance training improves older adults' cognitive, physical performance(sciencedirect.com)

71 points by gnabgib 2 years ago | 20 comments

Why did Google Brain exist?(moderndescartes.com)

445 points by brilee 3 years ago | 282 comments

Personal essay by former Google Brain employee Brian Kihoon Lee examining why Google Brain existed as an industry research lab and whether those reasons still hold.

Just Write(blog.chasingbrains.co)

75 points by marksully 1 year ago | 29 comments