Brain Health Podcast by Kim & Alessia
Kim & Alessia
Categories: Health
Listen to the last episode:
Is health the absence of sickness, or is there more to it?
This question is crucial in today’s healthcare, and nowhere more relevant than in the area of brain health. So it is no wonder that Kim and Alessia have picked to discuss it as the conclusion of this journey called BrainHealth podcast.
As a co-founder and CEO of Brain+, Kim has a lot to share about the topic. The app-based cognitive rehabilitation platform his company makes is equally concerned with developing healthy habits (via a feature called BrainCoach, found in Enhance and Recover apps), as it is with cognitive training.
In our 8th episode, prof. Eero Castren explains that we need to keep the brain active for it to stay healthy.
However, in this one, Kim goes beyond discussing neuroplasticity, and touches upon general lifestyle issues that affect brain health:
- is there such a thing as healthy brain food?
- how socialization affects the brain?
- what is it that mindfulness meditation does?
Additionally, Alessia and Kim also share some knowlegde about what happens with the brain during sleep, and discuss the concept of deliberate practice, developed by the psychologist Anders Ericsson.
This is the 2nd half of a two-part interview - listen to the 1st one here.
Kim Baden-Kristensen is the co-founder and CEO of Brain+, a digital therapeutics company that helps people with brain disorders and injuries to recover their fundamental cognitive brain functions and daily life capabilities by using an app-based cognitive rehabilitation platform, which is developed in close collaboration with patients, clinicians and researchers.https://www.linkedin.com/in/kbadenk/ |
Alessia Covello is a life science IT consultant working in the field of healthcare technology implementation, and advocating for better services for people with brain conditions and learning disabilities.https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessiacovello/
Discussion points:
8.39 The dangers of retirement - what it does to brain plasticity
11.01 Training the brain as a whole vs. training skills?
15.18 “Deliberate practice” - what makes champions special, and what it tells us about the brain
25.56 Lifestyle and the brain - key areas we can improve on a daily basis:
- 26.41 Sleep
- 31.06 Social life
- 34.33 Physical exercise
- 42.56 Diet
55.51 Meditation and mindfulness - out of spiritual practices and into our everyday lives
Disclaimer:
All references to products, companies, and organizations in this podcast and the article that accompanies it are included with the purpose to inform, rather than promote or advertise. The podcast authors do not receive financial compensation for any of these references.
Previous episodes
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11 - S01E11 Brain healthy lifestyle - how everyday choices affect brain health Thu, 12 Sep 2019
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10 - S01E10 The science of brain training? Issues and challenges in brain health Mon, 03 Jun 2019
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9 - S01E09 Neuroscience research for a better future Mon, 06 May 2019
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8 - S01E08 “Use your brain”: On depression and neuroplasticity Mon, 08 Apr 2019
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7 - S01E07 “People don’t see them ill”: Stigma and invisibility of neurological disorders Mon, 25 Mar 2019
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6 - S01E06 Are you overworking your brain? Mental workload and mental fatigue Mon, 04 Mar 2019
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5 - S01E05 Dopamine - neurotransmitter that gets us going Mon, 18 Feb 2019
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4 - S01E04 “Allowing the brain and the mind to repair itself”: Recovery after trauma Mon, 04 Feb 2019
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3 - S01E01 Mysteries of sleep: The often neglected third of our lives Sat, 19 Jan 2019
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2 - S01E02 Our future with brain disorders: Advocating for a "paradigm shift" Sat, 19 Jan 2019
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1 - S01E03 “Like Russian roulette”: Life with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis Sat, 19 Jan 2019