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A recent study from researchers at UCLA links gut bacteria to brain function, underscoring Brain Balance’s assertion that diet has a direct and significant impact on behavior. The small study found that women who regularly consumed probiotics found in yogurt showed altered brain function while in a state of rest and in response to [...]
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Results from an autism study in the May 2013 issue of Behavioral Neuroscience show environmental enrichment strategies reduce autism symptoms in boys ages 3 to 12. After six months of an environmental enrichment program that included olfactory and tactile stimulation, the enriched group showed clinically significant improvement of symptoms at a rate of 42% compared [...]
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Kids with autism can detect simple movements twice as fast as kids who don’t have the disorder according to new research from the University of Vanderbilt and the University of Rochester. This information may help explain why people with autism are uncomfortable in certain environments, particularly crowded or bustling ones. A recent NPR article about [...]
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A report from the Yale School Of Medicine that recently appeared in the Journal of Biological Psychiatry indicates that abnormal folds in a newborn’s placenta may reveal autism risk. Since the brain is the most folded organ in the body and is effected by even the smallest of abnormalities, researchers began to look for ways [...]
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A recent study from researchers at several prominent universities indicates that problems with math skills, also called dyscalculia, are related to the strength of communication between the brain’s hemispheres. The results of this study support the Brain Balance method of improving hemispheric communication in the brain to reduce symptoms of learning and behavioral disorders. The [...]
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