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A neuroscientist's tips for a new year tuneup for your brain

  • Written by Kelly Lambert, Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Richmond
Pop metaphorical 'brain bubbles' by grounding your brain in the here and now.Sofiaworld/Shutterstock.com

Unlike the effervescent bubbles that stream to the top of champagne flutes on New Year’s Eve, what I call brain bubbles are far from celebratory. These bubbles are metaphorical rather than physical, and they distort the stream of reality...

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