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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Researchers to Study the Effects of Probiotics on Brain Health

University partners with i-Health and Stow-Glen Retirement Village ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï, in partnership with the Stow-Glen Retirement Village in Stow, Ohio, recently received an industry-funded grant of $430,000 from i-Health Inc., a subsidiary of DSM Nutritional Products, to examine whether takin…

Tags: Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , Brain Health Research Institute , Research & Science

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Advances Its Culture of Research and Innovation With the Establishment of the Brain Health Research Institute

At the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Board of Trustees meeting held today (Dec. 7, 2016), the Board voted to establish the Brain Health Research Institute, further supporting significant existing research and providing additional support for researchers to collaborate across multiple departments, colleges a…

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Plugged In

Plugged In

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State educational technologist Richard Ferdig studies the potential—and the possible limits—of emerging digital tools / ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Magazine

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John Gunstad

Psychology professor John Gunstad studies the connection between obesity and cognitive problems

Researchers have long known that carrying extra weight can be hard on our bodies: studies show that obesity is linked to higher rates of heart and liver disease, for example.

Those extra pounds may be weighing down our brains, too, says John Gunstad, Ph.D., professor of psychological sciences and director of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s Applied Psychology Center.

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illustration by Mikey Burton '08

Use Your Head

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State researchers are studying how you can train and maintain a healthy brain. / ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Magazine

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Stress Less

It’s a common scenario—you get stressed out and eventually it takes its toll on your health and well-being. That’s what happened last spring when Kathy Spicer was faced with multiple tight deadlines related to her work, spending long hours at her desk and grabbing meals on the go. During that time h…

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