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Publications
Articles and research notes I have published on LinkedIn. Links open the original post.
- Neural Foundations of Creativity and Innovation How brain networks, including the default mode network active during rest and daydreaming, contribute to new ideas, and how leaders can build a culture where creativity is safe.
- Sleep Hygiene Tips and Benefits Practical daytime and bedtime habits for better sleep, and why consistent routines matter for mood, learning and everyday functioning, including in young children.
- Neurobehavioral & Immunological Memory in Relation to Various Stages of Sleep Memory is encoded while awake, consolidated during sleep and retrieved while awake again. Different sleep stages seem to support different kinds of memory, and sleep may also help the immune system form long-term memories.
- Benefits of Physical Activity on the Nervous System How regular exercise supports the brain: blood flow, growth factors such as BDNF, plasticity, mood and sleep, with a review of the research.
- The Vital Link Between Sleep and Brain Health Why sleep matters for memory, attention and mood, and eight practical steps towards better sleep.
- Neuroplasticity in Adulthood The adult brain keeps adapting through learning, change and recovery after injury, though less intensely than in childhood, and lifestyle influences how much.
- Decision-Making and Cognitive Biases in Leadership How the brain weighs options, five common biases (confirmation, overconfidence, anchoring, availability, status quo), and practical ways leaders can reduce their effect.
- Neurostimulation for difficult-to-treat headache: an overview Notes on a 2020 review of non-invasive and invasive neurostimulation for chronic primary headaches, and why invasive options are kept for carefully selected cases. Salkim E, Demosthenous A. EC Neurology. 2020;12(8):223–236 (not indexed in PubMed; check the source before publishing).
- How common is migraine? Notes on its global epidemiology Key points from a 2023 Nature Reviews Neurology review: the best current estimate is that 14–15% of people worldwide have migraine, accounting for about 4.9% of years lived with disability, probably an underestimate. Steiner TJ, Stovner LJ. Global epidemiology of migraine and its implications for public health and health policy. Nat Rev Neurol. 2023;19(2):109–117. doi:10.1038/s41582-022-00763-1