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TBI One Love is a non-profit organization sharing Survivors unique stories of hope to help eliminate Brain Injury silence & make a positive change Worldwide.

10/23/2026

Our 🧠 is not a finished product. It is constantly adapting to what you practice.

Scientist have believed that, brain structure was fixed after childhood, but imaging and research has shown something that our brains continue to change and adapt well into adulthood. This shift from a “fixed brain” to a “plastic brain” model has changed what we know about brain health and Parkinson’s disease.

Recent research by Jenny Yopp explored how the brain changes as we learn, practice, and develop expertise.

Here are some of the takeaways:
•Practice changes how the brain works.
As we develop a skill, the brain can change its patterns of activity, processing strategies, and use of information.
•Expertise is developed, not simply given.
With experience and consistent practice, the brain becomes better at recognizing patterns, processing information, and performing specific tasks.
•The brain adapts to what we repeatedly do.
Different skills engage different brain systems. Learning an instrument, mastering a sport, studying a subject, or developing a professional skill can all involve adaptations in the brain.

Overall, this study shows the brain’s ability to adapt and reorganize is a powerful reminder that learning and growth are ongoing processes. Recovery and improvement can look different for everyone, and progress is not always linear. But our understanding of the brain continues to highlight the importance of experience, practice, and continued learning.

We should never underestimate the value of challenging ourselves, learning something new, and continuing to grow.

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10/03/2026

The of interaction with nature.

We often treat "taking a break" as a luxury. But cognitive science shows that interacting with nature is actually a biological necessity for high performance.

According to Attention Restoration Theory, urban environments constantly drain our "directed attention"—the intense focus we use to solve problems, write emails, and build strategies. Nature does the exact opposite. It engages our involuntary attention, giving our 🧠 executive control center a chance to completely reset and replenish.

A landmark recent study found that walking in a natural setting (like a park) for less than an hour improved memory and attention spans by a dramatic 20% compared to walking in an urban environment.

During this study, researchers had participants were first given a highly taxing cognitive task (the backwards digit-span task) to deliberately fatigue their directed attention. They were then randomly assigned to take a 50-minute. One group walked through the Ann Arbor Nichols Arboretum (a park filled with trees and natural paths). The other group walked down Huron Street (a busy, concrete, urban commercial street).

Results showed that: When re-tested after the walk, participants who walked through the arboretum showed a 20% improvement in their working memory and attention spans. Those who walked down the urban street showed no significant improvement.

Overall, this study shows that this cognitive boost happens regardless of your mood or the weather. You don't have to love the cold or be in a great mood to reap the neurological benefits.

So, next time you feel stuck, step away from the screen and find some green space. Your 🧠—and your productivity—will thank you.

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09/30/2026

🧠 Could psilocybin play a role in the future of brain-injury treatment?

A new study led by Northeastern University’s Center for Translational Neuroimaging, with collaborators from several universities, studied whether psilocybin could have therapeutic effects following repetitive mild head injuries.

Here are some examples of the findings:
•Reduced vasogenic edema (brain swelling)
• Improved vascular reactivity
• Changes in resting-state functional connectivity
• Reduced accumulation of phosphorylated tau, a protein associated with neurodegenerative conditions
• Increased levels of BDNF and its receptor TrkB, which are involved in neuroplasticity and brain adaptation
• Changes in lipid-signaling pathways associated with brain injury

Currently, there is no FDA approved medication that repairs the underlying biological damage caused by ANY form of a brain injury. However, in animal trials, led by the university showed that administering psilocybin after repetitive head impacts successfully reduced acute brain swelling, restored normal blood flow, and repaired neural connectivity, paving the way for a revolutionary approach to trauma recovery.

Overall, this discovery offers life-changing potential for millions of athletes, military veterans, and accident survivors who face the debilitating consequences of repetitive head trauma🧠🍄

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09/29/2026

New neuroimaging data shows that the neural architecture of the human brain fluctuates significantly with the changing seasons. Specifically, human brain connectivity peaks in the fall and drops to its lowest baseline during the summer months.

In a recent study, researchers from Vanderbilt University extracted high-resolution 3T resting-state fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) scans from 410 healthy young adult subjects (ages 26–35) available in the open-source Human Connectome Project (HCP) database. The researchers recorded the exact calendar dates when each subject's brain scan was originally captured. They divided the 410 participants into four distinct groups based on the season of their scan: Autumn, Winter, Spring, and Summer.

During this study, the team measured spontaneous, localized brain activity across both gray and white matter. Then evaluated how well different brain regions synchronized globally and within specific circuits.

Here are some examples of what they located:
•Autumn peak: when autumn arrives, the brain moves into its most highly integrated and efficient structural state. Major systems—including the sensorimotor network, the default mode network, and the posterior insula—show their highest mean functional connectivity strength.
•Summer slump: overall functional connectivity plummets to its lowest levels during the summer. While your day-to-day focus might feel normal, the overall baseline network synchronization across the brain's hemispheres decreases significantly.
•Network-Specific Fluctuations: seasonal changes are not uniform across the entire brain.
•Both Gray and White Matter Alterations: Seasonal variation affects both processing and communication areas.
•Environmental Weather Predictors: changes in average air temperature and day length (photoperiod) are highly accurate predictors of the shifting baseline activity in both gray and white matter.

Overall, this study shows- our brain is on a seasonal cycle, daylight and temperature directly affect how well your brain networks communicate., and a workflow or routine that works in July won't necessarily cut it in October.

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09/24/2026

Handwriting activates a broader network of cognitive 🧠 regions compared to typing.

According to a landmark neuroimaging study by researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). During this study, researchers tracked 🧠 activity using high-density EEGs, scientists found that the precise, deliberate movements of writing by hand create intricate neural patterns essential for learning and memory formation.

Here are some example of the findings:
•Massive Neural Connectivity: Handwriting stimulates synchronized electrical activity across the parietal and frontal lobes. These interconnected networks are the foundation for deep cognitive processing and memory consolidation.
•The Power of "Sensorimotor" Feedback: The specific, intricate hand movements required to form letters provide the brain with rich sensory and motor inputs. Typing, by contrast, uses identical, repetitive keystrokes that offer very little unique feedback to the brain.
•Priming the Brain to Learn: The highly active neural states triggered by writing by hand prepare the brain to encode new information, making it vastly superior for conceptual understanding and retention.

Overall, this study shows that when picking up a pen, our 🧠 lights up in a way it simply doesn't when you tap a key.

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09/20/2026

Your 🦵’s May Detect 🧠 Trouble

Recent research has significantly strengthened the link between lower body mobility and cognitive longevity.

During this study, Neurologist tracked two types of individuals:

•thousands of older adults and found that "super movers"—people aged 80 and older who maintain an exceptionally fast walking pace—have a 50% lower risk of developing cognitive decline compared to their slower-moving peers.

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•10-year twin study By tracking identical female twins, researchers effectively ruled out genetics and early-life environments. They discovered that the twin with greater explosive leg power at the start of the decade maintained significantly more gray matter and better memory processing power 10 years later.

Here are some examples of biological connection between your legs and your brain:
•🧠 Volume Preservation: MRI brain scans from the 2026 Neurology data revealed that fast walkers better preserved the volume of their hippocampus—the brain region critical for learning and memory. Conversely, a slower midlife gait strongly correlates with accelerated brain shrinkage and structural white matter damage.
•The "🧠 Fertilizer" Factory: Your legs house the largest muscle groups in your body. When these muscles contract aggressively during weight-bearing activities (like walking or squatting), they release specialized proteins and chemical messengers known as myokines and BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor). These chemicals cross the blood-brain barrier to stimulate the growth of new neural connections.
•Complex Neural Coordination: Walking and balancing are not entirely automatic. They require the brain, nervous system, and muscles to communicate perfectly in real time. When microscopic brain changes or silent vascular damage occur, the breakdown in neural processing often shows up in your legs first as an unsteady gait or an inability to balance on one leg.

Overall, these studies reveal that lower body fitness isn't just about physical independence—it acts as a direct structural buffer protecting the brain from age-related decay.

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08/27/2026

Happy end of August. To wrap up this month we just had a great interview on the TBI One Love with Dr. Xiao Han.

She is a postdoctoral neuroscientist at Stanford University & Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Thomas C. Südhof Lab) and co-founder of Science in Motion.

In addition, she currently serves as an Early Career Editorial Board Member of The Innovation (Cell Press), Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics, and Brain-X. Dr. Han’s research focuses on synaptic transmission and brain disorder with work published in journals including Molecular Cell, Seminars in Cancer Biology, Nature Neuroscience, Cell Research, etc.

Science in Motion is a nonprofit pioneering avant-grade science–art organization. Its mission is to explore new experimental art forms and develop original, precise, and personalized approaches to science communication — using art to give voice to scientists and help their ideas reach a wider audience. The organization brings together individuals with both scientific and artistic backgrounds, building research networks and exploring new ways to share knowledge and values.

Through its science-art projects, it aims to support public understanding of science and contribute to conversations around education.

Tune in: tbionelove.org/podcast
Learn more of her work: www.scienceinmotion.art/

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08/19/2026

Let's welcome the newest TBI One Love Survivor: from the United Kingdom.

On the 5th of March last year(2025) she woke up with the worst headache and had been having terrible pains in her neck for a couple of week. She started being sick in the loo, her vision went , the feeling in her legs went and she sustained a seizure on the floor. After rushed to hospital, they located a lesion on my spinal cord ( they saw some diagnosis and it turned out to be a dissection and a stroke caused by a chiropractor who manipulated her neck!

Learn more: tbionelove.org/blog

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08/19/2026

Happy Mid August. We are excited to have on the TBI One Love podcast: Dr. Nitesh Kumar, who is a clinician and healthcare executive that is also a certified brain injury specialist.

He is the founder of Brain Revives, an education program built for the stretch of recovery that begins the day someone goes home.His work focuses on a gap he watched happen from inside the hospital: patients are made medically stable, discharged, and then left without a practical plan for daily life. Brain Revives exists to fill that window with structure around fatigue, sleep, attention, memory, pacing, and getting back to the things that matter. It works alongside a person's care team, never in place of it.

Tune in: tbionelove.org/podast

Learn more about his work: brainrevives.com

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08/11/2026

of the 🧠

From outside to inside, the protective layers of the brain consist of the scalp, skull, and three membranous layers called the meninges—the dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater—which finally encase the outer neural tissue of the cerebral cortex.

Here is some more description:

Our Protective Shell:
•Scalp: The outermost soft tissue layer. It covers and insulates the head.
•💀Skull: The hard bony structure (cranium). It shields the brain from hard hits.

The Meninges (Middle Layers):
•Dura mater: The tough outer membrane. It sticks close to the inner skull.
•Arachnoid mater: The web-like middle layer. A fluid-filled space (subarachnoid space) sits right under it to cushion the brain.
•Pia mater: The delicate inner membrane. It hugs every fold and groove of the brain.

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Our 🧠 Tissue:
•Cerebral cortex: The gray matter surface of the brain itself. It handles high-level thinking and processing.

Overall, together these layers form a highly coordinated defense and processing system.

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