How Does Your Brain Handle Modern Life?

  The demands of modern life can cause damage to your brain and your mental health. Indeed, the pace and intensity of societal demands shape the way you experience and live your life. This new way of living is influenced by a multifaceted set of technological, scientific, and economic changes. Furthermore, the impositions modernity places on you increase the levels of cortisol (stress) in your body. Stress is actually an adaptive response, but when it’s generated persistently and at high levels, it can become a problem for your brain. In a study published in Molecular Psychiatry, it was found that…