If it rains, the match is off. The match is off, so did it rain? A year of maths made students better at spotting that trap. Watch the full video, link in bio. #maths #logic #brain #consiliae

Mental maths and calming down use the same patch of brain. Next time you add up a bill, do it in your head. Watch the full video, link in bio. #maths #brain #stress #consiliae

Easy sums and reading aloud, most days, for six months. In a Tohoku University trial, older adults came out remembering more and thinking faster. Watch the full video, link in bio. #maths #memory #brain #consiliae

Easy sums, most days, for six months. In a Tohoku University trial that was enough to make older adults better at focusing and at ignoring the wrong thing. Watch the full video, link in bio. #maths #focus #brain #consiliae

Mathematicians' brain scans show denser grey matter in the parts used for arithmetic, and the more years they had put in, the denser it was. Watch the full video, link in bio. #maths #brain #neuroscience #consiliae

In the UK you can drop maths at 16. Oxford scanned students who did and students who kept going, and found a learning chemical, GABA, was lower in the ones who stopped. Watch the full video, link in bio. #maths #brain #learning #consiliae

Nearly half of dementia cases are linked to things you can change, and education is one of the biggest. It is never too late: pick maths back up from wherever you left it. Watch the full video, link in bio. #maths #brain #dementia #consiliae