BY THE N UMBERS

1% percent of people in indigenous groups in the Bolivian Amazon suffer from dementia, in contrast to 11 percent of people over 65 in the US.

FIVE neuromyths, including the “silent cortex” theory that a person uses only 10 percent of his or her brain, have been debunked by researchers.

140 MILLION people around the world now play Minecraft, a video game that a neuroscientist in Scotland uses to explain neuroscience and biological principles.

10 of these natural have been shown to combat anxiety and depression. credits are the maximum number (down from 23) engineering majors can now take each semester at Cornell University. The new threshold is an to improve student mental health.

$700,000,000 is the investment President Biden has proposed for programs that provide clinicians with the tools to treat mental health and substance use treatment in rural and underserved communities.