Category Archives: Attention Skills

7 Ways to Improve Your Energy and Mental Focus

June 4, 2010 – 6:25 pm

This Brain Fitness for Life blog  has delivered several articles on ways to keep your memory sharp. Many of you have also inquired about ways to keep your natural energy up throughout the day to help you concentrate better. There are some simple, scientifically proven, things you can do during the course of the day [...]

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Can Cooking Dinner Help Your Brain?

January 15, 2010 – 5:36 pm

Cooking is an activity that takes a person through a variety of brain functions. When we take to our kitchens to prepare our favorite dinner recipes, we are also honing many of our cognitive skills.

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101 New Year’s Resolutions

December 29, 2009 – 2:56 pm

It’s the time  to reflect on the past year 2009 and set new personal goals for the coming year 2010. We have a few ideas for you – some simple, some bigger. The important thing is to resolve to change something. Consider the positive effects on your brain. You’ll be all the better for it….
Get [...]

By Laura Fay | Also posted in Aging Well, Brain exercises, Concentration, Fitness, Language, Memory, Mind/Body, Physical Exercise, brain food, driving skills | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Key Cognitive Skills for Sports Performance

August 15, 2009 – 11:52 pm

Did you manage to match the right sports with the right skills?
Here are the answers from the prior blog post:

Sports
Skills

Hockey:
- Depth perception

- Reaction speed

Racquetball:
- Visual trajectory analysis

- Visuo-spatial exploration

- Anticipation

Rowing:
- Team coordination

- Planning/strategic skills

Hiking:
- Visuo-spatial awareness

- Depth perception

Sailing:
- Environment analysis

- Team management

Snooker/Pool:
- Visuo-spatial perception

- Planning/strategic skills

- Concentration

Basketball:
- Strategic team work

- Court sense

- Anticipation

Archery:
- Focused attention

- [...]

By Dr. Bernard Croisile | Also posted in Concentration, Executive Functions, Language, Memory, Visual and Spatial Skills | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Test Your Sports Knowledge

August 15, 2009 – 3:57 pm

Can you match which cognitive skills are needed for excellence in all sports? For example, in the game of horseshoes, hand-eye coordination and mental focus are critical to a successful game. How about swimming, rowing or tennis?

Sports

Skills

Hockey
Horseshoes
Racquetball
Tai Chi
Rowing
Hiking
Sailing
Snooker/Pool
Basketball
Archery

Anticipation

Depth perception

Concentration

Strategic team work

Visuo-spatial exploration

Focused attention

Visuo-spatial perception

Resisting interferences

Planning/strategic skills

Visual trajectory analysis

Team management

Visuo-spatial awareness

Motion control

Environment analysis

Team coordination

Reaction speed

Eye-hand coordination

Focus

Find [...]

By Dr. Bernard Croisile | Also posted in Concentration, Executive Functions, Fitness, Health & Wellness, Memory, Visual and Spatial Skills | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Your Brain at Work

June 30, 2009 – 11:53 pm

Learning on the job isn’t a luxury these days; it’s absolutely necessary. And that is where your brain at work comes in. The Dana Foundation has launched a new website – Your Brain at Work

By Sandrine Belier Ph.D. | Also posted in Brain Fitness Websites, Cognitive Training, Lifelong learning, Memory, Mind/Body, neural connections | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Be a Safe Driver

April 24, 2009 – 5:55 pm

Cognitive Skills for safe driving

By Dr. Bernard Croisile | Also posted in Brain Decline, Brain health, Cognitive Training, Concentration, Executive Functions, Visual and Spatial Skills | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Brain Teaser Answer: Alphabetical Disorder

September 24, 2008 – 6:19 am

Solution: Here’s the solution to Alphabetical Disorder teaser posted on 21 Sep. The characters that can be found only on the right are #2, #3 and #7.
What’s the Benefit of Strong Attention Skills in Daily Life? Whenever we are presented with a new set of symbols, such as when learning to navigate traffic signs for [...]

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Test your Attention Skills

September 21, 2008 – 10:13 pm

Brain Teaser of the Day: Today’s brain teaser is called Alphabetical Disorder. Your task is to compare the different writing characters from each other in the image below. Take no more than 30 seconds to find out which ones are present in the right group and not in the left group.

What’s the point? In [...]

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