Category Archives: Language

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, Attention Skills, Brain exercises, Concentration, Fitness, Memory, Mind/Body, Physical Exercise, brain food, driving skills | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Splitwords for Your iPhone and iPod Touch!

November 20, 2009 – 2:19 pm

Now you can play the all time favorite HAPPYneuron game on your iPhone! Splitwords is designed to help you banish that ‘tip of the tongue’ syndrome forever.

You can:
* Publish your high scores to compare yourself to the world’s best players!
* Challenge yourself in English
* Play also in Spanish, French, German or Dutch.
Two game modes are available:
* Quick challenge: [...]

By Laura Fay | Also posted in Brain games, Brain on Mobile | 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 Attention Skills, Concentration, Executive Functions, Memory, Visual and Spatial Skills | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Did Someone Say Widget?

March 5, 2009 – 3:46 pm

When  I asked our developers to create a Cognitive Exercise Widget that can be shared from person to person over the web, that very afternoon it was done. When I expressed surprise, “It’s only software !”  they told me.
So, click to play and forward to your friends for the joy of sharing. And, as [...]

By Laura Fay | Also posted in Brain Fitness Websites, Brain exercises, Brain games, Casual Games, Serious Games | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Double Puzzle Answer

February 15, 2009 – 1:51 pm

Happy President’s Day! Here’s the answer to the Double Puzzle.  Did you get it?

By Dr. Bernard Croisile | Also posted in Brain exercises, Brain teasers | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Double Puzzle

February 14, 2009 – 8:47 pm

Do you know the lingo of the Founding Fathers? This language skills puzzle will put it to the test.
Unscramble the anagrams and assemble the identified letters in sequence 1 though 12.
The results will be posted here by Monday, Feb 16th at 12 noon Pacific Time, the  day our nation observes President’s Day.
No peeking until you [...]

By Dr. Bernard Croisile | Also posted in Brain exercises, Brain games, Brain teasers | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Splitwords Puzzle Answer

October 31, 2008 – 5:25 pm

The 15 Fruits & Vegetables from yesterday’s Splitwords puzzle are these:
beetroot – carrot – grape – kiwi – kumquat – lemon – mango – melon – mulberry – parsley – pepper – pumpkin – raspberry – rhubarb – spinach

Did you get them all?

By Laura Fay | Also posted in Brain games, Neurons | Comments (0)

Bilinguals stay sharp longer

October 3, 2007 – 11:01 am

Canadian researcher published earlier this year a study showing that people who regularly used two languages showed signs of dementia 4 years later than people who used only one language!
It looks like bilingual brains are more resistant to the effects of cognitive decline. Previous studies by the same researchers had established that bilingual people were [...]

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | Also posted in Alzheimers, Brain Fitness Websites, Brain exercises, Brain health, Health & Wellness, Lifelong learning, Memory | Comments (0)

Playing Music Makes You Smart

March 20, 2007 – 10:28 am

More news suggesting music can help to sharpen the brain.
“Experience with music appears to help with many other things in life, potentially transferring to activities like reading or picking up nuances in tones of voices or hearing sounds in a noisy classroom better,” researcher Nina Kraus, a neuroscientist at Northwestern University”
Read the article here

By Laura Fay | Also posted in Alzheimers, Baby Boomers, Brain Fitness Websites, Brain exercises, Brain health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Concentration, Health & Wellness, Lifelong learning, Seniors | Comments (0)

Bilingualism delays onset of dementia: study

January 22, 2007 – 12:12 pm

Here is another study on the benefits of studying another language.
“If you have two languages in your brain, you need a way to keep them straight, otherwise you might say the wrong thing,” she said. It’s one of the things that often goes wrong with people suffering from dementia. They can no longer control their [...]

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