September 13, 2007 – 3:14 pm
Late last week, I read an interesting article posted by Mobile Crunch, a blog site focused on trends in the mobile wireless world. They reported on a study by the International Journal of Neuroscience that shares it’s recent finding on a study of 300 mobile phone users and the effects on the brain. [...]
August 16, 2007 – 4:06 pm
Which foods may boost memory and cognitive thinking?
Take the informative Brain Food Quiz at WebMD
August 3, 2007 – 11:22 am
Brain Activity Reduces risk of Developing Neurodegenerative Diseases
A new study now confirms our beliefs: Train your brain on a regular basis and you should be able to considerably reduce risks to develop Alzheimer’s disease.
In Chicago, a major 5 year project that studied over 700 patients aged 80 and over has just come to an end [...]
By Dr. Michel Noir
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Also posted in Alzheimers, Baby Boomers, Brain Fitness Websites, Brain Training, Brain anatomy and imaging, Brain exercises, Brain games, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Training, Health & Wellness, Lifelong learning, Neurons, Neuropsychology, Seniors, Uncategorized
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Adding years to your life depends on many things – good genes are a start, but certain lifestyle habits can have quite a significant impact. Living longer is one thing, and living a cognitively strong life can be quite another. Health and Medical magazines have long touted the benefits of certain healthy behaviors for body [...]
By Laura
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Also posted in Alzheimers, Baby Boomers, Brain Fitness Websites, Brain health, Cognitive Training, Fitness, Health & Wellness, Lifelong learning, Neurons, Neuropsychology, Nutrition, Seniors
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February 22, 2007 – 12:04 pm
Consumer report has 5 tips on keeping your memory sharp, which includes computer based brain games. All great tips which we strongly recommend.
Read here
By Laura Fay
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Also posted in Alzheimers, Baby Boomers, Brain Fitness Websites, Brain exercises, Brain health, Fitness, Health & Wellness, Lifelong learning, Memory, Mind/Body, Nutrition, Seniors
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December 21, 2006 – 1:45 pm
Here is a great new study that supports what we are doing at Happy Neuron.
Certain mental exercises can offset some of the expected decline in older adults’ thinking skills and show promise for maintaining cognitive abilities needed to do everyday tasks such as shopping, making meals and handling finances, according to a new study.
You can [...]
December 2, 2006 – 2:26 pm
There is an article on Happyneuron.com over at KillerAPP.com.
“You can’t just practice the mental skills you’re good at, according to Happy Neuron. You need to practice a broad range of skills — memory, attention, language, executive functions (logic, problem solving, etc.) and spatial and visual skills. The site offers games in each category so that [...]
December 1, 2006 – 5:44 pm
Associated Press writer looks at brain work-outs on the web. Special attention is made to our www.happyneuron.com site and the article acknowledges the richness of our site compared to other online brain work-outs. It also states that mental calisthenics are good for you.
In other words, rigorous mental activity appears to be good for brain health, and, as a [...]
November 7, 2006 – 7:42 am
Drugs to enhance cognition are reported on in the BBC report by the UK organization Foresight. This report makes futuristic predictions in the brain health area about brain enhancers. Drugs that can have a positive influence on the brain, according to the article, might get abused by healthy people, including children, might one day take [...]