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 [...]
By Michael Rucker
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Posted in Attention Skills, Brain Research, Brain health, Health & Wellness, Lifelong learning, Mind Fitness, Mind/Body, Physical Exercise, brain food
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Also tagged brain food, Brain health, Brain Research, brain science, brain stimulation, brain strength, cognitive improvement, health and wellness, Nutrition, Physical Exercise
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February 26, 2010 – 3:42 pm
Are you one of the lucky individuals that can remember the face of everyone you meet? If so, there is a good chance that you likely inherited this trait from one of your parents. In a recent study (Human Face Recognition Ability is Specific and Highly Heritable) published in the Proceedings of the National Academy [...]
January 22, 2010 – 9:33 pm
A highlight of the SharpBrains Summit was a talk given by Michel Noir from HAPPYneuron about the remediation and rehabilitation of neurocognitive deficits.
By Michael Rucker
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Posted in Aging Well, Brain Research, Brain Training, Brain Training Science, Brain health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Rehabilitation, Events, cognitive remediation
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Also tagged Add new tag, Cognitive Neuroscience, SharpBrains Summit
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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.
By Michael Rucker
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Posted in Aging Well, Attention Skills, Brain exercises, Brain health, Health & Wellness, Mind Fitness, brain food
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Also tagged brain food, Brain health, brain strength, cognitive improvement, health and wellness, Memory
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January 12, 2010 – 4:37 pm
HAPPYneuron sponsors the Sharpbrains Summit
January 7, 2010 – 8:15 pm
For most adolescents, teenagers, and young adults, January marks the end of winter break and a return to school. But what about those of us who are far removed from formal educational experiences? Could our brains benefit from schooling? Recently there was an article in the New York Times entitled How to Train the Aging Brain by Barbara Strauch. In the article, Barbara asks whether the aging brain is, “…a brain that should be in school?” In other words, are there activities that we can participate in that will help us improve our brain function as we age?
October 28, 2009 – 7:27 pm
You can teach an old dog new tricks, say UCLA scientists who found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trigger key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning after just one week of surfing the Web.
The findings, presented Oct. 19 at the 2009 meeting of the [...]
October 23, 2009 – 2:28 pm
Early in October a team of researchers from the Wellcome Trust and Medical Research Council of the University of Oxford in England, U.K. , published the results of a new study discussing how juggling and similar activities increase brain connections.
In brain scans of 48 subjects made after an extensive 6-week practice period, the researchers observed [...]
October 23, 2009 – 2:09 pm
Chemo brain is a common term used by cancer survivors to describe thinking and memory problems that can occur after cancer treatment. Chemo brain can also be called chemo fog, cognitive changes or cognitive dysfunction.
If you or someone you know has been dealing with Chemo Fog, you might refer them to a recently published book [...]
October 22, 2009 – 5:31 pm
HAPPYneuron’s Dr. Bernard Croisile and Scientific Brain Training’s Dr. Michel Noir have published their latest brain exercise book through education book publisher McGraw-Hill. It is sure to get your mental wheels churning while you enjoy hours of fun. Develop a six-pack brain with more than 301 games, puzzles, and exercises that provide the ultimate mind-blowing [...]