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May 2, 2012 Comments Off

Brain Spa Trend: Travel for Mental Fitness

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Inter­est­ing trend mini-report pre­pared by Inter­Con­ti­nen­tal Hotels Group, quot­ing Sharp­Brains data. Trends that will influ­ence 2012 (IHG press release):

“BRAIN SPA: The desire to learn more will influ­ence des­ti­na­tion deci­sions. Brain Spa looks at our grow­ing appetite to expand and keep our intel­lect in good health – in fact we are pre­pared to travel for it. Forbes has tipped the mar­ket for goods and ser­vices that claim to enhance IQ as the next tril­lion dol­lar indus­try and Brain Fit­ness soft­ware is already worth $265 mil­lion in the US. The mar­ket for goods and ser­vices respond­ing to the new demand for men­tal stim­u­la­tion is expected to grow between $1 bil­lion to $5 bil­lion by 2015.”

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Apr 5, 2012 Comments Off

Nintendo: Brain Training Product Review Survey

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As part of our ongo­ing mar­ket research we’d like to ask past and cur­rent users of  Nin­tendo prod­ucts to share their expe­ri­ence with us via this 3-question anony­mous sur­vey.  Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 3, 2012 Comments Off

Brain Resource MyBrainSolutions: Brain Training Product Review Survey

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As part of our ongo­ing mar­ket research we’d like to ask past and cur­rent users of Brain Resource prod­ucts to share their expe­ri­ence with us via this 3-question anony­mous sur­vey.  Read the rest of this entry »

Mar 31, 2012 Comments Off

HeartMath emWave: Brain Training Product Review Survey

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As part of our ongo­ing mar­ket research we’d like to ask past and cur­rent users of Heart­Math prod­ucts to share their expe­ri­ence with us via this 3-question anony­mous sur­vey.   Read the rest of this entry »

Mar 29, 2012 Comments Off

Helicor StressEraser: Brain Training Product Review Survey

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As part of our ongo­ing mar­ket research we’d like to ask past and cur­rent users of Helicor prod­ucts to share their expe­ri­ence with us via this 3-question anony­mous sur­vey.  Read the rest of this entry »

Mar 27, 2012 Comments Off

InterCure RESPeRATE: Brain Training Product Review Survey

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As part of our ongo­ing mar­ket research we’d like to ask past and cur­rent users of Inter­Cure prod­ucts to share their expe­ri­ence with us via this 3-question anony­mous sur­vey.  Read the rest of this entry »

Mar 24, 2012 Comments Off

Wild Divine Relaxation: Brain Training Product Review Survey

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As part of our ongo­ing mar­ket research we’d like to ask past and cur­rent users of Wild Divine prod­ucts to share their expe­ri­ence with us via this 3-question anony­mous sur­vey.  Read the rest of this entry »

Top Articles on Brain Health and Neuroplasticity

  1. Debunk­ing 10 com­mon brain fit­ness myths, by Alvaro Fernandez
  2. Brain plas­tic­ity: How learn­ing changes your brain, by Pas­cale Michelon
  3. 8 Tips To Remem­ber What You Read, by Bill Klemm
  4. Why do You Turn Down the Radio When You’re Lost?, by Car­o­line Latham
  5. Retool­ing Brain Care With Low-Cost, Data-Driven Tech­nolo­gies, by Alvaro Fernandez
  6. Do you believe these neu­romyths?, by SharpBrains
  7. Six tips to build resilience and pre­vent brain-damaging stress, by SharpBrains
  8. Does cog­ni­tive train­ing work? (For Whom? For What?), by Pas­cale Michelon
  9. The Emo­tional Life of Your Brain, by by Richard David­son, Sharon Begley
  10. To Be (Your Con­nec­tome), or Not to Be (Your Genome), by Sebas­t­ian Seung
  11. Top 10 Brain Fit­ness Future Trends, by Alvaro Fernandez
  12. Biofeed­back now a “Level 1 — Best Sup­port” Inter­ven­tion for ADHD, by SharpBrains
  13. When 1 + 1 = 5: Dyscal­cu­lia and Work­ing Mem­ory, by Tracy Alloway
  14. Train­ing Atten­tion and Emo­tional Self-Regulation — Inter­view with Michael Pos­ner, by Alvaro Fernandez
  15. The Ten Habits of Highly Effec­tive Brains, by Alvaro Fernandez
  16. Does brain train­ing work? Yes, if it meets these 5 con­di­tions, by SharpBrains
  17. Cog­ni­tive ther­apy or med­ica­tion? Brain scans may help per­son­al­ize treat­ments, by SharpBrains
  18. New Study shows Teens with ADHD helped by Cog­ni­tive Behav­ioral Ther­apy, by David Rabiner
  19. How Do Words Change Our Brains and Lives?, by Andrew New­berg, Mark Waldman
  20. BBC “Brain Train­ing” Exper­i­ment: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly, by Alvaro Fernandez
  21. From Anti-Alzheimer’s “Magic Bul­lets” to True Brain Health, by Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, Peter Whitehouse
  22. Why Agile Minds Deploy Both Ratio­nal and Intu­itive Problem-Solving, by Judith Tingley
  23. Why I Wrote The Woman Who Changed Her Brain, by Bar­bara Arrowsmith-Young
  24. The Busi­ness and Ethics of the Brain Fit­ness Boom, by Alvaro Fernandez
  25. Break­ing Down the Cog­ni­tion & Alzheimer’s Dis­ease Alpha­bet Soup, by Dharma Singh Khalsa
  26. Top 10 Quotes on Life­long Neu­ro­plas­tic­ity, by Alvaro Fernandez
  27. To Har­ness Neu­ro­plas­tic­ity, Start with Enthu­si­asm, by Helena Popovic
  28. Q&A with Yaakov Stern on Brain Reserve, Exer­cise, Cog­ni­tive Train­ing, Angry Birds, by Alvaro Fernandez
  29. Eval­u­a­tion Check­list for Brain Fit­ness prod­ucts and games, by Alvaro Fernandez
  30. Mind­ful­ness and Med­i­ta­tion in Schools for Stress Man­age­ment, by Jill Sutie
  31. Stress and Neural Wreck­age: Part of the Brain Plas­tic­ity Puz­zle, by Gre­gory Kellet
  32. Cog­ni­tive and Emo­tional Devel­op­ment Through Play, by David Elkind
  33. AARP’s Brain Fit­ness Best Books List, by SharpBrains
  34. Judith Beck: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Per­son, by Alvaro Fernandez
  35. Improve Mem­ory with Sleep, Prac­tice, and Test­ing, by Bill Klemm
  36. 10 Brain Tips To Teach and Learn, by Lau­rie Bartels
  37. Dr. Elkhonon Gold­berg on Cog­ni­tive Train­ing and Brain Fit­ness, by Alvaro Fernandez
  38. Mind­ful­ness Med­i­ta­tion for Adults & Teens with ADHD, by David Rabiner
  39. Phys­i­cal Exer­cise and Brain Health, by Pas­cale Michelon
  40. Sleep, Tetris, Mem­ory and the Brain, by Shan­non Moffet

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