Feed Your Brain with Fun Neuroscience

By Alvaro Fernandez | August 25, 2007 |

To all new read­­ers-Wel­­come!. The Digg Tsuna­mi has brought over 40,000 vis­i­tors so far…and it con­tin­ues. We need to thank Andrey for his excel­lent tech­ni­cal work in help­ing us ride such a beau­ti­ful wave. Let me give you an overview of what you can find in our blog, bridg­ing neu­ro­science research and brain health/ “brain exercise”…

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Nintendo BrainAge, Lumosity, Happy Neuron, MyBrainTrainer…

By Alvaro Fernandez | July 17, 2007 |

A col­lec­tion of recent announce­ment in the “brain games” or “brain train­ing games” space: The Wii sets new gen­er­a­tional stan­dards for the videogame indus­try “The age­ing of the Japan­ese pop­u­la­tion com­pelled gamemak­er Nin­ten­do to widen its audi­ence. Now, the Wii is lead­ing the indus­try stan­dards. But hard­core gamers are still too impor­tant to be neglected.”…

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Newsweek on Evolution, DNA and The Brain

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 13, 2007

Great March 19th issue of Newsweek Mag­a­zine, announc­ing the hir­ing of sci­ence writer Sharon Beg­ley, who leads the cov­er sto­ry on The Evo­lu­tion Revolution. You will find: The New Sci­ence of Human Evo­lu­tion: “The new sci­ence of the brain and DNA is rewrit­ing the his­to­ry of human ori­gins”. Live Talk: Sharon Beg­ley on the new sci­ence of…

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