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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Brain Training: the Art and the emerging Science

By Alvaro Fernandez | May 29, 2007 |

Tom alerts us (thanks!) of a fun book review in the New York Times today, by Abi­gail Zuger, titled The Brain: Mal­leable, Capa­ble, Vul­ner­a­ble, on the book The Brain That Changes Itself (Viking, $24.95) by psy­chi­a­trist Nor­man Doidge. Some quotes: “In book­stores, the sci­ence aisle gen­er­al­ly lies well away from the self-help sec­tion, with hard…

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Can a brain fitness program help me become more creative?

By Caroline Latham | March 22, 2007 |

Here is ques­tion 20 of 25 from Brain Fit­ness 101: Answers to Your Top 25 Questions.Question:Can a brain fit­ness pro­gram help me become more creative?Key Points: Cre­ativ­i­ty can be trained, like oth­er men­tal muscles.Set up struc­tured time, places, or rou­tines that pro­vide a frame­work for cre­ativ­i­ty to happen.Reducing your stress helps to keep your brain more flexible.Using many parts of the brain as well as try­ing new things will stim­u­late the areas of your brain involved in creativity.

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