Posts Tagged ‘Healthy-adults’
Cognitive Training Clinical Trial: Seeking Older Adults
Neuroscientists at Columbia University Medical Center (see our previous interview with Yaakov Stern on the Cognitive Reserve) have asked for help in recruiting volunteers for an exciting clinical trial. If you are based in New York City, and between the ages of 60 and 75, please consider joining this study. More information below: ————————— Use it or…
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improve our Technorati rank? we are very close to having 300 blogs linking to our site/ blog, and a ranking better than 12,000! Technorati Rank: 12,047 (3,376 links from 297 blogs) UPDATE: we have already 302 blogs linking to us. Thanks!! (of course, now we want to reach 400, so no need to stop…). We would love…
Read MoreBrain Fitness Carnival Number 3
Great Brain Fitness Carnival Number 3 hosted by Neurophilosopher, with a variety of posts on stress management, happiness, healthy eating, positive psychology, emotional intelligence, education and much more. The next Brain Fitness blog carnival will be hosted by Jane Chin at Naked Medicine. Submit your articles here. Other blog carnivals just published:
Read MoreBrain Health Newsletter, March Edition
We have had another busy month behind us, and we’re looking forward to Brain Awareness Week March 12–18. Keep reading for the details (including a special offer in honor of Brain Awareness Week) … I. Press Coverage II. Events III. Program Reviews IV. New Offerings V. Website and Blog Summary. Set your DVRs – SharpBrains is coming to the small screen! Our television debut will be on CBS 13 West Sacramento’s “Good Day Sacramento†on Monday, March 12. La Opinion, the most prestigious Spanish-language paper in the US, featured SharpBrains in a recent article “Secreto para triunfar en los exámenes†(Secrets to Triumphing in Exams). Another great international publication was an article called “Training the Brain as Possible as Training the Body†in the prominent Arabic newspaper Annahar. And Mark Muckenfuss of The Press-Enterprise in Riverside writes in “Train Your Brain”: “I would tend to believe that still we underestimate the brain,” says Fernandez, whose background is in educational training and marketing. He notes that recent studies have shown when a brain is injured by a stroke, “those mental structures recreate themselves (with exercise). It means to me there are a lot of things we could really do and many times we are not aware of them. We cannot promise to people you will only keep getting better until you are 200 years old. But I think people still underestimate how flexible the brain really is.”
Read MoreBrain Health Newsletter, February Edition, and Brain Awareness Week
Press: see what CBS and Time Magazine are talking about. SharpBrains was introduced in the Birmingham News, Chicago Tribune and in a quick note carried by the American Psychological Association news service.Website and Blog Summary.We hope you enjoy our new Home Page.Cognitive NeuroscienceBrain Fitness GlossaryCognitive Reserve and LifestyleHeart Rate Variability as an Index of Regulated Emotional RespondingNeuroscience Interview Series: on learning and “brain gyms“EducationCounseling center offers biofeedback to help decrease stressLifelong learning, literally: neuroplasticity for students, boomers, seniors…Health & WellnessWant to Improve Memory?… Do I need anything else?Learning Slows Physical Progression of Alzheimer’s DiseaseProfessional DevelopmentImproving Your Brain Tools: Reading Emotional Messages in the FaceEnhancing the Trader’s Self-Control.Brain Teasers.Exercise Your Brains — Visual Logic Brain TeaserBrain Workout for Your Frontal LobesBlog Carnivals: collection of best blog articles around particular topics.We hosted Encephalon #15: Neuroscience and Psychology Blog Carnival.And launched Brain Fitness Blog Carnival #1.
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