4 Essential (and Overlooked) Facts About Your Brain and Your Mind

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 17, 2013

An aspir­ing clar­inetist begins by get­ting a sense of the way the instrument’s sounds are pro­duced by the air she blows through it. A dri­ver must be acquaint­ed with var­i­ous vehi­cle fun­da­men­tals, such as adding gas, accel­er­at­ing, and read­ing the speedome­ter. It is no dif­fer­ent with the brain. Max­i­miz­ing your brain’s health and per­for­mance begins…

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Update: Let’s debunk 32 neuromyths…do we only use 10% of our brain?

By SharpBrains | November 29, 2012

Time for Sharp­Brains’ Novem­ber 2012 eNewslet­ter, fea­tur­ing lat­est sci­ence, tools and think­ing to upgrade brain health. Before we start, do you believe these 32 neu­romyths? Do we only use 10% of our brain? New Sci­ence: Fast cycling can help Parkinson’s Dis­ease patients strength­en brain con­nec­tiv­i­ty for motor abil­i­ty There’s no sin­gle sil­ver bul­let to treat depres­sion (not even…

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Smart pills as cognitive enhancement? Let’s first monitor negative cognitive side-effects of common medications

By SharpBrains | November 8, 2012

Mem­o­ry Loss Could Be The Fault Of Your Meds, Not Your Age (Inter­na­tion­al Busi­ness Times): “Mem­o­ry loss isn’t always an inevitable sign of get­ting old – in some cas­es, com­mon med­ica­tions that seniors take to treat insom­nia, anx­i­ety, or even aller­gies could be to blame…Tannenbaum and her col­leagues recent­ly inves­ti­gat­ed what kinds of med­ica­tion are most…

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Update: Live Well to 100 by Using Your Brain

By Alvaro Fernandez | November 30, 2009

Here you have the Novem­ber edi­tion of our month­ly newslet­ter cov­er­ing cog­ni­tive health and brain fit­ness top­ics. Please remem­ber that you can sub­scribe to receive this Newslet­ter by email, using the box at the top of this page. Liv­ing Well to 100 100 is the new 65: Why do some peo­ple live, and well, to 100? Researchers…

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