Posts Tagged ‘Tetris’
Research: Does Nintendo Brain Age work as a brain training game?
A new study tries to, but unfortunately doesn’t, answer that question. Study: Brain Training Game Improves Executive Functions and Processing Speed in the Elderly: A Randomized Controlled Trial (PLoS ONE). “Conclusions: Our results showed that playing Brain Age for 4 weeks could lead to improve cognitive functions (executive functions and processing speed) in the elderly. This result indicated…
Read MoreUpdate: Live Well to 100 by Using Your Brain
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…
Read MoreBrain Games and Training for Baby Boomers: News Round-Up
Round-up of recent news with a variety of angles, from the effects of gaming to cognitive training for driving skills and brain fitness classes. Seniors use brain training software to sharpen their minds (Dallas Morning News) — “Allstate Insurance has invited some policyholders and other older drivers to try InSight so researchers can evaluate whether the…
Read MoreTop 30 Brain Health and Fitness Articles of 2008
Here you have SharpBrains’ 30 most popular articles, ranked by the number of people who have read each article in 2008. Please note that, since the first article already includes most of our most popular brain teasers, we have excluded teasers from the rest of the ranking. (If those 50 are not enough for you, you…
Read MoreBrain Fitness Newsletter: End-March Edition
(Please remember you can subscribe, at the top of this page, to receive this complimentary bi-monthly newsletter by email). We are proud to announce that we now belong to the exclusive Scientific American Partner Network. Scientific American Mind spoke highly of our website last year, so it was only natural (but made us very pleased) that…
Read MoreSleep, Tetris, Memory and the Brain
As part of our ongoing Author Speaks Series, we are honored to present today this excellent article by Dr. Shannon Moffett, based on her illuminating and engaging book. Enjoy! (and please go to sleep soon if you are reading this late Monday night). ———— Two years ago I finished a book on the mind/brain, called The Three…
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