Posts Tagged ‘the-wisdom-paradox’
Neurogenesis and Brain Plasticity in Adult Brains
Back in July, I wrote a post entitled 10 Brain Tips To Teach and Learn. Those tips apply to students of any age, including adults, for ideally adults are still learners. Why is adult learning relevant in a brain-focused blog, you may wonder: The short of it As we age, our brain: still forms new brain cells can…
Read MoreExecutive Functions and Google/ Microsoft Brain Teasers
Interesting article: Want a job at Google? Try these brainteasers first (CNN) Quote: “Seemingly random questions like these have become commonplace in Silicon Valley and other tech outposts, where companies aren’t as interested in the correct answer to a tough question as they are in how a prospective employee might try to solve it. Since businesses…
Read MoreThe Upside of Aging-WSJ
Sharon Begley writes another great article on The Upside of Aging — WSJ.com (subscription required) “The aging brain is subject to a dreary litany of changes. It shrinks, Swiss cheese-like holes grow, connections between neurons become sparser, blood flow and oxygen supply fall. That leads to trouble with short-term memory and rapidly switching attention, among other…
Read MoreBrain Workout for Your Frontal Lobes
Your frontal lobes are home to your executive functions, including pattern recognition. Here’s a puzzle to challenge your ability to uncover a pattern. In this puzzle, three numbers: 16, 14, and 38, need to be assigned to one of the rows of numbers below. To which row should each number be assigned — A, B,…
Read MoreBrain Fitness Blog Carnival #1
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Brain Fitness Blog Carnival. The timing couldn’t be better you have probably seen the featured CBS News/TIME Series on Brain Neuroplasticity. Thanks to the over 40 people who submitted posts. We have had to select the posts we enjoyed the most to help facilitate an engaging and informed…
Read MoreCBS News/TIME Series on Brain Neuroplasticity and Memory Exercises
CBS News and TIME magazine are teaming up for a five-part series on the “The Complicated, Mesmerizing World of the Brain”.If you want to catch it:The CBS News reports began Wednesday, Jan. 17, with three parts to air on the CBS Evening News (6:30–7 p.m. ET) and two parts on The Early Show (7–9 a.m. ET/PT), as well as extended, Web-exclusive reports on CBSNews.com and companion programming on CBS Radio News.
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