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An impaired sense of smell can sig­nal cog­ni­tive decline, but ‘smell train­ing’ could help (The Con­ver­sa­tion):

“As we age, we often have prob­lems with our abil­i­ty to smell (called olfac­to­ry dys­func­tion). Old­er peo­ple might not be able to iden­ti­fy an odour or dif­fer­en­ti­ate one odour from anoth­er. In some cas­es they might not be able to detect an odour at all.

Odour iden­ti­fi­ca­tion dif­fi­cul­ties are com­mon in peo­ple with neu­rode­gen­er­a­tive dis­eases, includ­ing Alzheimer’s dis­ease Read the rest of this entry »

We humans evolved to be social crea­tures. By gain­ing the skills to coop­er­ate with oth­ers, we were able to stave off preda­tors, eat more con­sis­tent­ly, and care for each other’s young, allow­ing our genes to car­ry for­ward.

So, why do we still strug­gle at times to get along—even to the extent that we war on one anoth­er? And how can under­stand­ing our evo­lu­tion­ary her­itage help us have bet­ter rela­tion­ships and more hap­pi­ness today? Read the rest of this entry »

From the official list in el Periódico for the week March 4–10th:

NO FICCIÓN CASTELLANO

1-‘Cómo hac­er que te pasen cosas bue­nas’.  Mar­i­an Rojas.  Espasa.  Un libro que quiere ayu­dar a mejo­rar nues­tras vidas.  200 pági­nas.  11 sem­anas.  19,90 euros.

2-‘Come comi­da real’. Car­los Ríos.  Paidós. Una guía para trans­for­mar nues­tra salud comien­do salud­able­mente.  304 pági­nas.  1 sem­ana.  17 euros.

3-‘Diccionario de las cosas que no supe expli­carte’.  Ris­to Mejide.  Espasa.  Ris­to Mejide expli­ca sus emo­ciones y expe­ri­en­cias.  206 pági­nas.  4 sem­anas.  19,90 euros.

4-‘Manual de resisten­cia’. Pedro Sánchez.  Penín­su­la.  Pedro Sánchez nar­ra las expe­ri­en­cias que han for­ja­do su tenaci­dad políti­ca.  320 pági­nas.  3 sem­anas.  20,50 euros.

5-‘No todo vale’.  Antoni Bay­ona.  Penín­su­la.  La visión per­son­al del jurista Antoni Bay­ona sobre las entrañas del ‘procés’.  396 pági­nas.  2 sem­anas.  17,90 euros.

6-‘Sapiens. De ani­males a dios­es’. Yuval Noah Harari. Debate. Un resumen instruc­ti­vo de la evolu­ción de la humanidad. 512 pági­nas.  83 sem­anas.  19,90 euros.

7- ‘El cere­bro que cura’. Álvaro Pas­cual-Leone, Álvaro Fer­nán­dez-Ibáñez y David Bartés-Faz.  Platafor­ma Edi­to­r­i­al.  232 pági­nas.  2 sem­anas.  20 euros. Read the rest of this entry »

We hope you enjoy this slid­edeck sup­port­ing two great ses­sions held dur­ing the 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: Brain Health & Enhance­ment in the Dig­i­tal Age (Decem­ber 5–7th, 2017). Read the rest of this entry »

We’re get­ting ready to cel­e­brate our amaz­ing human brains and minds next week. Please join us and many oth­ers around the globe!

Every March, Brain Aware­ness Week (BAW) unites the efforts of part­ner orga­ni­za­tions world­wide in a cel­e­bra­tion of the brain for peo­ple of all ages. Activ­i­ties are lim­it­ed only by the orga­niz­ers’ imag­i­na­tions and include open days at neu­ro­science labs; exhi­bi­tions about the brain; lec­tures on brain-relat­ed top­ics; social media cam­paigns; dis­plays at libraries and com­mu­ni­ty cen­ters; class­room work­shops; and more.

When: March 11–17th, 2019

Learn more HERE about the many resources and activ­i­ties avail­able. And here you have some arti­cles we believe you’ll enjoy read­ing and shar­ing:  

• To har­ness neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty, start with enthu­si­asm
• What Edu­ca­tors and Par­ents Should Know About Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty and Dance
• The Ten Habits of High­ly Effec­tive Brains
• How learn­ing changes your brain
• Why you turn down the radio when you’re lost
• 8 Tips To Remem­ber What You Read
• Solv­ing the Brain Fit­ness Puz­zle Is the Key to Self-Empow­ered Aging
• Six tips to build resilience and pre­vent brain-dam­ag­ing stress
• 20 Must-Know Facts to Har­ness Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty and Improve Brain Health
• Top Brain Teasers, Games and Illu­sions, for Teens and Adults of Any Age