Brain Fitness News and Events

Quick links to excel­lent resources:

1) FEA­TURE-Brain fit­ness seen as hot indus­try of the future (Reuters)

2) Learn­ing & the Brain Con­fer­ence for Edu­ca­tors and Clin­i­cians. April 26–29, 2008. Cam­bridge, MA

3) Brain Health Across the Lifes­pan Sem­i­nar for Health & Aging Pro­fes­sion­als. May 15th, 2008. San Fran­cis­co, CA

For more info,  

1) FEA­TURE-Brain fit­ness seen as hot indus­try of the future (Reuters)

Note: Prob­a­bly the most com­pre­hen­sive arti­cle I have seen so far cov­er­ing this emerg­ing field, based on our mar­ket report and with orig­i­nal report­ing. High­ly rec­om­mend­ed read.

 2) Learn­ing & the Brain Con­fer­ence for Edu­ca­tors and Clinicians

- April 26–29, 2008. Cam­bridge, MA

Descrip­tion: “Cog­ni­tive neu­ro­science has dis­cov­ered that the brain is not ‘hardwired’ from birth, but holds a remark­able life­long pow­er to change—a phe­nom­e­non called ‘plasticity.’ Pos­i­tive or neg­a­tive envi­ron­ments, exer­cise, nur­tu­rance, learn­ing, and oth­er expe­ri­ences con­tin­ue to change the brain through­out life. These rev­o­lu­tion­ary find­ings point to new pos­si­bil­i­ties for ‘rewiring’ the brain to help over­come learn­ing dis­or­ders and to enhance mem­o­ry, learn­ing, IQ and achieve­ment in all learners.”

3) Brain Health Across the Lifes­pan Sem­i­nar for Health & Aging Professionals

- May 15th, 2008. San Fran­cis­co, CA

Descrip­tion: “Research indi­cates the human brain gen­er­ates new brain cells and that envi­ron­men­tal input such as aer­o­bic exer­cise changes the struc­ture and func­tion of the brain. These find­ings and the work of oth­ers have unleashed a cul­tur­al shift in Amer­i­ca that under­scores the impor­tance of brain health. This pro­gram will teach the basics of your brain and pro­pose a brain health lifestyle. A proac­tive and life­long lifestyle for brain health relates to devel­op­ment of brain reserves that may delay the onset of neu­rode­gen­er­a­tive dis­ease. Lead­ing sci­en­tists will share their find­ings in layman’s terms. Come and join the rev­o­lu­tion in brain health!”