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Pump up those little grey cells

April 21, 2008 by Alvaro Fernandez

Great arti­cle in the UK’s Sun­day Times yes­ter­day: Pump up those lit­tle grey cells, list­ing a Neuronsvari­ety of free or inex­pen­sive brain health-relat­ed resources.

We are hon­ored (even hon­oured, I’d dare say) that they start­ed the list with our com­pli­men­ta­ry Brain Fit­ness 101 e‑Guide:

- “The sci­ence behind some of the more out­landish claims for com­put­er games that are sup­posed to improve your cog­ni­tive pow­ers, is a mat­ter of debate. How­ev­er, you don’t need to pay £20 to give a game a try. The inter­net fea­tures a host of web­sites that can stretch your imag­i­na­tion and improve your men­tal prowess in a range of skills. Some are expen­sive rip-offs, but many are free, as our guide to the best of them shows.”

- “Begin by down­load­ing the Brain Fit­ness 101 e‑guide by Sharp Brains, avail­able free at tinyurl.com/6nlz9j. The guide gives a good overview of how men­tal exer­cis­es keep the brain on top form.”

Some oth­er great resources they out­line include the superb arti­cle “Is it worth going to the mind gym?” in New Sci­en­tist, a mem­o­ry test set up by Edin­burgh Uni­ver­si­ty and the BBC. There are many more stim­u­lat­ing resources offered there (not nec­es­sar­i­ly brain/ cog­ni­tive train­ing, but stim­u­lat­ing any­way), so go take a look.

Arti­cle: Pump up those lit­tle grey cells.

Pic­ture above: Image of pyra­mi­dal neu­rons in mouse cere­bral cor­tex express­ing green flu­o­res­cent pro­tein. The red stain­ing indi­cates GABAer­gic interneu­rons. Source: PLoS Biol­o­gy, via Wikipedia.

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