Update: Brain teasers and brain fitness tips to improve attention and memory in 2016

Dear Sharp­Brains friend,

Time for Sharp­Brains’ Decem­ber e‑newsletter…and we are hon­ored to announce that the Japan­ese edi­tion of The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness just became avail­able, and is doing well! (more below)

Let us wish you Hap­py Hol­i­days and Hap­py New Year, and share a few resources and insights that may come handy in 2016.

Resources to enhance brain fitness in 2016:

• Brain fit­ness tips to improve con­cen­tra­tion and memory
• Brain teasers to flex two key men­tal mus­cles: atten­tion and work­ing memory
• To address the upcom­ing Alzheimer’s “epi­dem­ic”, let’s approach 2016 with these 4 Pil­lars of Alzheimer’s Prevention
• Mind­ful­ness or Mind Con­trol at Work?

New brain research:

• One more brain myth bites the dust: There’s no Male Brain, or Female Brain; There’s Human Brain
• Phys­i­cal exer­cise can enhance neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty in adult brains, accel­er­at­ing neur­al repair
• Study points to grow­ing cog­ni­tive gap between high-vol­ume TV watch­ers and infre­quent watchers
• Why Super Mario 3D World may train your brain bet­ter than Angry Birds

Take-aways from the 2015 SharpBrains Virtual Summit:

• Key take-aways from the 2015 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Summit
• Brain Health in the Per­va­sive Neu­rotech­nol­ogy Era
• At the fron­tier of Big Data and Brain Health
• How to watch all Sum­mit recordings

Meanwhile, in Japan…

• Now in Japan­ese, The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fitness
• Sharp­Brains’ Brain Fit­ness Guide is becom­ing a best­seller book in Japan!
• Nes­tle launch­es Well­ness Club in Japan inte­grat­ing Nutri­tion­ists and Brain Trainers

Best wish­es for a sharp, healthy and hap­py 2016!

The Sharp­Brains Team