Best books offering brain teasers and puzzles according to ChatSpot and ChatGPT

By SharpBrains | February 26, 2024

Hav­ing recent­ly queried Chat­G­PT and ChatSpot about sug­ges­tions for books on brain health, cog­ni­tive fit­ness, cog­ni­tive abil­i­ty and skills, we decid­ed to ask about best books offer­ing brain teasers and puz­zles so that inter­est­ed read­ers can expand their cog­ni­tive exer­cise resources. (Links open cor­re­spond­ing Ama­zon book pages) Best books with brain teasers and puz­zles, per ChatSpot:…

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Time for a universal “exercise prescription” for kids and adults to boost cognition and mental health?

By SharpBrains | August 31, 2023 |

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing this time a range of brain research find­ings, tools and con­tro­ver­sies plus some brain teasers to chal­lenge your (and our) work­ing mem­o­ry. #1. Major evi­dence review sup­ports an “exer­cise pre­scrip­tion” for most adults to boost men­tal health “High­er inten­si­ty phys­i­cal activ­i­ty was asso­ci­at­ed with greater improvements”…

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On cognitive training, muscle mass, neurostimulation, brain teasers, apps, and more

By SharpBrains | October 31, 2022

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing time­ly brain & inno­va­tion news and a few fun teasers to test your work­ing mem­o­ry. #1. Study: Build­ing mus­cle mass helps delay cog­ni­tive decline beyond the val­ue of exer­cise itself “Teas­ing out exact­ly how mus­cle helps the brain remains a chal­lenge. There are plen­ty of indirect…

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Building cognitive reserve helps delay memory and thinking decline regardless of genetic or childhood markers

By SharpBrains | August 30, 2022

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing time­ly brain news and a few fun brain teasers to test your per­cep­tu­al and cog­ni­tive skills. #1. Study: Build­ing cog­ni­tive reserve helps delay mem­o­ry and think­ing decline regard­less of genet­ic or child­hood mark­ers “While our child­hood can influ­ence our mem­o­ry and think­ing skills lat­er in life,…

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