Brain teaser: the Tower of Hanoi planning puzzle

Octo­ber 8, 2006  |

Today we have a clas­sic plan­ning puz­zle, good for our Frontal Lobes and exec­u­tive func­tions, devel­oped by math­e­mati­cian Edouard Lucas in 1883 and fre­quent­ly used in neu­ropsy­cho­log­i­cal eval­u­a­tions. –> PLAY the Tow­er of Hanoi online   More brain teas­er games:  Top 25 Brain Teasers, Games and Illu­sions Brain Teasers for each Cog­ni­tive Abil­i­ty More Mind Teasers and Games…

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Cognitive Training and ADD/ADHD: Interview with Prof. David Rabiner

Octo­ber 8, 2006  |

On Fri­day we had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to inter­view Pro­fes­sor David Rabin­er. He is a Senior Research Sci­en­tist and the Direc­tor of Psy­chol­o­gy and Neu­ro­science Under­grad­u­ate Stud­ies at Duke Uni­ver­si­ty, and also advo­cate for chil­dren and adults with ADD/ADHD. Alvaro Fer­nan­dez (AF): wel­come, Pro­fes­sor Rabin­er. Could you first pro­vide us with some back­ground on your research interests?

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Brain and Mind selected blogs and resources

Octo­ber 8, 2006  | Com­ments Off on Brain and Mind select­ed blogs and resources

1) Selec­tion of arti­cles, by Chris Chatham from Devel­op­ing Intel­li­gence: on the brain and con­scious­ness, per­cep­tion, mir­ror neu­rons, self, music 2) Mind Hacks presents their 2006 list of essen­tial web­sites for mind and brain col­lege stu­dents: great review of resources and research on the mind and the brain, psy­chol­o­gy and neuroscience,  in mul­ti­ple for­mats, from blogs to…

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17. Exercise your visual brain with this optical illusion

Octo­ber 7, 2006  |

Which square (A or B) is dark­er?   Click HERE to dis­cov­er the answer and explore a sur­pris­ing phe­nom­e­non.   Next brain teas­er in Sharp­Brains’ top 25 series: #18. How many…

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Brain and Mind Fitness and Casual Games: survey results

Octo­ber 6, 2006  |

Good arti­cle on the results from a poll on demo­graph­ics and atti­tudes on Casu­al Gamers, spon­sored by Pop­Cap Games. High­lights: -“the study revealed that of the esti­mat­ed 150 mil­lion con­sumers that play casu­al titles, 47 per­cent are age 50 or old­er and 19 per­cent are age 60 or old­er.” -“For those 50 or old­er, 74 percent…

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#1. The Stroop Test: Great brain teaser to challenge your mental vitality and flexibility

Octo­ber 5, 2006  |

The Stroop test is used in neu­ropsy­cho­log­i­cal eval­u­a­tions to mea­sure men­tal vital­i­ty and flex­i­bil­i­ty, since per­form­ing well requires strong atten­tion and self-reg­u­la­­tion capability.

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Brain Fitness Articles. Now with some humor.

Octo­ber 5, 2006  |

More arti­cles that you will find inter­est­ing, fol­low­ing the post a few days ago:  On the impor­tance and impact of men­tal stim­u­la­tion and train­ing: — Brain Work-outs (Soci­ety for Neu­ro­science): brief his­to­ry on the sci­ence behind men­tal stim­u­la­tion — Train­ing Improves Cog­ni­tive Abil­i­ties of Old­er Adults (Hop­kins Bloomberg School of Pub­lic Health ): results from the Cognitive…

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Who is this important little guy?

Octo­ber 4, 2006  |

  Who, or what is this? Why are we talk­ing about him? Let us give you a clue: his name in Homuncu­lus. Expla­na­tion: The cor­ti­cal Homuncu­lus is a phys­i­cal rep­re­sen­ta­tion of the human body, locat­ed with­in the brain. It is a neu­ro­log­i­cal “map” of the anatom­i­cal divi­sions of the body. And you can eas­i­ly notice which areas…

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Brain and Mind Fitness Programs: resiliency, on top of attention, memory…

Octo­ber 4, 2006  |

Today: 6.30pm: I leave the office, down­town San Fran­cis­co, and take the train. 6.44pm: just before arriv­ing in my sta­tion, I remem­ber I have an appoint­ment with my hair­dress­er, which means I have to walk in a dif­fer­ent direc­tion than usu­al. 6.48pm: I find myself walk­ing towards my house, oppo­site direc­tion from my hair­dress­er. You may have…

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Brain Fitness and Brain Exercise Survey

Octo­ber 3, 2006  |

Dear friend, We would like to ask you a few ques­tions on Brain Fit­ness and Brain Exer­cise, in order to pri­or­i­tize what we do. This sur­vey con­sists of only a few ques­tions and will take no more than 10 min­utes. It is anony­mous, but at the end of the sur­vey you will have the option to pro­vide your…

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