Posts Tagged ‘adults’
Michael Merzenich on Brain Training, Assessments, and Personal Brain Trainers
Interview with Dr. Michael Merzenich, Emeritus Professor at UCSF, a leading pioneer in brain plasticity research. In the late 1980s, Dr. Merzenich was on the team that invented the cochlear implant. In 1996, he was the founding CEO of Scientific Learning Corporation (Nasdaq: SCIL), and in 2004 became co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Posit Science. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1999 and to the Institute of Medicine this year. He retired as Francis A. Sooy Professor and Co-Director of the Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience at the University of California at San Francisco in 2007. You may have learned about his work in one of PBS TV specials, multiple media appearances, or neuroplasticity-related books.
Read MoreWork (and Juggle) for Cognitive Health
Spectacular article by Dr. Denise Park in this month’s Cerebrum: Working Later in Life May Facilitate Neural Health — “Carmi Schooler at the National Institutes of Health, using a technique that allowed him to assess causal relationships, found that adults who performed intellectually challenging jobs across their life span showed more cognitive flexibility in late…
Read MoreMontessori classroom for Alzheimer’s disease patients
A beautiful initiative, featured in the New York Times today: Coming Full Circle: — “In a typical Montessori classroom, teachers use category-sorting exercises to help young students see patterns and connections. But the participants in this group were mostly in their 80s and on the other side of the cognitive development curve. They are residents at…
Read MoreTest your Brain with these Brain Teasers, Games and Illusions
Here you can enjoy the Top 25 Brain Teasers, Games & Illusions that SharpBrains readers (primarily adults, but younger minds too) have enjoyed the most. It is always good to learn more about our brains and to exercise them!. Fun experiments on how our brains and minds work 1. You think you know the colors? Try the Stroop Test 2. You…
Read MoreMind and Brain Games for adults
Some more mind and brain games for adults.
Read MoreAre there herbal and vitamin supplements that will protect my memory?
Omega‑3 and omega‑6 fatty acids found in cold-water fish may be helpful to long term brain health.Folic acid may also be helpful to both cognitive function and hearing.Ginkgo biloba and DHEA do not appear to help your brain.There is still more research to be done and never dismiss the placebo effect!Omega‑3 fatty acids found in cold-water fish such as mackerel, herring, salmon, and tuna look more promising. Giuliano Fontani’s work at the University of Siena in Italy associated omega‑3 supplementation with improved attentional and physiological functions, particularly those involving complex cortical processing.
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