By: SharpBrains
Para tener una vida plena y feliz, lo más importante es tener un cerebro sano. Esta es la premisa que defienden los autores: cómo una mente sana puede dar lugar a un cuerpo igualmente saludable.
A través de sus estudios e investigaciones, los autores pretenden demostrar que llevar a cabo un patrón concreto de actividad cerebral, nos permite resistir mejor las enfermedades y puede incluso ayudarnos a vivir más.
En El cerebro que cura, nos enseñan por qué este órgano tan importante nos ayuda a mantenernos sanos y qué podemos hacer para conseguir que funcione a pleno rendimiento. La nutrición, el sueño, el ejercicio o la socialización son parte de los pilares fundamentales para logar una mente, un cuerpo y un alma más sanos.
Los Autores:
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By: SharpBrains
Do brain games work? (The Boston Globe):
“There’s intense interest?—?and the potential for big money?—?in the world of brain games. Lumosity…claims 60 million users…The market for Lumosity and competitors like Cogmed and Posit Science is growing 25 percent a year, according to SharpBrains, a neuro-wellness research firm. Read the rest of this entry »
By: SharpBrains
We’re glad to announce two more excellent speakers at the 2013 SharpBrains Virtual Summit, September 19–20th.
Barbara Arrowsmith Young is the Director of Arrowsmith School and Arrowsmith Program. She wrote The Woman Who Changed Her Brain: And Other Inspiring Stories of Pioneering Brain Transformation (Free Press; May 2012) to share her own story overcoming a severe learning disability and then Read the rest of this entry »
By: SharpBrains
Israeli medical device offers new Alzheimer’s treatment (Reuters):
“According to Alvaro Pascual-Leone, director of the hospital’s Berenson-Allen Centre for Non-invasive Brain Stimulation, brain stimulation — or transcranial magnetic stimulation — involves a very low current applied to a specific part of the brain and Read the rest of this entry »
By: SharpBrains
Let us share below a list of 40 common brain fitness, brain health, brain training questions that we will make sure to address during the upcoming online course, How to Be Your Own Brain Fitness Coach in 2012 (starts March 7th). The questions are sequenced by their approximate order of appearance in the syllabus. We look forward to an engaging, interactive and valuable experience! ***Please remember that course registration ends on Sunday, March 4th.***
Top 40 Brain Fitness & Training Questions
- How can one define brain fitness
- What is link between stress, focus and memory
- Does “brain age” even exist
- How to enhance overall mental productivity, vs just IQ
- Is there some “ceiling” to my improvement or can I always try more things
- How brain functions evolve with age. What improves, what declines, what should I be paying attention to Read the rest of this entry »