Cars don’t work because they don’t fly

By Alvaro Fernandez | February 9, 2009

Study Ques­tions Effec­tive­ness Of $80 Mil­lion Per Year ‘Brain Exer­cise Prod­ucts Indus­try for Elder­ly (Sci­ence Dai­ly) — “There is much research on the ben­e­fits of cog­ni­tive reha­bil­i­ta­tion strate­gies among elder­ly who already expe­ri­ence mild cog­ni­tive impair­ment (MCI) or Alzheimer’s dis­ease, as well as on the pos­i­tive impact of phys­i­cal exer­cise. The researchers, how­ev­er, want­ed to evaluate…

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Brain Fitness Update: Best of 2008

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 31, 2008 |

Dear read­er and mem­ber of Sharp­Brains’ com­mu­ni­ty, We want to thank you for your atten­tion and sup­port in 2008, and wish you a Hap­py, Pros­per­ous, Healthy and Pos­i­tive 2009! Below you have the Decem­ber edi­tion of our month­ly newslet­ter. Enjoy: Best of 2008  Announc­ing the Sharp­Brains Most Impor­tant Book of 2008: Neu­ro­sci­en­tist Torkel Kling­berg has writ­ten a very…

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Encephalon #61: Brain & Mind Reading for the Holidays

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 22, 2008

Wel­come to the 61st edi­tion of Encephalon, the blog car­ni­val that offers some of the best neu­ro­science and psy­chol­o­gy blog posts every oth­er week. We do have an excel­lent set of arti­cles today. cov­er­ing much ground. Enjoy the read­ing: — Neu­ro­science and Soci­ety  Neu­roan­thro­pol­o­gy, by Greg Downey The Fly­nn Effect: Trou­bles with Intel­li­gence Aver­age IQ test…

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Cognitive screenings and Alzheimer’s Disease

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 10, 2008 |

The Alzheimer’s Foun­da­tion of Amer­i­ca just released a thought­ful report advo­cat­ing for wide­spread cog­ni­tive screen­ings after the age of 65 (55 giv­en the right con­di­tions). Accord­ing to the press release, — “The report shat­ters unsub­stan­ti­at­ed crit­i­cism and instead empha­sizes the safe­ty and cost-effec­­tive­­ness of these tools and calls on Con­gress to devel­op a nation­al dementia…

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