Play sports (smartly) for a quieter brain and better auditory processing

___ Ath­letes Have Qui­eter Brains, New Research Shows (Sci News): “No one would argue against the fact that sports lead to bet­ter phys­i­cal­ly fit­ness, but we don’t always think of brain fit­ness and sports,” said Pro­fes­sor Nina Kraus, direc­tor of the Audi­to­ry Neu­ro­science Lab­o­ra­to­ry at North­west­ern Uni­ver­si­ty. “We’re say­ing that play­ing sports can tune the brain…

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Brain Training News Digest

Here is a news digest on brain train­ing to start your stim­u­lat­ing New Year: Brain train­ing games: Do they work? This piece explores the world of com­put­er­ized brain train­ing soft­ware: Who uses them? Are they worth the expense? You can also check out Sharp­brains Pro­gram Eval­u­a­tion check­list to learn about the 10 ques­tions to ask when…

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MetaCarnival #1: a conversation across the blogosphere

Wel­come to the first edi­tion of MetaCar­ni­val: a Car­ni­val of Car­ni­vals (announced here), the new, month­ly, and inter­dis­ci­pli­nary gath­er­ing of blogs and blog car­ni­vals. Let’s pic­ture all par­tic­i­pants in the shad­ow of an expan­sive sycamore tree, con­duct­ing a live­ly Q&A lunch dis­cus­sion. Gen­er­al Advice  Q: What would you rec­om­mend to live as long as possible,…

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