Posts Tagged ‘attention-deficits’
Brain Fitness/ Training Newsletter: January Edition
As we have been doing for the last 6 months, here you are have the Monthly Digest of our Most Popular Blog Posts. You can consider it your monthly Brain Fitness/ Training Newsletter. (Also, remember that you can subscribe to receive our blog RSS feed, or to our monthly newsletter at the top of this…
Read MorePhysical and Mental Exercise: Why Pitch One Against the other?
Reader Theresa Cerulli just forwarded this Letter to the Editor that she had sent to the New York Times and went unpublished. The letter addresses the OpEd mentioned here (pitching physical vs. mental exercise), and refers to the Cogmed working memory training program, whose results have been studied in multiple papers published in top medical…
Read MoreThe Gregarious Brain and cognitive skills
I find via MindHacks that NYT Magazine has published a great article titled The Gregarious Brain, subtitled “Williams syndrome — a genetic accident that causes cognitive deficits-”. The writer, David Dobbs, does an spectacular job at explaining that syndrome in the context of what cognitive skills are and how they evolved. Some sample quotes: “In the…
Read MoreMindFit Corporate and Freeze-Framer for Memory and Brain Fitness
Cognitive training and stress management, MindFit and Freeze-Framer (or emWave): two complementary sides of Brain Fitness. Research shows that adults can and should take care of their brains, both for short-term and long-term benefits. Through brain exercise we can improve our overall cognitive function right nowâ€â€making quick decisions, staying calm and focused under pressure, and…
Read MoreUse It or Lose It: What is the “It”?
Use it or Lose it is term coined by sharpbrains. If you use your brain, it appreciates. If you don’t use it, it depreciate or lose it. The choice is yours.
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