awareness

Mindfulness training for children with ADHD and their parents

by

MeditationMind­ful­ness train­ing is an approach for enhanc­ing men­tal health and alle­vi­at­ing men­tal health dif­fi­cul­ties that is based on east­ern med­i­ta­tion tech­niques. The focus of mind­ful­ness train­ing is to increase one’s aware­ness of the present moment, enhance the non-judg­men­tal obser­va­tion of one’s sur­round­ings, and decrease impul­sive and [Read more…] about Mind­ful­ness train­ing for chil­dren with ADHD and their parents

Study: Cognitive Markers or Biomarkers to manage Cognitive Health across the Lifespan?

by

Pre­dict­ing Alzheimer’s Dis­ease More Accu­rate Through Cog­ni­tive Changes Than Bio­mark­ers (Med­ical News):

It’s Brain Awareness Week!

by

Reminder:  2009 Brain Aware­ness Week start­ed today. You can find excel­lent resources and a cal­en­dar of events, Here.

Next time you are in a pub­lic space (per­haps now you are at home, as I am as I write these lines), look left, look in front, look right. Per­haps you can see some­one who would ben­e­fit from the aware­ness that he or she is endowed with  that won­der­ful, unique, organ!

(Note: don’t watch TV, or you will spend your day call­ing all those 1–800 numbers…)

And, of course, what a bet­ter week to read some of our Neu­ro­science Inter­views, dis­cov­er a new brain book, and try a Brain Teas­er?