Information Overload? Seven Learning and Productivity Tips

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 19, 2007 |

We often talk in this blog about how to expand fun­da­men­tal abil­i­ties or cog­ni­tive func­tions, like atten­tion, or mem­o­ry, or emo­tion­al self-reg­u­la­­tion. Think of them as mus­cles one can train. Now, it is also impor­tant to think of ways one can use our exist­ing mus­cles more effi­cient­ly. Let’s talk about how to man­age bet­ter the…

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Brain Health and Fitness Workshops

By Alvaro Fernandez | July 13, 2007 |

Today I have an announce­ment to make. You prob­a­bly are seeing all the arti­cles about Brain Fit­ness in the press and wondering, “What is this all about?”, “Can some­one help me nav­i­gate through all the pro­grams out there?”, “How is Brain Fit­ness rel­e­vant to me in my per­son­al life or at work?”. Well…we are deliv­er­ing a series of…

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Keep Your Brain Nimble as You Age and Brain Fitness Events

By Caroline Latham | May 14, 2007

Some good links today: 1) Keep Your Brain Nim­ble as You Age MSNBC — May 13, 2007 “If using your com­put­er as a men­tal gym sounds good to you, SharpBrains.com’s Fer­nan­dez sug­gests ask­ing a few ques­tions first to deter­mine a product’s…” 2) Great blog by Stan­ford Busi­ness School’s Jack­son library, includ­ing an announce­ment of an upcom­ing lec­ture there…

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Baby Boomers, Memory and Wisdom

By Alvaro Fernandez | May 6, 2007

The NYT Mag­a­zine today is devot­ed to the top­ic of Can Sci­ence Tell us Who Grows Wis­er. It may have been even bet­ter had the ques­tion been, “What Sci­ence Tells us About How we Can Grow Wis­er”, but it is a pret­ty good issue any­way. A very good arti­cle on The Older–and–Wiser Hypoth­e­sis. Quotes:  One of…

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Lifelong Learning and Brain Health Event in San Francisco on May 16

By Caroline Latham | May 2, 2007 |

If you are in the Bay Area, we hope to see you at this event! Feel free to for­ward the invi­ta­tion below to any­one you know who may be inter­est­ed. The grow­ing move­ment for improv­ing brain health has brought many inter­est­ed pro­fes­sion­als and inter­est­ed com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers to the table. Shar­ing our infor­ma­tion, activ­i­ties, and planned…

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Brain Fitness and Exercise in Japan

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 21, 2007 |

Fun arti­cle in the Wash­ing­ton Post: Aging Japan­ese Keep Their Minds Mov­ing “part of a broad range of men­tal acu­ity prod­ucts that are all the rage in Japan: books, toys, food and oth­er things, sold with the pledge that they can reen­er­gize aging brains.” “Ana­lysts said the cur­rent brain-train­ing trend began in 2004 and 2005…

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