“The important thing (to build resilience, manage stress) is to set a definite schedule”

By SharpBrains | January 27, 2014

Ques­tion by Iso­bel Mar­tinez: In the chap­ter about man­ag­ing stress and build­ing resilience, the sharp­brains guide talks about things like aer­o­bic exer­cise, med­i­ta­tion and biofeed­back-based train­ing games. Where should a 46-year-old HR exec­u­tive start? I’m inter­est­ed in myself and also in what to poten­tial­ly bring to the organization.

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Matthew Barrett: Human memory is not a recording device

By SharpBrains | November 20, 2013
Matthew Barrett

What excites you the most about your job? As a Pro­fes­sor and the founder of Brain Train­ers Men­tal Fit­ness LLC, I love see­ing how the right infor­ma­tion can have a life-chang­ing effect on peo­ple. Please tell us about your inter­est in applied brain sci­ence. What areas are you most inter­est­ed in? What moti­vat­ed you to pursue…

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Daniel Ferguson: Big Data opens a world of opportunity in health, psychology, neuroscience

By SharpBrains | October 29, 2013
Daniel Ferguson

Please tell us about your inter­est in applied brain sci­ence. What areas are you most inter­est­ed in?  I am most­ly intrigued by brain train­ing and behav­ioral response using neuro/biofeedback and augmented/virtual real­i­ty. What is one impor­tant thing you are work­ing on now, and where can peo­ple learn more about it?  We are work­ing on ways to leverage…

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Interview: The SharpBrains Guide, adopted as core reader in neuroscience and coaching course

By SharpBrains | July 22, 2013

Dr. Justin Kennedy holds the posi­tion of Pro­fes­sor of Orga­ni­za­tion­al Behav­ior and Region­al Dean of Africa at UGSM-Monarch Busi­ness School Switzer­land. He holds a Doc­tor of Pro­fes­sion­al Stud­ies with UGSM-Monarch Busi­ness School Switzer­land as well as a Bach­e­lor of Social Sci­ence in Psy­chol­o­gy from Rhodes Uni­ver­si­ty, SA. Dr. Kennedy returned to the aca­d­e­m­ic field after…

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