Don’t worry, be happy: How excessive worrying may influence the rate of neurodegeneration

By SharpBrains | June 3, 2021

Wor­ry­ing and the Aging Brain (Dana Foun­da­tion): Over the past decade, sci­en­tists and clin­i­cians have not­ed a sig­nif­i­cant asso­ci­a­tion between com­mon men­tal health con­di­tions and accel­er­at­ed brain aging—the changes to brain struc­ture, phys­i­ol­o­gy, and func­tion that are thought to lead to lat­er cog­ni­tive decline. Both depres­sion and anx­i­ety dis­or­ders, for exam­ple, are strong­ly cor­re­lat­ed with…

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Nintendo to release new version of Brain Age brain training game

By SharpBrains | October 7, 2019

Nin­ten­do res­ur­rects Brain Age on Switch (Ven­ture­Beat): “Nin­ten­do is going to bring back one of its biggest fran­chis­es on the hybrid Switch handheld/home con­sole. No, it’s not F‑Zero or Style Savvy. The com­pa­ny revealed in an announce­ment today that Brain Train­ing is com­ing to the Switch in Japan on Decem­ber 27.

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Study debunks 4 common myths about brain training and lifelong cognitive enhancement

By Alvaro Fernandez | February 7, 2017

— If the media is your main source of infor­ma­tion about brain train­ing and cog­ni­tive enhance­ment, you will prob­a­bly believe the fol­low­ing: 1) All brain train­ing is the same… 2) …and it sim­ply does­n’t work. 3) Com­mer­cial brain train­ing pro­grams, espe­cial­ly, don’t work. 4) How could they work? Genet­ics is des­tiny, aging is a pre­de­ter­mined process…so by age 60…

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Debunking 10 Brain Fitness and Brain Health Myths during Brain Awareness Week

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 11, 2013 |

In hon­or of Brain Aware­ness Week, let’s debunk ten myths about brain fit­ness and brain health that remain sur­pris­ing­ly pop­u­lar. Top 10 brain fit­ness and brain health myths, debunked: Myth 1. Genes deter­mine the fate of our brains. Fact: Life­long brain plas­tic­ity means that our lifestyles and behav­iors play a sig­nif­i­cant role in how our brains (and therefore…

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New Self-Paced Brain Fitness Course Answers 40 Common Questions about Brain Health and Brain Training

By SharpBrains | October 9, 2012

We are pleased to offer the first self-paced course designed to equip life­long learn­ers with the under­stand­ing and infor­ma­tion required to apply neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty and cog­ni­tive reserve find­ings and tools to enhance their own brain health and func­tion­al­i­ty. Detailed infor­ma­tion is avail­able at How to Be Your Own Brain Fit­ness Coach. Reg­is­tered par­tic­i­pants can imme­di­ately log into…

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