This is a Brain Fitness Center.

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 12, 2006 |

Today we issued the fol­low­ing press release, and are work­ing hard to get every­thing ready by Jan­u­ary (every­thing works now, but we want to pol­ish it). Please view this web­site as research in action, a liv­ing hypoth­e­sis. We are doing this because we love to learn and help. Please help us learn-feel free to give…

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What do successful Traders and Students have in common

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 10, 2006 |

What may be the con­nec­tion between yes­ter­day’s post on Trad­ing’s Mid-Life Cri­sis: Get­ting Big­ger Vs. Get­ting Broad­er, writ­ten by a trad­er and author­i­ty in trad­ing psy­chol­o­gy, and Time Mag­a­zine’s arti­cle on How to bring schools into 21st cen­tu­ry? Let’s first read a cou­ple of quotes from the shools article: 

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Cognitive Training and Brain Fitness Computer Programs: Interview with Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 8, 2006 |

Dr. Elkhonon Gold­berg is a clin­i­cal pro­fes­sor of neu­rol­o­gy at New York Uni­ver­si­ty School of Med­i­cine, and author of over 50 peer-reviewed papers. His areas of exper­tise include exec­u­tive func­tions, mem­o­ry, atten­tion deficit dis­or­der, demen­tia, trau­mat­ic brain injury, and oth­ers. Dr. Gold­berg was a stu­dent and close asso­ciate of the great neu­ropsy­chol­o­gist Alexan­der Luria. His…

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Brain Fitness Program: Cogmed Working Memory Training. And more…

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 7, 2006

Busy day today. And very fun. — Great chat with Rolf Hal­len­creutz, Chair­man of the Board of Cogmed Work­ing Mem­o­ry Train­ing pro­gram, RoboMemo-now only for kids with ADD/ ADHD‑, dis­cussing how work­ing mem­o­ry train­ing may influ­ence med­i­cine, edu­ca­tion, cor­po­rate train­ing, and health & well­ness in gen­er­al (Dear Skype: thanks one more help for con­tribut­ing to US-Sweden…

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Brain Training and “Brain-ism” in Japan

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 4, 2006 |

Today we are trav­el­ing to Japan. Go Hira­no is a ser­i­al Japan­ese entre­pre­neur who has been explor­ing neu­ro­­science-based oppor­tu­ni­ties in Japan, hav­ing recent­ly cre­at­ed the com­pa­ny NeuWell (neu­ro­science for well­ness). ———————- Key take-aways: — Peo­ple in Japan devour any prod­uct with brain-relat­ed claims — But there has been a recent back­lash against chil­dren videogames, so…

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