brain-exercise

To reach your cognitive potential across the whole lifespan, augment healthy lifestyle with brain training

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BrainFitnessTrajectoryCan You Get Smarter? (The New York Times):

“A few years back, a joint study by BBC and Cam­bridge Uni­ver­si­ty neu­ro­sci­en­tists put brain train­ing to the test…There was, how­ev­er a glim­mer of hope for sub­jects age 60 and above…Unlike the younger par­tic­i­pants, old­er sub­jects showed a sig­nif­i­cant improve­ment in ver­bal rea­son­ing [Read more…] about To reach your cog­ni­tive poten­tial across the whole lifes­pan, aug­ment healthy lifestyle with brain training

Why financial analysts should grab a paint brush and a canvas (and artists do more math)

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Which Brain Exer­cis­es Improve Mem­o­ry Best? (Read­er’s Digest):

“The exer­cis­es you do to keep your mind sharp may not be enough to improve mem­o­ry over time, but new research from the book The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness reveals bet­ter ways to boost your brain health…If you can breeze through the Sun­day puz­zle, you are not doing your mind any favors. That’s because the key to a vibrant, healthy brain includes chal­lenge and novelty…keep your brain fit with new activ­i­ties that test var­i­ous skills; a finan­cial ana­lyst may want to grab a paint brush and a can­vas, for exam­ple. Even play­ing dif­fer­ent types of puzzles–a cross­word today, Sudoku tomorrow–is bet­ter than doing the same type over and over again.”

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The New York Times starts to pay attention: Exercising The Mind to Treat Attention Deficits

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mind_childExer­cis­ing The Mind to Treat Atten­tion Deficits (The New York Times):

“Poor plan­ning, wan­der­ing atten­tion and trou­ble inhibit­ing impuls­es all sig­ni­fy laps­es in cog­ni­tive con­trol. Now a grow­ing stream of research sug­gests that strength­en­ing this men­tal mus­cle, usu­al­ly with exer­cis­es in [Read more…] about The New York Times starts to pay atten­tion: Exer­cis­ing The Mind to Treat Atten­tion Deficits

From crosswords and sudoku to individualized brain training

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brainsMind Games? Gyms For The Brain Avail­able Online (Investor’s Busi­ness Daily):

Research: How Exercise Benefits the Brain

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How Exer­cise Ben­e­fits the Brain (NewYork Times):

“To learn more about how exer­cise affects the brain, sci­en­tists in Ire­land recent­ly asked a group of seden­tary male col­lege stu­dents to take part in a mem­o­ry test fol­lowed by stren­u­ous exercise.

First, the young men watched a rapid-fire line­up of pho­tos with the faces and names of strangers. After a break, they tried to recall the names they had just seen as the pho­tos again zipped across a com­put­er screen. [Read more…] about Research: How Exer­cise Ben­e­fits the Brain

Research: Veterans learn to use yoga and meditation exercises to reconnect with their emotions

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Vet­er­ans learn to use yoga and med­i­ta­tion exer­cis­es to recon­nect with their emo­tions (Wis­con­sin State Journal):

“Rich Low of Madi­son served as an infantry offi­cer in the Army in Iraq in 2005 and 2006, lead­ing some 280 com­bat mis­sions. When he came back from the ser­vice, he did­n’t think his expe­ri­ence affect­ed him in any major way. He had night­mares, and he star­tled eas­i­ly, but he chalked that up to just some­thing vet­er­ans live with. [Read more…] about Research: Vet­er­ans learn to use yoga and med­i­ta­tion exer­cis­es to recon­nect with their emotions