Posts Tagged ‘brain-exercise’
To reach your cognitive potential across the whole lifespan, augment healthy lifestyle with brain training
Can 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 MoreWhy financial analysts should grab a paint brush and a canvas (and artists do more math)
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…
Read MoreThe New York Times starts to pay attention: Exercising The Mind to Treat Attention Deficits
Exercising 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 MoreFrom crosswords and sudoku to individualized brain training
Mind Games? Gyms For The Brain Available Online (Investor’s Business Daily): “If your New Year’s resolution is exercise — exercise your brain, that is — then cyberspace might be just the place for you…
Read MoreResearch: How Exercise Benefits the Brain
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.
Read MoreResearch: Veterans learn to use yoga and meditation exercises to reconnect with their emotions
War veterans learn to use yoga and meditation exercises to reconnect with their emotions. Research shows that simple breathing can change the lives of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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