New Report Finds A Brain Health Revolution in the Making, Driven by Digital Technology and Neuroplasticity Research

By Alvaro Fernandez | June 28, 2010

In spite of the recent eco­nom­ic down­turn, rev­enues for dig­i­tal tech­nolo­gies to assess, enhance and treat cog­ni­tion, or dig­i­tal brain health and fit­ness tools, grew 35% in 2009. “The con­ver­gence of demo­graph­ic and pol­i­cy trends with cog­ni­tive neu­ro­science dis­cov­er­ies and tech­no­log­i­cal inno­va­tion is giv­ing birth to a nascent mar­ket­place that can fun­da­men­tal­ly trans­form what brain…

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Brain teasers and games: ready for a mental workout?

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 27, 2008

You may have already seen that our Teasers sec­tion con­tains not only our selec­tion of Top 50 Brain Teasers and Games, but also a reg­u­lar­ly updat­ed page with lat­est Games for the Brain. Below you have the brain games and teasers we have added in 2008 so far. Ready?  — Octo­ber 2008: Top Brainy Haikus. Yours?.…

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Brainy Haikus for brain training

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 4, 2008 |

Thank you to every­one who has writ­ten so many fun haikus over the sum­mer (fol­low­ing the post Top 25 Brain and Mind Haikus. Yours?). These are the 10 I have enjoyed the most: (Also, Can you write a haiku describ­ing any­thing cross­ing your mind now? Remem­ber the sim­ple rules: write 3 lines, which don’t need…

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#15. Top fun and brainy Haikus. Yours?

By SharpBrains | July 26, 2008 |

Read­ers have con­tributed a good num­ber of haikus on brain-relat­ed top­ics. Below you have our favorite ones. Our favorite fun and brainy Haikus — Techne, the philoso­pher, won­ders: Solve the big ques­tions: How do I know when I know? Who knows the know­er? — Steve, the envi­ron­men­tal­ist, requests: Neu­ro­plas­tic good. Plas­tic, though lasts for­ev­er. Always recycle!

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