Brain Training: No Magic Bullet, Yet Useful Tool. Interview with Elizabeth Zelinski

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 18, 2007 |

Sharon Beg­ley, Newsweek’s sci­ence reporter, recent­ly wrote that — “With the nation’s 78 mil­lion baby boomers approach­ing the age of those dread­ed ‘“where did I leave my keys?” moments, it’s no won­der the mar­ket for com­put­er-based brain train­ing has shot up from essen­tial­ly zero in 2005 to $80 mil­lion this year, accord­ing to the consulting…

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Jogging our Brains for Brain Vitality, Healthy Aging-and Intelligence!

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 12, 2007 |

Quick: say the col­or in which each word in this graph­ic is dis­played (don’t just read the word!): Here you have a round-up of some great recent arti­cles on mem­o­ry, aging, and cog­ni­tive abil­i­ties such as self-con­trol: 1) How to Boost Your Willpow­er (New York Times). — “The video watch­ers were lat­er giv­en a con­cen­tra­tion test in…

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Brain Fitness Program 2.0, MindFit, and much more on Brain Training

By Alvaro Fernandez | August 27, 2007 |

Let’s quick­ly review 4 recent arti­cles in both “Times” news­pa­pers: the New York Times and the UK-based Times, on brain fit­ness and a cou­ple of programs.  1) Cal­is­then­ics for the Old­er Mind, on the Home Com­put­er: good overview of one of the grow­ing areas for cog­ni­tive train­ing, “healthy aging”. Quotes: — “In the past year,…

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Brain Awareness Week

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 7, 2007

When is Brain Aware­ness Week? March 12–18, 2007 What Will Hap­pen The Brain Aware­ness Week is a great oppor­tu­ni­ty to learn more about how the brain func­tions and how to cul­ti­vate a healthy brain. The Dana Foun­da­tion and mul­ti­ple part­ners, such as Sharp­Brains, will lead out­reach events world­wide. In the blog of the Dana Foun­da­tion we…

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