Why, to improve memory, we need to think of the brain as a system

By SharpBrains | January 24, 2013

(Edi­tor’s Note: every month we host an online Q&A with par­tic­i­pants in the e‑course How To Be Your Own Brain Fit­ness Coach. This is the light­ly edit­ed and anonymized tran­script from the Jan­u­ary Q&A ses­sion; the Feb­ru­ary Q&A will take place on Tues­day, Feb­ru­ary 12th) 2:02 OK, ready to go! Hap­py 2013 again. You can start…

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Brain fitness class’ monthly Q&A: Memory, stress, emotions, and more

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 30, 2012

Reg­is­tered par­tic­i­pants in the new e‑course How to Be Your Own Brain Fit­ness Coach can take part in a month­ly online Q&A ses­sion to dis­cuss progress and open ques­tions with the course fac­ul­ty and with fel­low par­tic­i­pants. Below is the tran­script of the Octo­ber 30th Q&A ses­sion, light­ly edit­ed and anonymized. Course Fac­ul­ty (or F):…

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New Online Course: How to Be Your Own Brain Fitness Coach in 2012

By SharpBrains | December 27, 2011

We are pleased to announce a new online course designed to equip par­tic­i­pants with the under­stand­ing and infor­ma­tion required to apply emerg­ing sci­ence and tools to enhance brain health and func­tion­al­ity across the lifes­pan. Course descrip­tion: Infor­ma­tion over­load and longer lives expose our brains to more demands than even before. This fast-paced and inter­ac­tive online…

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Top 10 Brain Training Trends — Putting our Cognitive Reserve to Work

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 14, 2010 |

Yes­ter­day I had the chance to chat with Yaakov Stern, lead­ing Cog­ni­tive Reserve researcher at Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty, and then with a group of 25 life­long learn­ers in Ari­zona who attend­ed a brain fit­ness class (hel­lo, Robert and friends!) based on our con­sumer guide The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness. On reflec­tion, I found both conversations…

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Brain Health Promotion by the American Society on Aging

By Alvaro Fernandez | July 29, 2008 |

You may be inter­est­ed in the excel­lent agen­da the Amer­i­can Soci­ety on Aging has put togeth­er for health pro­fes­sion­als on a vari­ety of aging top­ics, includ­ing a full day devot­ed to dis­cussing Brain Health Pro­mo­tion: The Next Steps. When are where: Sep­tem­ber 2nd-5th, in San Fran­cis­co, CA. Brain Health Pro­mo­tion day is Sep­tem­ber 5th. To check the…

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