• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Tracking Health and Wellness Applications of Brain Science

Spanish
sb-logo-with-brain
  • Resources
    • Monthly eNewsletter
    • Solving the Brain Fitness Puzzle
    • The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness
    • How to evaluate brain training claims
    • Resources at a Glance
  • Brain Teasers
    • Top 25 Brain Teasers & Games for Teens and Adults
    • Brain Teasers for each Cognitive Ability
    • More Mind Teasers & Games for Adults of any Age
  • Virtual Summits
    • 2019 SharpBrains Virtual Summit
    • Speaker Roster
    • Brainnovations Pitch Contest
    • 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit
    • 2016 SharpBrains Virtual Summit
    • 2015 SharpBrains Virtual Summit
    • 2014 SharpBrains Virtual Summit
  • Report: Pervasive Neurotechnology
  • Report: Digital Brain Health
  • About
    • Mission & Team
    • Endorsements
    • Public Speaking
    • In the News
    • Contact Us

brain-fitness-industry

Update: 5 ways to pro­tect your brain, and boost your career

August 30, 2013 by SharpBrains

human-brainTime for Sharp­Brains’ August 2013 e‑newsletter, fea­turing 8 excel­lent inter­views with Speak­ers and Par­tic­i­pants in the 2013 Sharp­Brains Vir­tual Sum­mit (Sep­tem­ber 19–20th), 7 insight­ful media sto­ries, and more. Enjoy!

Inter­view Series:

  • San­dra Chap­man: Using inno­v­a­tive think­ing, and brain train­ing, we can rewire the brain at every level
  • Lynn Steffes: Let’s bet­ter inte­grate phys­i­cal ther­a­py and cog­ni­tive fitness
  • Cori Lath­an: It’s time for an annu­al brain check-up, a “brain thermometer”
  • Robert Bilder: We are embark­ing on the next stage of human evolution
  • Dhar­ma Singh Khal­sa: Why are yoga and med­i­ta­tion often over­looked for healthy brain aging?
  • Stephanie Korszen: Let’s improve men­tal self-aware­ness, start­ing with the role of fatigue
  • Sher­rie All: A neu­ropsy­chol­o­gist shap­ing the future of cog­ni­tive wellness
  • John Todor: To reach brain poten­tial, we need less indi­vid­ual “improv”

Sharp­Brains in the News:

  • 5 ways to pro­tect your brain, and boost your career (CNN­Money)
  • Cui­da tu cere­bro y mejo­ra tu car­rera (CNNEx­pan­sion)
  • Com­mer­cial­iz­ing neu­ro­science (The Economist)
  • Men­tally fit — Work­outs at the brain gym (The New Yorker)
  • Growth of brain fit­ness indus­try prompts cre­ation of new online mem­o­ry check­up (Cana­di­an Press)
  • How to Keep Your Brain Sharp (Greater Good Sci­ence Cen­ter at UC-Berkeley)
  • Brain fit­ness inter­view with Alvaro Fer­nan­dez  (Brain Sci­ence Podcast)

Book review contest:

  • The win­ners are: Deb­o­rah Zamin, Frank Ra, Matt Bar­ret, Nel­son Calderon, Ellen Som­mers and Annette Good­man. Thank you very much for your thought­ful and valu­able reviews!

Final­ly, we hope more sharp brains can join us at the 2013 Sharp­Brains Vir­tual Sum­mit (Sep­tem­ber 19–20th): Here is the full Sum­mit Agen­da and here the incred­i­ble Speak­er Bios.

You can REGISTER HERE with a 20% dis­count using pro­mo­tional code: sharp2020

 2013 Summit

 

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Email
  • Print
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Pock­et

Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: brain, brain-aging, brain-fitness-industry, Brain-Training, cognitive-fitness, meditation, memory checkup, physical therapy

Brain Gyms a new industry?

January 7, 2009 by Alvaro Fernandez

The Cal­gary Har­ald and oth­er Cana­di­an papers bring a good article:

‘Brain gyms’ a new industry

I’d only add that the rev­enue fig­ures sug­gest we are real­ly talk­ing about a high­ly-dynam­ic and grow­ing “baby-mar­ket”, which one day (hope­ful­ly, soon enough for all of us to ben­e­fit) will mature to become a real “indus­try”.  We see very pos­i­tive signs, but there is still a lot of (men­tal­ly stim­u­lat­ing) work to do.

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Email
  • Print
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Pock­et

Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Brain-Fitness, brain-fitness-industry, brain-fitness-market, brain-gyms, Calgary, Canada

A User’s Guide to Lifelong Brain Health: BrainFit for Life

October 14, 2008 by Dr. Simon Evans

As the Brain Fit­ness indus­try con­tin­ues to gain momen­tum, and peo­ple explore all the incred­i­ble brain-train­ing tools being devel­oped, we hope that enthu­si­asts don’t take their eye off the impor­tance of the phys­i­cal health of the brain and all the sys­tems it com­mu­ni­cates with. The brain is unique in that it hous­es our cog­ni­tive and emo­tion­al capac­i­ties in the form of the mind. It is a ‘cog­ni­tive’ organ that hungers for stim­u­la­tion from new expe­ri­ences and chal­lenges. Many brain fit­ness pro­grams strive to sat­is­fy this need. Yet the brain is also a phys­i­cal organ that plays by many of the same rules as the heart, lungs, liv­er and kid­neys. To stay healthy and per­form opti­mal­ly it requires qual­i­ty nutri­tion, phys­i­cal activ­i­ty and opti­mal sleep. The brain, espe­cial­ly, relies on a healthy vas­cu­lar sys­tem to effi­cient­ly deliv­er oxy­gen and key nutri­ents and remove waste. In fact, the brain uses approx­i­mate­ly 20% of the oxy­gen we breathe to sat­is­fy its high-ener­gy demands. Giv­en that the brain only weighs about 2% of the body, we can con­sid­er it an ener­gy hog and we must cater to its needs very carefully.

Nutri­ents play key roles in brain func­tion. Sev­er­al have shown effi­ca­cy in clin­i­cal tri­als treat­ing cas­es of mood dis­or­ders, cog­ni­tive decline and of course ben­e­fit­ing the phys­i­cal health of the brain. Nutri­ents are both the raw mate­ri­als employed in cre­at­ing new neur­al con­nec­tions and [Read more…] about A User’s Guide to Life­long Brain Health: Brain­Fit for Life

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Email
  • Print
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Pock­et

Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: Antioxidants, brain-fitness-industry, brain-fitness-programs, Brain-health, Brain-Training, BrainFit, cognitive-capacities, cognitive-decline, cognitive-health, emotional-capacities, emotional-regulation, exercise, hippocampus, improve-brain-function, improve-cognitive-function, improve-memory, life, meditative-focus, mental-activity, Neurogenesis, neuroscience, Nutrition, optimal-sleep, oxygen, physical-health, positive-mood, psychiatry, relaxation, Simon-Evans, social-interaction, stress-reduction, the-human-brain, University-of-Michigan

Primary Sidebar

Top Articles on Brain Health and Neuroplasticity

  1. Can you grow your hippocampus? Yes. Here’s how, and why it matters
  2. How learning changes your brain
  3. To harness neuroplasticity, start with enthusiasm
  4. Three ways to protect your mental health during –and after– COVID-19
  5. Why you turn down the radio when you're lost
  6. Solving the Brain Fitness Puzzle Is the Key to Self-Empowered Aging
  7. Ten neu­rotech­nolo­gies about to trans­form brain enhance­ment & health
  8. Five reasons the future of brain enhancement is digital, pervasive and (hopefully) bright
  9. What Educators and Parents Should Know About Neuroplasticity and Dance
  10. The Ten Habits of Highly Effective Brains
  11. Six tips to build resilience and prevent brain-damaging stress
  12. Can brain training work? Yes, if it meets these 5 conditions
  13. What are cognitive abilities and how to boost them?
  14. Eight Tips To Remember What You Read
  15. Twenty Must-Know Facts to Harness Neuroplasticity and Improve Brain Health

Top 10 Brain Teasers and Illusions

  1. You think you know the colors? Try the Stroop Test
  2. Check out this brief attention experiment
  3. Test your stress level
  4. Guess: Are there more brain connections or leaves in the Amazon?
  5. Quick brain teasers to flex two key men­tal mus­cles
  6. Count the Fs in this sentence
  7. Can you iden­tify Apple’s logo?
  8. Ten classic optical illu­sions to trick your mind
  9. What do you see?
  10. Fun Mental Rotation challenge
  • Check our Top 25 Brain Teasers, Games and Illusions

Join 12,514 readers exploring, at no cost, the latest in neuroplasticity and brain health.

By subscribing you agree to receive our free, monthly eNewsletter. We don't rent or sell emails collected, and you may unsubscribe at any time.

IMPORTANT: Please check your inbox or spam folder in a couple minutes and confirm your subscription.

Get In Touch!

Contact Us

660 4th Street, Suite 205,
San Francisco, CA 94107 USA

About Us

SharpBrains is an independent market research firm tracking health and performance applications of brain science. We prepare general and tailored market reports, publish consumer guides, produce an annual global and virtual conference, and provide strategic advisory services.

© 2023 SharpBrains. All Rights Reserved - Privacy Policy