Brain Fitness Update: Man is a Tool-Making Animal

By Alvaro Fernandez | February 22, 2010

Here you have the Feb­ru­ary edi­tion of our month­lye­Newslet­ter cov­er­ing cog­ni­tive health and brain fit­ness top­ics. Please remem­ber that you can sub­scribe to receive this Newslet­ter by email, using the box in the right col­umn. The recent Sharp­Brains Sum­mit wit­nessed the con­ver­gence of Ben­jamin Franklin’s words (“Man is a Tool-Mak­ing Ani­mal”)  with neu­ro­sci­en­tist San­ti­a­go Ramon…

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The Cognitive Health and Fitness Market On The Move

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 10, 2008 |

As you have prob­a­bly seen, the Cog­ni­tive Health and Brain Fit­ness field is rapid­ly evolv­ing, so let me high­light some of the main recent devel­op­ments affect­ing the field: 1) Pub­lic pol­i­cy ini­tia­tives:  — The Gov­ern­ment of Ontario, Cana­da, announced a $10m invest­ment in Bay­crest Research Cen­ter to help devel­op and com­mer­cial­ize brain fit­ness tech­nolo­gies. This $10m…

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Brain Fitness around the Globe

By Alvaro Fernandez | September 19, 2008

A few days ago, Rajen­dra, an Indi­an read­er of our newslet­ter, told us that ASHA (the acronym for the Amer­i­can Seniors Hous­ing Asso­ci­a­tion, for whom we pre­pared this spe­cial report), means Hope in Hin­di. Asha, every­one! Then, we saw a few excel­lent arti­cles on Brain Fit­ness and Sharp­Brains in mul­ti­ple lan­guages and con­ti­­nents-time to prac­tice our…

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Brain Fitness Centers in Senior Housing — A Field in the Making

By Alvaro Fernandez | September 8, 2008

The Amer­i­can Seniors Hous­ing Asso­ci­a­tion (ASHA) has just released an Spe­cial Issue Brief, titled Brain Fit­ness Cen­ters in Senior Hous­ing — A Field in the Mak­ing. We pre­pared it for their mem­bers, and it is now avail­able for pur­chase (You can click here for pur­chase and down­load. $25.) It was a plea­sure to learn more…

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