SharpBrains @ New York Public Library

By SharpBrains | September 23, 2013

We are proud to announce that Alvaro Fer­nan­dez will present The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness: How to Opti­mize Brain Health and Per­for­mance at Any Age at New York Pub­lic Library, on Sep­tem­ber 24th, in a talk open to librar­i­ans and the gen­er­al pub­lic. More details HERE.

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New book on How to Optimize Brain Health and Performance at Any Age

By Alvaro Fernandez | May 1, 2013

We are pleased to announce that, after much hard work and three glob­al sum­mits to dis­cuss the lat­est sci­ence and best prac­tices, The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness: How to Opti­mize Brain Health and Per­for­mance at Any Age (April 2013; 284 pages), is now avail­able for pur­chase as paper­back ($15.95) and e‑book ($9.95)! Mod­ern life places extraordinary…

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Announcing The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness: How to Optimize Brain Health and Performance at Any Age

By Misha Pavel, PhD | April 30, 2013

Writ­ing a fore­word to this book against a tight dead­line is a some­what chal­leng­ing task. As you will learn lat­er in the book though, there is rea­son to believe that such men­tally stim­u­lat­ing, nov­el activ­i­ties are ben­e­fi­cial for keep­ing my brain sharp as I gain in wis­dom — and in years. Like many peo­ple, I…

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Top 10 Quotes on Lifelong Neuroplasticity and Neurogenesis (and a Call to eBook Readers)

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 6, 2011

You may have  noticed that Amazon.com is shar­ing aggre­gat­ed data on how ebook read­ers inter­act with the books they are read­ing. For exam­ple, the “Pop­u­lar High­lights” sec­tion (towards the bot­tom of our Kin­dle book page) ranks the Top 10 sen­tences that Kin­dle read­ers have high­light­ed and shared while read­ing The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness: 18…

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