Posts Tagged ‘brain-rules’
To Harness Neuroplasticity, Start with Enthusiasm
We are the architects and builders of our own brains. The human brain is continually altering its structure, cell number, circuitry and chemistry as a direct result of everything we do, experience, think and believe.
Read MoreChildrens’ Self Control and Creativity: Two Seeds of Intelligence
Most parents want the best for their children and hope they will be healthy, happy and smart individuals. And most parents wonder what they should do to make sure this happens. In Brain Rules for Baby, John Medina (author of Brain Rules), provides a good summary of cognitive science findings that shed light on how…
Read MoreTop 10 Cognitive Health and Brain Fitness Books
Here you have The 10 Most Popular Brain Fitness & Cognitive Health Books, based on book purchases by SharpBrains’ readers during 2008. Enjoy! 1. Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Pear Press, March 2008) — Dr. John Medina, Director of the Brain Center for Applied Learning Research at Seattle Pacific…
Read MoreBrain Science: “Brain Rules” Podcast
We are fans of the Brain Science Podcast series hosted by Ginger Campbell, so are pleased to announce that Dr. Campbell will start offering to SharpBrains readers, periodically, the highlights of her most interesting podcasts. Below, her first post. Enjoy! — Alvaro ———– In a recent interview on the Brain Science Podcast, Dr. John Medina, author…
Read MoreBrain Training/ Fitness Seminars
Several hundred people participated in our first Brain Fitness Webinar Series, and are glad how the experiment well. We are already thinking of topics and speakers for a second one, so stay tuned! In case you couldn’t attend them, we are sharing the slides we used (we did not record the webinar sessions). Here you go: 1)…
Read MoreThe Science and Practice of Brain Fitness
A few quick updates: 1) Yesterday we had a fun webinar with John Medina, author of Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School. You may enjoy checking out the slides we discussed. 2) Please remember that there is another webinar coming, next Tuesday. I hope you can join us! Webinar:…
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