Study: Practicing gratitude helps lower physiological stress levels of the “expresser” AND the “receiver”

By Greater Good Science Center | September 7, 2022

Express­ing grat­i­tude nur­tures our rela­tion­ships, help­ing us to feel clos­er to our friends and roman­tic part­ners. Some research sug­gests that grate­ful peo­ple seem to cope bet­ter with stress and enjoy supe­ri­or phys­i­cal health, per­haps because of those stronger social rela­tion­ships. What about expe­ri­enc­ing grat­i­tude with peo­ple we don’t know so well—like those we work with?…

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Update: Promote brain plasticity by taking your daily exercise pill — physical and cognitive

By Alvaro Fernandez | July 30, 2021

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing nine sci­en­tif­ic reports and indus­try devel­op­ments to help pro­mote life­long brain health. #1. A must-read, and must-prac­tice: Pro­mote brain plas­tic­i­ty and keep your mind at ease by tak­ing your dai­ly “exer­cise pill” #2. If cog­ni­tive stim­u­la­tion came in a pill it’d be worth a quadrillion, give or…

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Three favorite 2020 books on parenting and mental health

By Greater Good Science Center | December 28, 2020

For a lot of fam­i­lies, par­ent­ing has nev­er been hard­er than it was this year. Many have been strug­gling for months try­ing to pro­vide child care and school­ing at home while simul­ta­ne­ous­ly work­ing either along­side their chil­dren or as essen­tial work­ers in the com­mu­ni­ty, if they haven’t already lost their jobs. The theme that emerges across…

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Update: A life of cognitive and physical exercise helps you stay sharp in your 70s and beyond

By SharpBrains | September 25, 2020

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing 13 fas­ci­nat­ing brain research find­ings, use­ful resources–and a brain teas­er to test your atten­tion skills. #1. Good news of the month: Elders today are in sig­nif­i­cant­ly bet­ter shape–physically and cognitively–than three decades ago #2. A dis­tinc­tion WITH a dif­fer­ence: Actu­al, sus­tained practice–not mere knowledge–is need­ed to…

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Helping shape the future of lifelong learning via SEK Education Group

By SharpBrains | September 9, 2020

This week, as many stu­dents around the globe final­ly go back to school to meet their peers and teach­ers in per­son for the first time since March, it is an hon­or to announce that our very own Álvaro Fer­nán­dez Ibáñez has joined the Inter­na­tion­al Advi­so­ry Board of SEK Edu­ca­tion Group, which runs 9 bilin­gual IB…

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