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Brain Exercise and Brain Fitness July Monthly Digest
We are often told we share too much content, but it is tough for us to share less given all the news around cognitive and emotional training! To make things easier we will offer a Monthly Digest. Today, August 1st, we will list the most popular July posts. Consider it your monthly Brain Exercise Magazine…
Read MoreMindFit and Posit Science in the Wall Street Journal’s “Putting Brain Exercises to the Test”
The Wall Street Journal has a great article today, Putting Brain Exercises to the Test (requires subscription), that compares 6 different computer-based brain exercise programs along ease-of-use, fun, and science behind. We at SharpBrains conducted a very similar exercise last year, coming to basically the same conclusions. The article compares Nintendo Brain Age, MyBrainBuilder, MyBrainTrainer,…
Read MoreHello: may we ask…
…a few questions: how did you find us, what we are doing well, what we can do better? We have just found out that more than 600 people are receiving our feeds, but we only know-and just a bit- the 50–60 who leave comments and link to us. We enjoy having so many readers not just in the…
Read MoreBrain Calisthenics, Brain Fitness Center locations
“…across the country, brain health programs are springing up, offering the possibility of a cognitive fountain of youth.” “From “brain gyms†on the Internet to “brain-healthy†foods and activities at assisted living centers, the programs are aimed at baby boomers anxious about entering their golden years and at their parents trying to stave off memory loss…
Read MoreNew Brain Fitness Guide
We are very excited to announce our new guide: <strong>Brain Fitness for Sharp Brains: Your <em>New</em> New Year Resolution,</strong>. Alvaro Fernandez and Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg wrote it with Caroline Latham in order to provide an introduction to the concept, science, and practice of brain fitness.
Read MoreBrain Fitness, Cultivating Cognition, and Brain Science
Chris Chatman writes a good introduction to what we do, in his entry Cultivating Cognition: the “Brain Fitness” Movement. I really enjoy his use of the word “cultivating”, since we want to help inspire a cultural change that places nurturing, exercising, cultivating, our brains and minds at the same level as exercising and training our…
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