Posts Tagged ‘cognitive-ability’
5 quick brain teasers to sharpen two key cognitive skills: attention and working memory
Looking for some fun–and free–cognitive stimulation over the weekend? Here you have a few quick brain teasers to challenge your attention and your working memory (working memory is the capacity to keep information in your mind while working on processing and integrating it) Please give them a try…they are not as easy as they may seem :-)
Read MoreUpdate: To honor Brain Awareness Week 2017, let’s highlight 10 Key Facts To Harness Neuroplasticity And Improve Brain Fitness
— Last week was Brain Awareness Week, so let’s first of all discuss these 10 Key Facts to Harness Neuroplasticity & Improve Brain Fitness coming from the hundreds of scientific and medical studies we analyzed to prepare the book The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness: How to Improve Brain Health and Performance at Any Age. And here’s the rest…
Read MoreBrain Teaser to test your pattern recognition and other cognitive skills: The Empty Triangle
Please enjoy this fun brain teaser, provided by puzzle master Wes Carroll. The Empty Triangle: Question: Which number should be placed in the empty triangle?
Read MoreUpdate: Study Debunks Four Common Myths About Brain Training and Lifelong Cognitive Enhancement
— Time for a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter exploring the latest in brain health. New research: Study debunks 4 common myths about brain training and lifelong cognitive enhancement Don’t overlook sleep difficulties in children with ADHD; they may impair functioning as much as ADHD itself Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), not medication, drives long-term rewiring of the…
Read MoreTesting and training cognitive ability: Key Neurotech Patent #16
Today we are featuring a key 2003 patent assigned to Cognifit ltd — fascinating to reflect how the brain training field has evolved in 14 years! (As mentioned, we are featuring a foundational Pervasive Neurotech patent a day, from older to newer by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 6,632,174: Method and Apparatus for testing and training cognitive ability…
Read MoreNew studies reinforce Education and Cognitive Reserve –instead of drugs targeting beta amyloid– as most promising avenue to prolong cognitive health and reduce dementia risk
Dementia Risk Declines, And Education May Be One Reason Why (NPR): “Some encouraging news in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia: The rate at which older Americans are getting these conditions is declining. That’s according to
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