Posts Tagged ‘cognitive-stimulation’
Study: A personalized, multi-modal brain fitness program can help grow hippocampal volume and improve brain function
Can the brain shrinkage that happens to us with aging be reversed? Can we actually grow back our brain and boost our memory in our 60s and 70s? The answers seem to be Yes and Yes
Read MoreElizabeth Frates, Director of Medical Student Education at the Institute of Life Medicine, to speak @ 2014 SharpBrains Virtual Summit
We are proud to announce that Dr. Elizabeth Frates, Director of Medical Student Education at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, will speak at the 2014 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (October 28–30th) about How front-line professionals can incorporate the emerging brain health toolkit to their practices. Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Frates is trained as a physiatrist as well as a health and…
Read MoreNext in mental health, substance abuse: Preventive interventions to strengthen working memory
— Strong working memory puts brakes on problematic drug use (Medical Xpress): “Adolescents with strong working memory are better equipped to escape early drug experimentation without progressing into substance abuse issues…Most important in the picture is executive attention, a component of working memory that involves a person’s ability to
Read MoreNew Summit Speakers: Thomas Insel (NIMH), Catherine Madison (CPMC), Rajiv Pant (NYT), and Mark Baxter (Rosetta Stone)
We are proud to announce four excellent additions to the quite stellar Speaker roster at the upcoming 2014 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (October 28–30th): Dr. Thomas Insel, Director of the National Institute for Mental Health, will share his vision for a better brain health & mental health system, and issue a call to action and innovation to get there Dr. Catherine…
Read MoreRethinking Alzheimer’s Prevention and Treatment: The Cognitive Shop/ Brain Fitness Center
Editor’s note: Kenneth S. Kosik, MD, and Ellen Clegg, authors of a recent book on Alzheimer’s Disease prevention and treatment, forcefully propose a new framework and model for brain care: What about setting up “cognitive shops” as “a sort of one-stop shopping for everything from Alzheimer’s disease prevention to guided care for mild or moderate…
Read MoreYour Brain At Work, by the Dana Alliance and The Conference Board
Several months ago we came across an excellent resource for cognitive/ brain fitness aimed at helping companies offer quality brain health information to their employees. While it is true that we often tend to believe all this “brain fitness” stuff is most relevant to our parents and/ or grandparents, trust me, if you are reading…
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