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Brain Exercise and Brain Health FAQs
Brain exercises and some frequently asked questions about brain and brain related subjects.
Read MoreMindFit Corporate and Freeze-Framer for Memory and Brain Fitness
Cognitive training and stress management, MindFit and Freeze-Framer (or emWave): two complementary sides of Brain Fitness. Research shows that adults can and should take care of their brains, both for short-term and long-term benefits. Through brain exercise we can improve our overall cognitive function right nowâ€â€making quick decisions, staying calm and focused under pressure, and…
Read MoreBaby Boomers, Healthy Aging and Job Performance
There has been an interesting discussion about the issues related to the aging of the legal profession. Stephanie introduced us to the article “the Graying Bar: let’s not forget the ethics” by David Giacalone. In short: statistics about the increasing ratio of lawyers over 70 in active practice, on the one hand, and the general…
Read MoreFree give-aways: Sandra Bullock’s Premonition and our Brain Fitness Center
Some weeks we were contacted by Sony Pictures to provide the Grand Prize for one of their Sweepstakes programs, for just-released Sandra Bullock’s Premonition movie. We were happy to put together a complete Brain Fitness Kit, something like a boot camp for the brain (a “brain camp”?), which you can get FOR FREE. The kit is…
Read MoreBrain Teaser: how are Memory, Stress, Exercise, Brain Games, Stanford and Harvard connected?
Very interesting week for brain fitness-we have difficulty in selecting and adding value to the superb articles that follow, so let us simply link to them and highlight 1–2 quotes for each: Get Fit, Improve Memory? Three months of exercise was all it took for people with low levels of aerobic fitness to increase blood flow…
Read MoreIs physical fitness important to your brain fitness?
Here is question 18 of 25 from Brain Fitness 101: Answers to Your Top 25 Questions.Question:Is physical fitness important?Key Points: Exercise improves learning through increased blood supply and growth hormones.Exercise is an anti-depressant by reducing stress and promoting neurogenesis.Exercise protects the brain from damage and disease, as well speeding the recovery.Answer:Yes. According to Fred Gage, PhD, of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, “We now know that exercise helps generate new brain cells, even in the aging brain.”According to the research of Richard Smeyne, PhD at Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, with just two months of exercise there are more brain cells and that higher levels of exercise were significantly more beneficial than lower amounts, although any exercise was better than none.
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