Posts Tagged ‘dana-foundation’
Brain Health News: Top Articles and Resources in March
There’s such a flood of very significant research studies, educational resources and articles related to brain health, it’s hard to keep track — even for us! Let me introduce and quote some of the top Brain Health Studies, Articles and Resources published in March: 1) Cognitive Decline Begins In Late 20s, Study Suggests (Science Daily) — “These patterns…
Read MoreUpdate: Does Cognitive Training Work?
Here you have the February edition of our monthly newsletter covering cognitive health and brain fitness topics. Please remember that you can subscribe to receive this Newsletter by email, simply by submitting your email at the top of this page. Cognitive training (or structured mental exercise) definitely seems to work — as long as we define…
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…
Read MoreThe Future of Computer-assisted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The Wall Street Journal had a very interesting article yesterday, titled To Be Young and Anxiety-Free, focused on the value of cognitive behavioral therapy to help children with high levels of anxiety learn how too cope better and prevent the snowball scenario, when that anxiety grows and spirals out of control resulting in depression and…
Read MoreBrain Resources and Websites
We recently prepared a Directory of Web Sites as part of our Resources section. You will find some gems here, in a variety of areas: » The Dana Foundation offers several excellent online resources: — Brainy Kids Online offers children, teens, parents and teachers links to games, labs, education resources and lesson plans. — BrainWeb: general information…
Read MoreBrain News: Software, Education, Arts
A few updates and announcements: — 1) My apologies for slow blogging, due to travel. I participated yesterday in a fun panel discussion at ETech on Use Your Head- The Future of Mind Hacks. You can read some take-aways (in Italian, so this may be good brain exercise) here. — 2) We will release our…
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