Posts Tagged ‘ElderHostel’
Brain News: Lifelong Learning for Cognitive Health
Here you have the March edition of our monthly newsletter covering cognitive health and brain fitness topics. Please remember that you can subscribe to receive this Newsletter by email, using the box at the top of this page. I know I am biased — but do believe this Newsletter issue might well be our best…
Read MoreElderhostel’s Marty Knowlton and Lifelong Learning
A person who helped reinvent “aging”, “retirement” and “learning”, contributing to the cognitive health of millions of individuals as a result: Martin P. ‘Marty’ Knowlton dies at 88; co-founder of Elderhostel (Los Angeles Times) — “Martin P. “Marty” Knowlton, a world traveler who fought ageism by co-founding Elderhostel, a program that pioneered learning vacations for mature…
Read MoreTravel and Engagement as Good Brain Exercise
Neuroplasticity is defined as “the ability of the brain to rewire itself through experience”. We typically summarize a lot of brain research by encouraging SharpBrains readers is to seek for novelty, variety and challenge, as guidelines for “brain exercise” that will help build new connections in the brain, force one to be mindful and pay…
Read MoreSmart Brains, Sharp Brain… new research on maintaining one
A New York Times editorial printed today states:When tested five years later, these participants [in a cognitive training study] had less of a decline in the skill they were trained in than did a control group that received no cognitive training. The payoff from mental exercise seemed far greater than we are accustomed to getting for physical exercise  as if 10 workouts at the gym were enough to keep you fit five years later.and If further studies show that mental exercises can improve everyday functioning, doctors may need to prescribe such training, senior centers may want to set up “brain gyms,†and aging Americans would be wise to do brain-stretching activities.
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