Free Brain Fitness Webinar

By Alvaro Fernandez | June 25, 2009

Dr. Elkhonon Gold­berg and I, co-authors of The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness, will cov­er the main high­lights from our new book and address the ques­tions sub­mit­ted by read­ers. When: Tues­day July 21st, 10am Pacif­ic Time; 1pm East­ern Time. How to Reg­is­ter: Click HERE for more infor­ma­tion and to Reg­is­ter. Title: The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain…

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Debunking 10 Brain Training/ Cognitive Health Myths

By Alvaro Fernandez | June 20, 2009

Think about this: How can any­one take care of his or her brain when every week brings a new bar­rage of arti­cles and stud­ies which seem to con­tra­dict each oth­er? Do sup­ple­ments improve mem­o­ry? Do you need both phys­i­cal and men­tal exer­cise or is one of them enough? Which brain train­ing approach, if any, is worth…

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Book Announcement: The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness

By Alvaro Fernandez | May 22, 2009

Our first book is avail­able in Amazon.com! Back­ground: In 2005 I read two books by my now co-author, Dr. Elkhonon Gold­berg, that changed my career and life. Dr. Gold­berg pre­sent­ed an excit­ing overview of emerg­ing brain research debunk­ing many old myths. Reflect­ing on what I was learn­ing, I thought, “If all this is true, there…

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Top 10 Cognitive Health and Brain Fitness Books

By Alvaro Fernandez | January 2, 2009 |

Here you have The 10 Most Pop­u­lar Brain Fit­ness & Cog­ni­tive Health Books, based on book pur­chas­es by Sharp­Brains’ read­ers dur­ing 2008. Enjoy! 1. Brain Rules: 12 Prin­ci­ples for Sur­viv­ing and Thriv­ing at Work, Home, and School (Pear Press, March 2008) — Dr. John Med­i­na, Direc­tor of the Brain Cen­ter for Applied Learn­ing Research at Seat­tle Pacific…

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Top 30 Brain Health and Fitness Articles of 2008

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 23, 2008

Here you have Sharp­Brains’ 30 most pop­u­lar arti­cles, ranked by the num­ber of peo­ple who have read each arti­cle in 2008. Please note that, since the first arti­cle already includes most of our most pop­u­lar brain teasers, we have exclud­ed teasers from the rest of the rank­ing. (If those 50 are not enough for you, you…

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5 Tips on Lifelong Learning and Neuroplasticity for the Adult Brain

By Laurie Bartels | December 19, 2008 |

. Learn­ing & the Brain is a con­fer­ence that gets marked on my cal­en­dar annu­al­ly because I always return home hav­ing either been exposed to new infor­ma­tion, or with a new per­spec­tive on an old top­ic. Last mon­th’s con­fer­ence in Cam­bridge, MA, themed Using Emo­tions Research to Enhance Learn­ing & Achieve­ment, was no excep­tion. As…

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