Posts Tagged ‘emotional-resilience’
Study: Trigger warnings don’t work, may undermine emotional resilience
___ It’s Official—Trigger Warnings Might Actually Be Harmful (Medium): “In the era of college student sensitivities to a seemingly ever-increasing list of possible offending material, the use of so-called “trigger warnings” has become commonplace on university campuses. These warnings are usually given at the beginning of a class (or at the beginning of specific sections of a…
Read MoreHow to Optimize Brain Health and Performance at Any Age (New York Public Library talk)
How to Optimize Brain Health and Performance at Any Age (New York Public Library talk) from SharpBrains This is the actual slidedeck presented by Alvaro Fernandez at New York Public Library on September 24th, 2014. Slides can be downloaded and used for educational purposes
Read MoreSix tips to build resilience and prevent brain-damaging stress
These days, we all live under considerable stress — economic challenges, job demands, family tensions, always-on technology and the 24-hour news cycle all contribute to ceaseless worry. While many have learned to simply “live with it,” this ongoing stress can, unless properly managed, have a
Read MoreComputerized Cognitive Assessments: opportunities and concerns
You know your weight. And your physical fitness. And a variety of health-related metrics. What about your brain fitness? Two recent announcements bring out how the assessment of cognitive abilities, or brain functions, is increasingly being done thanks to new computerized options: 1) Last week, OptumHealth announced an exclusive 3‑year agreement (estimated at $18m) with…
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