Rosetta Stone to buy Vivity Labs, developer of Fit Brains brain training games

By SharpBrains | December 19, 2013

Roset­ta Stone to Acquire Fit Brains Cre­ator Viv­i­ty Labs, Will Enter Fast-Grow­ing Brain-Train­ing Mar­ket (press release): “There is a remark­able over­lap between lan­guage learn­ers and peo­ple who are look­ing to boost their cog­ni­tive abil­i­ties,” said Steve Swad, Pres­i­dent and CEO of Roset­ta Stone. “Indeed, our research sug­gests that a sig­nif­i­cant per­cent­age of peo­ple who purchased…

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The Ten Habits of a Sharp Brain

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 30, 2011

As our final arti­cle for 2011, let us repur­pose one of Sharp­Brains’ most pop­u­lar blog posts since 2006. It may give you a few point­ers to sharp­en those New Years Res­o­lu­tions. Let’s sum­ma­rize some lifestyle guide­lines we can all fol­low to enhance and main­tain a sharp brain through life… Learn what is the “It” in…

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Cognitive Health News Round-Up

By Alvaro Fernandez | April 10, 2008

Round-up of inter­est­ing recent news on cog­ni­tive health and fit­ness: the field is in motion. 1) Bay­crest cre­ates Cen­tre for Brain Fit­ness with $10-mil­lion Invest­ment from Ontario Gov­ern­ment (Cana­da NewsWire) 2) Cog­ni­tive tests are the best way to select med­ical stu­dents (EurekAlert) 3) High blood pres­sure hard on the aging brain (Reuters) 4) Alzheimer’s tests ben­e­fi­cial for seniors (Atlanta-Jour­­nal…

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