fitness

Play sports (smartly) for a quieter brain and better auditory processing

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Ath­letes Have Qui­eter Brains, New Research Shows (Sci News):

“No one would argue against the fact that sports lead to bet­ter phys­i­cal­ly fit­ness, but we don’t always think of brain fit­ness and sports,” said Pro­fes­sor Nina Kraus, direc­tor of the Audi­to­ry Neu­ro­science Lab­o­ra­to­ry at North­west­ern University.

“We’re say­ing that play­ing sports can tune the brain to bet­ter under­stand one’s sen­so­ry envi­ron­ment.” [Read more…] about Play sports (smart­ly) for a qui­eter brain and bet­ter audi­to­ry processing

MIT Solve launches Brain Health Challenge: How can every person improve their brain health and mental resilience?

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As a Judge and mem­ber of the Chal­lenge’s Lead­er­ship Team, let me share some rel­e­vant news for sharp brains world­wide: MIT Solve (a recent MIT off­shoot to iden­ti­fy and accel­er­ate scal­able social solu­tions) has just launched a Brain Health Chal­lenge to address the key ques­tion: How can every per­son improve their brain health and men­tal resilience?

Sum­ma­ry: Brain and men­tal well-being are crit­i­cal to the health and hap­pi­ness of the 7.5 bil­lion peo­ple who inhab­it our plan­et. The way we feel, solve prob­lems, and inter­act with one anoth­er all depend on the health of our brains. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, [Read more…] about MIT Solve launch­es Brain Health Chal­lenge: How can every per­son improve their brain health and men­tal resilience?

Canadian teacher Maggie MacDonnell wins annual $1M Global Teacher Prize

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Cana­di­an school teacher wins $1M glob­al teacher prize beat­ing out thou­sands of appli­cants (CBS News):

“A Cana­di­an school teacher who encour­ages hope and acts of kind­ness in an iso­lat­ed cor­ner of Que­bec won a $1 mil­lion prize Sun­day in what has become one of the most high-pro­file awards for teach­ing excel­lence. [Read more…] about Cana­di­an teacher Mag­gie Mac­Don­nell wins annu­al $1M Glob­al Teacher Prize

Improving brain fitness literacy in Japan

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Shoukei Matsumoto and Alvaro Fernandez. Courtesy of Newsweek Japan
– Shoukei Mat­sumo­to and Alvaro Fer­nan­dez. Cour­tesy of Newsweek Japan

Newsweek Japan just pub­lished this great arti­cle to dis­sem­i­nate lat­est think­ing and research about med­i­ta­tion, brain fit­ness and dig­i­tal tech­nolo­gies, based on Alvaro Fer­nan­dez’ trip last week to dis­cuss How is our soci­etal obses­sion with tech­nol­o­gy chang­ing our health and well-being at the World Forum on Sport and Cul­ture in Tokyo.

Key insights dis­cussed, com­ing from The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness–now in Japan­ese!–, includ­ed:

1) We are smarter and health­i­er than ever, so it is not true that tech­nol­o­gy (or Google) is killing our brains.

2) But it’s true is that we are fac­ing grow­ing health and brain chal­lenges. Why? Because, even if we are smarter and health­i­er, our fit­ness is not keep­ing up with the demands on our brains and minds in our increas­ing­ly com­plex work and life envi­ron­ment. [Read more…] about Improv­ing brain fit­ness lit­er­a­cy in Japan

Survey: Do you believe that every adult should take charge of his/ her own brain health and brain fitness?

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Holiday gift idea: The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness

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Heads-up: the spe­cial pro­mo­tion to buy The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness: How to Opti­mize Brain Health and Per­for­mance at Any Age (284 pages; April 2013) at a dis­count (up to 40% off, depend­ing on coun­try and for­mat) expires next Sun­day, Decem­ber 29th. We hope you will enjoy read­ing the book and then join­ing the online book dis­cus­sions in Jan­u­ary! Click Here to learn more.

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