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

By SharpBrains | December 16, 2019 |

___ 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…

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

By Alvaro Fernandez | May 10, 2017

— 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?…

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

By SharpBrains | March 20, 2017

— 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.

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Improving brain fitness literacy in Japan

By SharpBrains | October 28, 2016

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…

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Holiday gift idea: The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness

By SharpBrains | December 21, 2013

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…

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