Global Agenda Councils: The Challenges of Gerontology

By Alvaro Fernandez | August 1, 2008 |

My brain is hon­oured to have been invit­ed to par­tic­i­­pate-togeth­­er with the rest of my body of course- in a new ini­tia­tive by the World Eco­nom­ic Forum. Of course I have accept­ed, giv­en that the Glob­al Agen­da Coun­cils have this fas­ci­nat­ing char­ter: — “Glob­al Agen­da Coun­cils will chal­lenge pre­vail­ing assump­tions, mon­i­tor trends, map inter­re­la­tion­ships and…

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Brain Fitness Newsletter: November Edition

By Alvaro Fernandez | November 30, 2007 |

Here you are have the Month­ly Digest of our Most Pop­u­lar Blog Posts. You can con­sid­er it your month­ly Brain Exer­cise Mag­a­zine. (Also, remem­ber that you can sub­scribe to receive our RSS feed, check our Top­ics sec­tion, and sub­scribe to our month­ly newslet­ter at the top of this page if you want to receive this…

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Can Thoughts and Action Change Our Brains?

By Alvaro Fernandez | February 27, 2007 |

We final­ly had time to hear and enjoy the 35-minute inter­view with WSJ sci­ence writer Sharon Beg­ley about her new book, Train Your Mind Change Your Brain. High­ly rec­om­mend­ed. (Thanks Beate!) NPR Talk of the Nation, Feb­ru­ary 2, 2007: “For years, sci­en­tists believed the brain’s struc­ture could­n’t be changed. The new sci­ence of neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty says…

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