Posts Tagged ‘Health & Wellness’
Learning & The Brain Conference, February 15–17th in San Francisco
For information on the 2008 Conference, and the discount for SharpBrains readers, visit: Learning & The Brain Conference: discount for SharpBrains readers. The post below refers to the 2007 Conference: ————————- The organizers of this amazing conference, whose registration is about to expire, just extended their very kind offer to SharpBrains readers: you can register…
Read MoreCognitive Reserve and Lifestyle
In honor of the Week of Science presented at Just Science we will be writing about “just science”.Today, we will highlight the key points in an excellent review of cognitive reserve: Today, we will highlight the key points in an excellent review of cognitive reserve: Scarmeas, Nikolaos and Stern, Yaakov. Cognitive reserve and lifestyle. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 2003;25:625–33.The concept of cognitive reserve has been defined as the ability of an individual to tolerate progressive brain pathology without demonstrating clinical cognitive symptoms. Epidemiological evidence suggests that individuals with higher IQ, education, occupational achievement, or participation in intellectually and socially active lifestyles may result in both quantitatively more cognitive networks and qualitatively more functionally efficient networks resulting in more reserve.
Read MoreBrain exercises: Want a workout for your brain?
Very fun article in the Birmingham News today on SharpBrains and brain exercises, titled Want a workout for your brain?. The journalist explains things very well and with great humor (for the humor, you need to read the article!). Here are some quotes: — “Think of it as a gymnasium for your mind,” SharpBrains CEO…
Read MoreMindFit and Posit Science in the Wall Street Journal’s “Putting Brain Exercises to the Test”
The Wall Street Journal has a great article today, Putting Brain Exercises to the Test (requires subscription), that compares 6 different computer-based brain exercise programs along ease-of-use, fun, and science behind. We at SharpBrains conducted a very similar exercise last year, coming to basically the same conclusions. The article compares Nintendo Brain Age, MyBrainBuilder, MyBrainTrainer,…
Read MoreOnline Brain Fitness Gym
See our second press release below, and visit our Press Room for the great press we are starting to get about our brain fitness gym. Special Offer: For a limited time, you can receive a complimentary copy of our Brain Fitness 101 e‑Guide: Answers to your Top 25 Questions, written by Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg and Alvaro…
Read MoreHello: may we ask…
…a few questions: how did you find us, what we are doing well, what we can do better? We have just found out that more than 600 people are receiving our feeds, but we only know-and just a bit- the 50–60 who leave comments and link to us. We enjoy having so many readers not just in the…
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