On Awe, Wonder, Biofeedback, CBSM, Virtual Reality, Privacy, Being Wrong, and more

By SharpBrains | March 31, 2021

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, this time fea­tur­ing eleven time­ly resources and research find­ings for life­long brain health and men­tal well-being. #1. “Awe is the feel­ing we expe­ri­ence when encoun­ter­ing vast things that we don’t under­stand. Around the world and in cul­tur­al­ly vary­ing ways, stud­ies show, we expe­ri­ence awe in response to…

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Growing research supports Heart Rate Variability (HRV) biofeedback training to lower stress and anxiety, increase sports performance

By SharpBrains | March 29, 2021

What’s HRV? An impor­tant health met­ric every golfer should pay atten­tion to (Golf.com): As ama­teur golfers, we’d love to play like the pros. There’s no doubt that you would trade your banana slice for Dustin Johnson’s pen­e­trat­ing 300-yard dri­ve down the mid­dle of the fair­way or Collin Morikawa’s impec­ca­ble ball strik­ing in a heart­beat. Unfortunately,…

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Update: 20 Must-Know Facts to Harness Neuroplasticity and Improve Brain Health

By SharpBrains | June 30, 2016

—– Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter,  pro­vid­ing a win­dow into the ongo­ing brain health and neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty revolutions–plus some fun brain teasers. Hap­py read­ing and, for those of you in the USA, Hap­py Fourth of July, and for those of you in Cana­da, Hap­py Cana­da Day! New research: 20 Must-Know Facts to Har­ness Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty and…

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Study: Wisdom requires both higher heart rate variability and adopting a third-person perspective

By Greater Good Science Center | June 1, 2016 |

——- Many cul­tures con­sid­er the human heart to be the seat of wis­dom. Now sci­en­tists are find­ing some evi­dence for this, though the real­i­ty may be more com­pli­cat­ed than it seems. Pre­vi­ous research has sug­gest­ed that high­er heart rate vari­abil­i­ty (HRV)—the vari­abil­i­ty in the time between our heartbeats

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If you play chess, then take up hiking

By SharpBrains | November 6, 2013

Heads up on a cou­ple of good arti­cles, one shar­ing great brain fit­ness tips based on the mate­r­i­al dis­cussed dur­ing our 2013 Sum­mit, the oth­er ana­lyz­ing the growth of cog­ni­tive train­ing ser­vice Lumos­i­ty. 7 Ways to Opti­mize Your Brain (Huff­in­g­ton Post): “3. Cross-train your brain. The say­ing “use it or lose it” clear­ly applies to brain…

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