Towards a Healthy Living & Cognitive Health Agenda

By Alvaro Fernandez | November 25, 2008

Here you have the Novem­ber edi­tion of our month­ly newslet­ter cov­er­ing cog­ni­tive health and brain fit­ness top­ics. Please remem­ber that you can sub­scribe to receive this Newslet­ter by email, sim­ply by sub­mit­ting your email at the top of this page. Thank you for your inter­est, atten­tion and par­tic­i­pa­tion in our Sharp­Brains com­mu­ni­ty. As always, we appreciate…

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Planet Earth 2.0: Yes We Can

By Alvaro Fernandez | November 11, 2008 |

Imag­ine see­ing a top sheik from Dubai, wrapped in tra­di­tion­al Arab cloth­ing, exclaim “Yes We Can” in front of the 800 experts gath­ered dur­ing the Sum­mit of the Glob­al Agen­da that just took place in Dubai, co-orga­nized by the World Eco­nom­ic Forum and the Gov­ern­ment of Dubai. This same sheik added that “we build the…

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Update: Work as a Brain Fitness Program

By Alvaro Fernandez | September 16, 2008

Here you have the twice-a-month newslet­ter with our most pop­u­lar blog posts. Please remem­ber that you can sub­scribe to receive this Newslet­ter by email, sim­ply by sub­mit­ting your email at the top of this page. There is one type of “brain fit­ness pro­gram” which is not only free but also pays you back. You guessed it,…

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Your Brain At Work, by the Dana Alliance and The Conference Board

By Alvaro Fernandez | September 12, 2008 |

Sev­er­al months ago we came across an excel­lent resource for cognitive/ brain fit­ness aimed at help­ing com­pa­nies offer qual­i­ty brain health infor­ma­tion to their employ­ees. While it is true that we often tend to believe all this “brain fit­ness” stuff is most rel­e­vant to our par­ents and/ or grand­par­ents, trust me, if you are reading…

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Schools: what should they do, and for whom?

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 14, 2008 |

We read today how Pan­el Urges Schools to Empha­size Core Math Skills (Wash­ing­ton Post). Now, there is a more fun­da­men­tal ques­tion to con­sid­er: what should the schools of the XXI cen­tu­ry look like and do?. To cre­ate a much need­ed dia­logue, I asked one the most thought­ful edu­ca­tion blog­gers around to share her (I guess it’s “her”)…

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