Slidedeck: 25 Must-Know Facts to Harness Neuroplasticity & Technology For Better Brain Health

By SharpBrains | April 25, 2016

Vir­tu­al lec­ture: 25 Must-Know Facts to Har­ness Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty & Tech­nol­o­gy For Bet­ter Brain Health from Sharp­Brains Note: The full record­ing from the 90-minute vir­tu­al lec­ture is already avail­able to reg­is­tered par­tic­i­pants, togeth­er with oth­er resources (please con­tact us if you have any log-in dif­fi­cul­ties). If you did­n’t reg­is­ter, please sub­scribe to our eNewslet­ter and we’ll notify…

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Brain health research study by AARP: Consumers pursue brain training to support a more enjoyable, self-managed life

By SharpBrains | January 23, 2015

. AARP just released a very inter­est­ing brain health research study based on 1,200 online inter­views con­duct­ed in August 2014. Key find­ings include: Main­tain­ing a healthy lifestyle is impor­tant to all con­sumers (99% find it at least some­what impor­tant). Brain health is the sec­ond most impor­tant com­po­nent in main­tain­ing a healthy lifestyle, after heart health (37%…

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Aerobic Exercise or Weight Training to Boost Brain Function?

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | May 1, 2012

Aer­o­bic exer­cise is the kind of exer­cise that has been con­sis­tent­ly shown to trig­ger the growth of both brain cells and new con­nec­tions between them, boost­ing cog­ni­tive func­tions. It has also been asso­ci­at­ed with low­er risks of devel­op­ing Alzheimer’s Dis­ease. Is it the case that oth­er types of phys­i­cal exer­cise can also ben­e­fit the brain?…

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Resistance Training can also Protect the Brain

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | December 28, 2010

The Brain Pow­er resis­tance train­ing study pub­lished ear­li­er this year showed that 12 months of once-week­­ly or twice-week­­ly strength train­ing improved exec­u­tive cog­ni­tive func­tions (selec­tive atten­tion and con­flict res­o­lu­tion). The study includ­ed 155 women aged 65- to 75- years-old. Resis­tance train­ing was done in 60mn-class­es using a leg press and free weights. It was compared…

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