Brain training seen as promising non-pharmacological method to enhance attention in healthy young adults

By SharpBrains | February 1, 2019

This brain train­ing app may help you stay focused, says new study (CNN): “Our dig­i­tal lives make con­cen­tra­tion difficult…A group of Cam­bridge uni­ver­si­ty researchers believes to have devel­oped a “fun” solu­tion to this mod­ern prob­lem. By play­ing a “brain train­ing” game, called Decoder, play­ers can increase their concentration.

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Brain fitness tips to improve concentration and memory

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | December 11, 2015

. Concentration–or atten­tion– and mem­o­ry are two cru­cial men­tal skills and are direct­ly relat­ed. In fact, many mem­o­ry com­plaints have noth­ing to do with the actu­al abil­i­ty to remem­ber things: They come from a fail­ure to focus prop­er­ly on the task at hand. For exam­ple, when you don’t remem­ber where you parked your car

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Cognitive Enhancement via Magic Pills? likely not soon

By Alvaro Fernandez | September 23, 2009

Excel­lent Sci­en­tif­ic Amer­i­can cov­er sto­ry: Tur­bocharg­ing the Brain–Pills to Make You Smarter? “Will a pill at break­fast improve con­cen­tra­tion and memory—and will it do so with­out long-term detri­ment to your health?” Their answer, in short: not real­ly, not any­time soon. I could­n’t agree more. Let’s pay real atten­tion to non-inva­­sive options to aug­ment cog­ni­tion, from exer­cise to…

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Brain Quiz: Do You Have a Brain?

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | September 7, 2009

Have you already read The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness? Let’s see… 1. Pick the only part of your body that does not con­tain fat: a. Arm b. Thigh c. Brain d. None Answer: d) Fats are also present in the brain: in neu­rons’ mem­branes to keep them flex­i­ble. These fats are the omega 3 and omega 6 fatty…

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