Jobs with low physical stress and good working conditions linked to larger hippocampus and better memory

By SharpBrains | July 21, 2020

CSU study links phys­i­cal stress on the job with brain and mem­o­ry decline in old­er age (press release): A new study out of Col­orado State Uni­ver­si­ty has found that phys­i­cal stress in one’s job may be asso­ci­at­ed with faster brain aging and poor­er mem­o­ry. Aga Burzyn­s­ka, an assis­tant pro­fes­sor in the Depart­ment of Human Development…

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Want to train your brain? Work as a physician, air traffic controller, financial analyst (or similar)

By SharpBrains | April 7, 2014

Men­tal­ly stim­u­lat­ing jobs keep your mind sharp post-retire­­ment (Tech Times): “If you want to stay sharp in your gold­en years, it’s best to get the hard yards in ear­ly — a new study has found that peo­ple with men­tal­ly demand­ing jobs fare bet­ter in the years after retirement.…Mental acu­ity and mem­o­ry reten­tion was found to be…

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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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Brain Health and Alzheimer’s Prevention

By Alvaro Fernandez | April 9, 2008 |

We just received these two very thought-pro­­vok­ing essays on Alzheimer’s Dis­ease and brain health, as part of a writ­ing work­shop, led by Susan Hill in Lake­land, Flori­da, with a group of grade 9–11 home­school­ers. With­out fur­ther ado, here you are both Essays: Essay A. Pre­vent­ing Alzheimer’s at Work – By Josh H 5,000,000: that is the number…

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Brain Training and Brain fitness games

By Alvaro Fernandez | July 7, 2007

Fun quick arti­cle, titled Review: Lat­est Brain-Teas­ing Video Games, on Brain Train­ing, “Nin­ten­do Brain Age”, “Big Brain Acad­e­my”, “Hot Brain”, “Brain Boost”, “Brain Genius”, “Brain Juice”, “Brain Chal­lenge”, “Mind Quiz”… Please remem­ber to use our check­lists on How to Select the Right Brain Fit­ness Pro­­gram-short check­list or the full length ver­sion‑, if you are look­ing for…

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