Posts Tagged ‘K12’
Brain Fitness Program 2.0, MindFit, and much more on Brain Training
Let’s quickly review 4 recent articles in both “Times” newspapers: the New York Times and the UK-based Times, on brain fitness and a couple of programs. 1) Calisthenics for the Older Mind, on the Home Computer: good overview of one of the growing areas for cognitive training, “healthy aging”. Quotes: — “In the past year,…
Read MoreBrain Exercise and Brain Fitness July Monthly Digest
We are often told we share too much content, but it is tough for us to share less given all the news around cognitive and emotional training! To make things easier we will offer a Monthly Digest. Today, August 1st, we will list the most popular July posts. Consider it your monthly Brain Exercise Magazine…
Read MoreNeuroplasticity = Lifelong Learning
I have just read the best blog post I have read in a loooong while, so let me share it here now. Brett Steenbarger is a Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and a Trading Psychology expert who I had the pleasure to interview a while back. He is a master at trading, learning, teaching…
Read MoreBrain Health and Fitness Workshops
Today I have an announcement to make. You probably are seeing all the articles about Brain Fitness in the press and wondering, “What is this all about?â€Â, “Can someone help me navigate through all the programs out there?â€Â, “How is Brain Fitness relevant to me in my personal life or at work?â€Â. Well…we are delivering a series of…
Read MoreBrain class at UC-Berkeley Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
If you are based in North California, you may be interested in the classes just announced by the UC Berkeley Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. “Berkeley OLLI is an inquiring and stimulating community of adults, age 50 and above, exploring new areas of knowledge and traditional disciplines, challenging and fascinating subjects.” If you are not in…
Read MoreBrain Training: the Art and the emerging Science
Tom alerts us (thanks!) of a fun book review in the New York Times today, by Abigail Zuger, titled The Brain: Malleable, Capable, Vulnerable, on the book The Brain That Changes Itself (Viking, $24.95) by psychiatrist Norman Doidge. Some quotes: “In bookstores, the science aisle generally lies well away from the self-help section, with hard…
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