Posts Tagged ‘mental-exercise’
20 Must-Know Facts to Harness Neuroplasticity and Improve Brain Health
——- June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, so let me share these 20 Must-Know Facts to Harness Neuroplasticity & Improve Brain Health that come from the hundreds of scientific and medical studies we analyzed
Read MoreMental rotation exercise to challenge your brain’s parietal lobe
Mental rotation refers to moving things around in your mind. It is one of the main visuospatial skills we all have…in different degrees, yes. Here’s an example. Please picture in your mind an arrow pointing to the right. Now, turn this arrow so it points to the left. Done? You have just performed a mental rotation.
Read MoreQuick brain teasers to train your attention and working memory
— Here you have a few fun mental exercises to train your attention and working memory (the capacity to hold multiple pieces of information in the mind, and to use them real-time). Given them a try today and over the weekend…they are not as easy as they may sound! Say the days of the week backwards, then in alphabetical…
Read MoreUpdate: Test your stress level with this fun brain teaser
— Time for SharpBrains’ July 2014 e‑newsletter, featuring a wealth of thought-provoking insights, science reports…and this fun brain teaser to determine your stress level. New thinking: Why “disorders of the brain” deserve at least equal attention as cardiovascular diseases and cancer Preliminary Agenda of the 2014 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (October 28–30th) Debunking Myers-Briggs personality test How to remember…
Read MoreAlzheimer’s disease can be delayed through lifestyle: New, large study joins growing chorus
– Hard Evidence We Can Slow Alzheimer’s By Exercising The Body And The Mind (Forbes): “Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most feared diagnoses among patients…once the disease has been diagnosed, there is nothing modern medicine can do to stop it. But it can be slowed, and a new study presented
Read MoreThe New York Times starts to pay attention: Exercising The Mind to Treat Attention Deficits
Exercising The Mind to Treat Attention Deficits (The New York Times): “Poor planning, wandering attention and trouble inhibiting impulses all signify lapses in cognitive control. Now a growing stream of research suggests that strengthening this mental muscle, usually with exercises in
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