Posts Tagged ‘mental-fitness’
Large UC study to investigate when and how brain training transfers (or does not) to broader cognitive and health benefits
Nationwide project seeks to understand how brain exercises produce cognitive benefits (UC press release): How does memory training lead to cognitive benefits? Aaron Seitz, director of the Brain Game Center for mental fitness and well-being at the University of California, Riverside, has wrestled with this question for several years. Now he and Susanne Jaeggi, an associate professor…
Read MoreREACH2: Six tips to help regulate stress levels in our organizations
Recently, an employee at a major Ohio company lost his mother to coronavirus. Under normal circumstances, his colleagues would have offered expressions of support and sympathy in person. They would have attended a funeral or memorial service. They would have made a meal for his family. But, since the state was under stay-at-home orders, none…
Read MoreBrain health innovators needs to escape from the “efficiency trap”
Fun to (remotely) talk at the Startup Impact Summit in Hong Kong to discuss the latest on brain health and mental fitness and to highlight a key point: in such a rapidly-and-profoundly-evolving field, we need to prioritize effectiveness over efficiency; otherwise we simply keep doing –faster, cheaper– the wrong things time and again. Think of the…
Read MoreUpdate: The latest research and noninvasive neurotechnologies for brain health and mental fitness
Time for a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter! 1. Food for (nonpartisan) Thought: Should heads of state and candidates to high office pass a cognitive/ mental fitness test? 2. A school psychologist shares good tips to support our kids and, yes, manage our own stress. Three Ss to reduce the stress of “homeschooling” our kids: Simplify, Structure,…
Read MoreShould heads of state and candidates to high office pass a cognitive/ mental fitness test?
Is it fair to question a presidential candidate’s mental fitness? (Salon): “My heart sank as he floundered his way through his responses, fumbling with his notes, uncharacteristically lost for words. He looked tired and bewildered,” Ron Reagan, the son of President Ronald Reagan, wrote of his father’s performance during the first 1984 presidential debate. At…
Read MoreKaiser Permanente offers Calm mental fitness app at no cost to millions of members
Meditation app Calm is now free for Kaiser Permanente’s millions of members (CNBC): Kaiser Permanente is trying to give its 12.4 million members a little bit of calm. Starting Tuesday, the health-care provider is allowing patients to download the Calm meditation app for free as part of a way to help customers manage anxiety as they…
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