Posts Tagged ‘mental-fitness’
Mental fitness self-care named app trend of 2018
___ This was the hottest app trend of the year (Market Watch): “Apps were all about inner peace in 2018. Apple named “self-care” its app trend of the year with its Best of 2018 list released earlier this week, which highlighted what apps, games, movies and music were on everyone’s list — and fingertips — over the…
Read MoreLet’s improve Brain Health Literacy during Brain Awareness Week 2018
___ Please join us in getting ready to celebrate Brain Awareness Week 2018 (March 12–18th), the annual global campaign organized by the Dana Foundation to increase public awareness about the progress and benefits of brain research. To learn about activities in your area, please visit BAW’s International Calendar of events. And remember you don’t need to travel anywhere to…
Read MoreThe National Institute of Mental Health gives $2M grant to identify factors that make working memory training work (or not)
Understanding Individual Differences: UC Riverside psychology professor receives $1.9 million grant to study memory training (press release): “Aaron Seitz, a psychology professor at the University of California, Riverside and the director of the UCR Brain Game Center for mental fitness and wellbeing, and Susanne Jaeggi, an associate professor at the school of education at UC…
Read MoreTo address the upcoming Alzheimer’s “epidemic”, let’s approach 2016 with these 4 Pillars of Alzheimer’s Prevention
. As you probably know, we are in a health care crisis. The number of people with Alzheimer’s disease continues to sky-rocket as people age and may reach crisis proportions. A national goal has been set to prevent and cure Alzheimer’s by 2020 or no later than 2025, with a lion’s share of this money…
Read MoreUpdate: What do schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addiction, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, have in common?
. Time for SharpBrains’ February e‑newsletter, featuring a wealth of neuroscience and neurotechnology news and brain health insights. New research Question: What do people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, addiction, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anxiety have in common? Answer: A brain with similar gray-matter loss Long-term meditation can help slow down aging-related brain volume decline Fewer than 19% of ADHD…
Read MoreGaiam and Reebok entering mental fitness market via InteraXon Muse partnerships
— InteraXon Teams Up with Reebok & Gaiam To Bring Brain Fitness to the Masses (mobilesyrup): “Many of us lead lives so hectic we hardly have time to hit the treadmill never mind take a deep breath and relax. However, the booming yoga industry (worth $27 billion dollars at last count) proves that mindfulness and…
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