Update: Is Having a Brain a Medical Condition?

By SharpBrains | August 31, 2012

Time for Sharp­Brains’ August 2012 eNewslet­ter, fea­tur­ing in this occa­sion mul­ti­ple insight­ful per­spec­tives on how emerg­ing brain and cog­ni­tive sci­ence can be applied to  improve edu­ca­tion, clin­i­cal prac­tice, pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and dai­ly liv­ing. Fea­tured Per­spec­tives: Does Brain Fit­ness Require Med­ical­iza­tion? (or, Is Hav­ing a Brain a Med­ical Con­di­tion?), by Dr. Philip Toman New Study shows Teens with…

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The Mental Game: How High-Level Athletes Remain Calm and Focused

By SharpBrains | August 10, 2012

The Men­tal Prepa­ra­tion of High-Lev­­el Ath­letes (brief­ing paper by the Dana Foun­da­tion): “Base­ball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra is cred­it­ed with say­ing that “90 per­cent of the game is half men­tal.” Over the years, the line has been appro­pri­at­ed beyond the world of base­ball to explain the impor­tance of fac­tors like focus and motivation 

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