Brain health research study by AARP: Consumers pursue brain training to support a more enjoyable, self-managed life

By SharpBrains | January 23, 2015

. AARP just released a very inter­est­ing brain health research study based on 1,200 online inter­views con­duct­ed in August 2014. Key find­ings include: Main­tain­ing a healthy lifestyle is impor­tant to all con­sumers (99% find it at least some­what impor­tant). Brain health is the sec­ond most impor­tant com­po­nent in main­tain­ing a healthy lifestyle, after heart health (37%…

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23. Quick brainteaser to test your cognitive skills…and biases

By SharpBrains | January 20, 2015

— Brain teas­er: Please con­sider Lin­da, a 31-year-old woman, sin­gle and bright. When she was a stu­dent, in high school and in col­lege too, she was deeply involved in social jus­tice issues, and also par­tic­i­pated in envi­ron­men­tal protests. Which is more prob­a­ble about Linda’s occu­pa­tion today?

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Update: For brain training to work, it must induce neuroplasticity in regions that matter

By SharpBrains | May 30, 2014

Time for Sharp­Brains’ May 2014 e‑newsletter. If you’re look­ing for new think­ing, research and tools to enhance life­long brain health and per­for­mance, you’re in the right place… New think­ing: For cog­ni­tive train­ing to work, it must induce neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty in brain regions that mat­ter Which kind of mind­ful­ness med­i­ta­tion to choose? Com­par­ing sit­ting med­i­ta­tion, body scan, and mind­ful yoga…

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Brain teasers for teens and adults to test and train cognitive skills

By SharpBrains | May 15, 2014

Mind games that can sharp­en the brain (Mia­mi Her­ald): “A great resource for find­ing “mind games,” or what’s pop­u­lar­ly know as “brain train­ing,” is the web­site of Sharp­Brains, a com­pa­ny that tracks health and well­ness appli­ca­tions of brain sci­ence. Its founder and CEO, Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, writes in his blog that, “Any­thing we do involv­ing nov­el­ty, variety…

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