Posts Tagged ‘New-Year-Resolutions’
10 Brain Fitness New Year’s Resolutions
You have survived the 2007 shopping and eating season. Congratulations! Now it’s time to shift gears and focus on 2008…whether you write down some New Year resolutions or contemplate some things that you want to let go of from last year and set intentions and goals for this year — as is a friend’s tradition…
Read MoreAlzheimer’s Prevention and Diagnostic Tests
Roundup of several insightful articles and recent research: Fish Oil May Help Prevent Alzheimer’s (Washington Post) — “The omega‑3 fatty acids found in fish oil might play an important role in preventing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a research team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).” — “Publishing in the Dec. 26 issue of the…
Read MoreCognitive Reserve and Intellectually Demanding Jobs
I hope you are having happy holidays, and are getting ready for New Year celebrations. Best wishes to you and your loved ones. Via MedJournalWatch we just found this interesting paper, Associations of job demands and intelligence with cognitive performance among men in late life. Guy G. Potter PhD*, Michael J. Helms BS, and Brenda L. Plassman…
Read MoreMindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and other stress management techniques
We have explained before how mental stimulation is important if done in the right supportive and engaging environment. Stanford’s Robert Sapolsky and others’ have shown that chronic stress and cortical inhibition, which may be aggravated due to imposed mental stimulation, may prove counterproductive. Having the right motivation is essential. A promising area of scientific inquiry…
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