Brain Fitness Programs, “Brain Gyms”…Explained

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 17, 2006 |

Thanks to Mind­Hacks for the link to a good Wash­ing­ton Post arti­cle, “Pump­ing Neu­rons”. A cou­ple of quotes: Recent research shows that the brain remains plas­tic, or basi­cal­ly train­able, through­out life. In a study pub­lished in the Jour­nal of the Amer­i­can Med­ical Asso­ci­a­tion in 2002, sig­nif­i­cant per­cent­ages of the 2,802 par­tic­i­pants age 65 and older…

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Nintendo Brain Games: new are coming

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 10, 2006 |

New Nin­ten­do brain games will be launched in Europe short­ly, with titles such as The Pro­fes­sor’s Brain Train­er: Log­ic, the Pro­fes­sor’s Brain Train­er: Mem­o­ry, and Ubisoft­’s Mind Quiz, all try­ing to build on the suc­cess of Brain Age. Inter­est­ing that the arti­cle calls them “intel­li­­gence-test­ing games”. We have seen no pub­lished or in-the-works sci­en­tif­ic data supporting…

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