Carnival of Education #159: Briefing the Next US President on 35 Issues

By Alvaro Fernandez | February 19, 2008 |

Dear Mr or Mrs Next US Pres­i­dent, Thank you for stop­ping dur­ing recess for a quick study ses­sion. 35 edu­ca­tors have col­lab­o­rat­ed to present this Car­ni­val of Edu­ca­tion as a use­ful les­son plan for you and your edu­ca­tion pol­i­cy team on what our real con­cerns and sug­ges­tions are. In case this is your first vis­it to…

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Brain training to live long and strong

By Alvaro Fernandez | June 14, 2007

If you want to live long and strong, you’ve got to do more than work out your body; you’ve got to exer­cise your brain, insists Dr. Elkhonon Gold­berg, clin­i­cal pro­fes­sor of neu­rol­o­gy at New York Uni­ver­si­ty School of Med­i­cine. While we’ve heard for years that men­tal stim­u­la­tion can stave off demen­tia and Alzheimer’s, Dr. Goldberg…

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Keep Your Brain Nimble as You Age and Brain Fitness Events

By Caroline Latham | May 14, 2007

Some good links today: 1) Keep Your Brain Nim­ble as You Age MSNBC — May 13, 2007 “If using your com­put­er as a men­tal gym sounds good to you, SharpBrains.com’s Fer­nan­dez sug­gests ask­ing a few ques­tions first to deter­mine a product’s…” 2) Great blog by Stan­ford Busi­ness School’s Jack­son library, includ­ing an announce­ment of an upcom­ing lec­ture there…

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All about Brain Fitness

By Alvaro Fernandez | April 27, 2007

We are very hap­py to see how the sci­ence-based brain fit­ness field is emerg­ing, and we have pre­pared a Hot Top­ics sec­tion to keep you well informed. Our Chief Sci­en­tif­ic Offi­cer, Dr. Elkhonon Gold­berg, has been writ­ing about brain fit­ness for many years. Here you have a selec­tion of the most pop­u­lar posts: Hot Topics…

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