Posts Tagged ‘pay-attention’
Try Thinking and Learning Without Working Memory
Imagine dialing a phone number by having to look up each digit one at a time in the phone book. Normally, you look up the number and remember all seven digits long enough to get it dialed. Even with one digit at a time, you would have to remember each digit long enough…
Read MoreTravel and Engagement as Good Brain Exercise
Neuroplasticity is defined as “the ability of the brain to rewire itself through experience”. We typically summarize a lot of brain research by encouraging SharpBrains readers is to seek for novelty, variety and challenge, as guidelines for “brain exercise” that will help build new connections in the brain, force one to be mindful and pay…
Read MoreA very sharp brain: Prof. Hans Rosling
A few years ago I had the chance to meet Hans Rosling at a summit by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. He is a Professor of International Health who developed Trendalyzer software, a tool that brings statistics to live with great visual and animation techniques. Google bought the software last March. You can find it here now.…
Read MoreSmart Brains, Sharp Brain… new research on maintaining one
A New York Times editorial printed today states:When tested five years later, these participants [in a cognitive training study] had less of a decline in the skill they were trained in than did a control group that received no cognitive training. The payoff from mental exercise seemed far greater than we are accustomed to getting for physical exercise  as if 10 workouts at the gym were enough to keep you fit five years later.and If further studies show that mental exercises can improve everyday functioning, doctors may need to prescribe such training, senior centers may want to set up “brain gyms,†and aging Americans would be wise to do brain-stretching activities.
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