Posts Tagged ‘problem-solving’
A Brain Game to Tease your Frontal Skills
The functions of the frontal lobes are crucial for work and life in general. Here are some brain teasers to develop frontal skills.
Read MoreCognitive Enhancement via Pharmacology AND Neuropsychology, in The New Executive Brain
(Editor’s Note: given the growing media attention to three apparently separate worlds ‑cognitive enhancement via drugs, brain fitness training software, computerized neurocognitive assessments‑, I found it refreshing to see our co-founder Elkhonon Goldberg introduce the topic of cognotropic drugs with an integrative perspective in the much updated new edition of his classic book, now titled…
Read MoreBrain plasticity and our careers/ jobs/ lives
This is one of the slides I created recently for my talks, and it seems to be getting the point across. Your answer? The follow-up question: is your job and life more similar to the constant problem-solving and mental challenge of the cab driver, or to the routine or the bus driver? Pascale wrote an…
Read MoreDistracted in the Workplace? Meet Maggie Jackson’s Book
Today we’ll discuss some of the cognitive implications of “always on” workplaces and lifestyles via a fascinating interview with Maggie Jackson, an award-winning author and journalist. Her latest book, Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age, describes the implications of our busy work and life environments and offers important reflections to help…
Read MorePhysical and mental exercise to prevent cognitive decline
We offered some Brain Fitness Predictions in our Market Report , including… “7. Doctors and pharmacists will help patients navigate through the overwhelming range of available products and interpret the results of cognitive assessments. This will require significant professional development efforts, given that most doctors today were trained under a very different understanding of the…
Read MoreTop 7 Brainteasers for Job Interviews and Brain Challenge
Growing number of companies uses brain teasers and logic puzzles called guesstimations during job interviews. Through these puzzles, brain helps to solve problems, cognitive flexibility, planning and improve working memory.
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