10-Question Checklist to Assess Products Making Brain Fitness & Training Claims

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 29, 2010 |

To help con­sumers and pro­fes­sion­als nav­i­gate through the grow­ing num­ber of pro­grams mak­ing “brain fit­ness” or “brain train­ing” claims, we have pub­lished this Sharp­Brains Check­list: 10 Ques­tions to Choose the Right Brain Fit­ness Pro­gram — and a brief expla­na­tion of why each ques­tion is impor­tant: * 1. Are there sci­en­tists, ide­al­ly neu­ropsy­chol­o­gists, and a scientific…

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Navigating the brain fitness landscape: do’s and don’ts

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 21, 2008

“Choos­ing the right cog­ni­tive fit­ness prod­uct or pro­gram for senior liv­ing res­i­dents is hard­er than it sounds. But under­stand­ing res­i­dents’ needs, iden­ti­fy­ing your objec­tives and con­sid­er­ing the total cost of own­er­ship will help set you on the right path.” You can con­tin­ue read­ing my first guest col­umn at McK­night’s Long Term Care News here: Nav­i­gat­ing the brain…

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