Posts Tagged ‘relaxation’
Brain Training vs Facebook/ Social Media: 1 — 0
___ Does Regular Brain Training Keep Selena Gomez at the Peak of Her Career? (YCB): “Selena Gomez hit the headlines this week when she revealed to ELLE Magazine that, despite being one of the world’s most influential celebrities online with 142 million followers on Instagram alone, she actually has no social media or photo editing…
Read MoreMind-Controlled Videogames Become Reality
Mind-Controlled Videogames Become Reality (The Wall Street Journal): — Picture this: You put on a headset and relax your mind. Soon you begin controlling an object with your thoughts. — Among the offerings available in the company’s app store are desktop games like “MindHunter,”
Read MoreTop 10 Quotes on Lifelong Neuroplasticity and Neurogenesis (and a Call to eBook Readers)
You may have noticed that Amazon.com is sharing aggregated data on how ebook readers interact with the books they are reading. For example, the “Popular Highlights” section (towards the bottom of our Kindle book page) ranks the Top 10 sentences that Kindle readers have highlighted and shared while reading The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness: 18…
Read MoreTranscript: Paul Nussbaum on Meditation, Neuropsychology and Thanksgiving
Below you can find the full transcript of our engaging Q&A session yesterday on holistic brain health with clinical neuropsychologist Dr. Paul Nussbaum, author of Save Your Brain. You can learn more about the full Brain Fitness Q&A Series Here. Perhaps one of the best exchanges was:
Read MoreTranscript: Dr. Gary Small on Enhancing Memory and the Brain
Below you can find the full transcript of our engaging Q&A session today on memory, memory techniques and brain-healthy lifestyles with Dr. Gary Small, Director of UCLA’s Memory Clinic and Center on Aging, and author of The Memory Bible. You can learn more about his book Here, and learn more about upcoming Brain Fitness Q&A Sessions Here. Perhaps…
Read MoreMeditation: Different Techniques, Different Effects on the Brain
In a post last month we discussed mediation as a tool to train your brain. Now you may be wondering whether the different types of mediation differ in their techniques and their effects. This article from The Huffington Post explores How Meditation Techniques Compare — Zen, Mindfulness, Transcendental Meditation and more. The old “scientific” myth that meditation…
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