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Brain Training Top 10 Future Trends
In an emerging, dynamic, high growth market, like brain training, it is difficult to make precise projections. But, we can observe a number of trends that executives, consumers, public policy makers, and the media should watch closely in the coming years, as brain fitness and training becomes mainstream, new tools appear, and an ecosystem grows…
Read MoreBrain Health Business Grows With Research and Demand
I wrote this article for the March/ April edition of the publication Aging Today, published by the American Society on Aging, and received permission to reproduce it here. —————- In recent years, most professionals in aging have become aware of the growing scientific evidence showing that human brains retain the ability to generate neurons and change…
Read MoreBrain Training Games: Context, Trends, Questions
A spate of recent news coverage on brain fitness and “brain training” reflects a growing interest in natural, non-drug-based interventions to keep our brains sharp as we age. This interest is very timely, given the aging population, increasing Alzheimer’s rates, and soaring health care costs that place more emphasis than ever on prevention and changing…
Read MoreBrain teaser game to stimulate your temporal lobes
Here is a brain exercise whose aim is to stimulate the connections or associations between words in your temporal lobe.
Read MoreLooking inside the Brain: is my Brain Fit?
Today we have the pleasure to have Dr. Pascale Michelon, one of our new Expert Contributors, write her first article here. Enjoy, and please comment so we hear your thoughts and engage in a nice conversation. (Btw, if you notice some similarity between the colors in the fMRI scan below and the look & feel…
Read MoreBaby Boomers, Healthy Aging and Job Performance
There has been an interesting discussion about the issues related to the aging of the legal profession. Stephanie introduced us to the article “the Graying Bar: let’s not forget the ethics” by David Giacalone. In short: statistics about the increasing ratio of lawyers over 70 in active practice, on the one hand, and the general…
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