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A cou­ple of excel­lent col­lec­tions of blog posts:

-The Tan­gled Bank: all things sci­ence, with a very clear pre­sen­ta­tion.

-Med­i­cine 2.0: inter­sec­tion of Health and Web 2.0, host­ed by Berta­lan Mesko, its cre­ator.

I am busy executive with a challenging job. How is brain fitness relevant to me?

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Here is ques­tion 21 from Brain Fit­ness 101: Answers to Your Top 25 Ques­tions.

Question:

I am busy exec­u­tive with a chal­leng­ing job. How is brain fit­ness rel­e­vant to me?

Key Points:
  • Reduce your stress to improve con­cen­tra­tion and learn­ing readi­ness and reduce dis­trac­tions.
  • Increase your men­tal stim­u­la­tion to help main­tain a healthy, flex­i­ble brain.
Answer:

Exec­u­tives, or any­one involved in com­plex and rapid­ly evolv­ing envi­ron­ments, need to make pres­sured deci­sions based on sound log­ic, instead of emo­tion­al impuls­es. It is not easy to deal with the frus­tra­tion, for exam­ple, when [Read more…] about I am busy exec­u­tive with a chal­leng­ing job. How is brain fit­ness rel­e­vant to me?