Jogging our Brains for Brain Vitality, Healthy Aging-and Intelligence!

Quick: say the col­or in which each word in this graph­ic is dis­played (don’t just read the word!): Here you have a round-up of some great recent arti­cles on mem­o­ry, aging, and cog­ni­tive abil­i­ties such as self-con­trol: 1) How to Boost Your Willpow­er (New York Times). — “The video watch­ers were lat­er giv­en a con­cen­tra­tion test in…

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The new Mental Game: sport psychology, coaches, get ready!

One of the many Sharp Brains around, who is up to date of every­thing relat­ed to brain health and fit­ness (yes, Jeanne, that’s you! thanks for being such a great bureau chief!) has sent us a very inter­est­ing press note on how brain fit­ness and train­ing can be applied in the sports per­for­mance world. I…

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