AARP’s Best Brain Fitness Books

By SharpBrains | September 20, 2011 |

We are hon­ored to announce that AARP has includ­ed our very own book The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness (182 pages; $14.95) in its new List of Best Books on Brain Fit­ness, which will be unveiled dur­ing AARP’s upcom­ing Life@50 Nation­al Event. We hope this list will help many more indi­vid­u­als and insti­tu­tions learn about…

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Will the Apple Tablet Support or Hinder Users Cognitive Fitness?

By Luc P. Beaudoin | January 26, 2010 |

Rumor has it that Apple is going to announce a tablet com­put­er, which may well become a rev­o­lu­tion­ary new way for users to read and expe­ri­ence all kinds of edu­ca­tion­al con­tent. Will it sup­port or hin­der our Cog­ni­tive  Fit­ness? In this arti­cle, I describe the cri­te­ria that a tablet com­put­er and its tech­no­log­i­cal ecosys­tem must…

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Book Announcement: The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness

By Alvaro Fernandez | May 22, 2009

Our first book is avail­able in Amazon.com! Back­ground: In 2005 I read two books by my now co-author, Dr. Elkhonon Gold­berg, that changed my career and life. Dr. Gold­berg pre­sent­ed an excit­ing overview of emerg­ing brain research debunk­ing many old myths. Reflect­ing on what I was learn­ing, I thought, “If all this is true, there…

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Brain Fitness Newsletter: Premium Research Sponsors

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 16, 2008

Here you have the twice-a-month newslet­ter with our most pop­u­lar blog posts. Please remem­ber that you can sub­scribe to receive this Newslet­ter by email, sim­ply by sub­mit­ting your email at the top of this page. Have you ever won­dered how we can main­tain Sharp­Brains’ web­site, blog and newslet­ter with­out sell­ing any prod­ucts and with only limited…

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Yes, It is Smart to Learn New Tricks

By Alvaro Fernandez | August 12, 2008 |

Good arti­cle in the Wash­ing­ton Post today:  Is It Real­ly Smart to Teach Old Brains New Tricks? The reporter presents a good overview of what is happening, but framed around a high­ly arti­fi­cial choice for con­sumers: either you a) do phys­i­cal exer­cise, or b) take part in social inter­ac­tions, or c) engage in men­tal exer­cise. What about switching…

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