Learning & The Brain: Interview with Robert Sylwester

By Alvaro Fernandez | January 6, 2008 |

Dr. Robert Syl­west­er is an edu­ca­tor of edu­ca­tors, hav­ing received mul­ti­ple awards dur­ing his long career as a mas­ter com­mu­ni­ca­tor of the impli­ca­tions of brain sci­ence research for edu­ca­tion and learn­ing. He is the author of sev­er­al books and many jour­nal arti­cles, and mem­ber of our Sci­en­tif­ic Advi­so­ry Board. His most recent book is The…

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Rethinking the Brain Fitness Business

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 6, 2007 |

Great arti­cle on the grow­ing brain fit­ness field. Rethink­ing the Brain Busi­ness: Why a men­­tal-fit­­ness pro­gram may be the start of some­thing big. Some quotes: — “But Merzenich has lofti­er ambi­tions. He envi­sions his com­pa­ny as part of a new indus­try that will become a “mir­ror” of the drug indus­try. He wants to go far…

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Training the Brains of Fighter Pilots and Basketball Players

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 17, 2007 |

We are a brain fit­ness cen­ter because we want to offer the best infor­ma­tion, tools and sup­port on how to exer­cise our brains. Same way you join the gym to stay in shape and find the best machines and per­son­al train­ers. One of the “tools” or “machines” we offer was designed under the sci­en­tif­ic supervision…

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