Travel and Engagement as Good Brain Exercise

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 15, 2007 |

Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty is defined as “the abil­i­ty of the brain to rewire itself through expe­ri­ence”. We typ­i­cal­ly sum­ma­rize a lot of brain research by encour­ag­ing Sharp­Brains read­ers is to seek for nov­el­ty, vari­ety and chal­lenge, as guide­lines for “brain exer­cise” that will help build new con­nec­tions in the brain, force one to be mind­ful and pay…

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Keep Your Brain Nimble as You Age and Brain Fitness Events

By Caroline Latham | May 14, 2007

Some good links today: 1) Keep Your Brain Nim­ble as You Age MSNBC — May 13, 2007 “If using your com­put­er as a men­tal gym sounds good to you, SharpBrains.com’s Fer­nan­dez sug­gests ask­ing a few ques­tions first to deter­mine a product’s…” 2) Great blog by Stan­ford Busi­ness School’s Jack­son library, includ­ing an announce­ment of an upcom­ing lec­ture there…

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