Update: A life of cognitive and physical exercise helps you stay sharp in your 70s and beyond

By SharpBrains | September 25, 2020

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing 13 fas­ci­nat­ing brain research find­ings, use­ful resources–and a brain teas­er to test your atten­tion skills. #1. Good news of the month: Elders today are in sig­nif­i­cant­ly bet­ter shape–physically and cognitively–than three decades ago #2. A dis­tinc­tion WITH a dif­fer­ence: Actu­al, sus­tained practice–not mere knowledge–is need­ed to…

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The Ten Habits of a Sharp Brain

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 30, 2011

As our final arti­cle for 2011, let us repur­pose one of Sharp­Brains’ most pop­u­lar blog posts since 2006. It may give you a few point­ers to sharp­en those New Years Res­o­lu­tions. Let’s sum­ma­rize some lifestyle guide­lines we can all fol­low to enhance and main­tain a sharp brain through life… Learn what is the “It” in…

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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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Last 33 Hours to Register/ US Asst. Secretary of Adult Education to Open 2011 SharpBrains Summit

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 28, 2011

Reg­is­tra­tion to par­tic­i­pate in 2011 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit clos­es tomor­row Tues­day, March 29th, at 1pm US Pacif­ic Time/ 4pm US East­ern Time. If you are plan­ning to attend, please Reg­is­ter Now. — We are hon­ored to announce that Dr. Bren­da Dann-Messier, US Depart­ment of Edu­ca­tion’s Assis­tant Sec­re­tary for Voca­tional and Adult Edu­ca­tion, will open 2011…

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Kindle version of The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness

By Alvaro Fernandez | June 23, 2009

Giv­en the fact I love Kin­dle, and some of our Twit­ter friends had been ask­ing for a Kin­dle ver­sion of our new book The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fitness…well, here it is: Amazon.com: The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness (Kin­dle Edi­tion, $9.99) The book has also received two excel­lent new endorse­ments: “Kudos for an excel­lent resource!…

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