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Brain Fitness news.
A couple of good recent articles: (You can join our monthly newsletter by subscribing at the top of this page). Brain Games will give adults all the challenge they can handle Baltimore Sun, MD. Mar 22, 2007.The reporter provides a great survey of products. The only parts I find missing are: 1) what specific cognitive skill/s is/are…
Read More‘Brain gyms’ tone minds and reduce stress
Fun article in the San Francisco Examiner today on how High-tech ‘brain gyms’ tone minds, reduce stress. Quotes: “SharpBrains and Posit Science are just two of a growing number of start-up companies leading the way in the area of packaging and developing suites of software they call “brain gyms.†“SharpBrains offers a suite of products…
Read MoreAwards and events this week: MindFit, Posit Science, Serious Games, Baby Boomers, Aging
Very interesting week: Awards: 1) MindFit ‘Brain Gym’ Software Receives 2007 Award Business and Aging Award by the American Society on Aging (ASA). “Most people neglect to exercise their brains as much as they should. MindFit was created specifically for baby boomers and seniors as a fitness center for their minds,” said Prof. Shlomo Breznitz, Ph.D.,…
Read MoreBrain Training and SharpBrains in the news
Several recent stories on brain training and SharpBrains: 1) New brain games may improve mind fitness by Kevin Kosterman (U of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s Advance-Titan) “Anytime we learn, we are training, changing, our brain,” Fernandez said. “The three key core elements for effective brain exercise are novelty, variety and constant challenge, similar to increasing the level…
Read MoreHello: may we ask…
…a few questions: how did you find us, what we are doing well, what we can do better? We have just found out that more than 600 people are receiving our feeds, but we only know-and just a bit- the 50–60 who leave comments and link to us. We enjoy having so many readers not just in the…
Read MoreBrain fitness programs: why are so many appearing now?
Question:Why are so many brain fitness programs appearing now?Key Points:Research on cognitive exercise and its clinical applications and tools have been around for a long time in hospitals and the military.Gaming has become so popular and widespread, that it is an easy and natural medium to utilize for brain fitness.Science is being published that shows how brain exercise can lead to enhanced neuroplasticity (growth of new neurons and connections between them) throughout life.
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