Posts Tagged ‘the-executive-brain’
Top 10 Cognitive Health and Brain Fitness Books
Here you have The 10 Most Popular Brain Fitness & Cognitive Health Books, based on book purchases by SharpBrains’ readers during 2008. Enjoy! 1. Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Pear Press, March 2008) — Dr. John Medina, Director of the Brain Center for Applied Learning Research at Seattle Pacific…
Read MoreExecutive Functions, Education and Alzheimer’s Disease
I just read a very interesting article in Newsweek: Executive Functions: The School Skill That May Matter More Than IQ. A few quotes: — “But recent advances in psychology and brain science are now suggesting that a child’s ability to inhibit distracting thoughts and stay focused may be a fundamental cognitive skill, one that plays…
Read MoreMedicine 2.0 in action (blog carnival)
Welcome to the August 19, 2007 edition of medicine 2.0. Medicine 2.0? Yes, some pioneers are already making good use of Web 2.0 tools to improve Medicine in a new, collaborative way. This blog carnival seems to me to be, in itself, living proof. Let’s see. You may wonder, what exactly is “Medicine 2.0”? well, Constructive…
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