Posts Tagged ‘travel’
Brain Spa Trend: Travel for Mental Fitness
Interesting trend mini-report prepared by InterContinental Hotels Group, quoting SharpBrains data. Trends that will influence 2012 (IHG press release): “BRAIN SPA: The desire to learn more will influence destination decisions. Brain Spa looks at our growing appetite to expand and keep our intellect in good health – in fact we are prepared to travel for it.…
Read MoreTravel and Engagement as Good Brain Exercise
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…
Read MoreSmart Brains, Sharp Brain… new research on maintaining one
A New York Times editorial printed today states:When tested five years later, these participants [in a cognitive training study] had less of a decline in the skill they were trained in than did a control group that received no cognitive training. The payoff from mental exercise seemed far greater than we are accustomed to getting for physical exercise  as if 10 workouts at the gym were enough to keep you fit five years later.and If further studies show that mental exercises can improve everyday functioning, doctors may need to prescribe such training, senior centers may want to set up “brain gyms,†and aging Americans would be wise to do brain-stretching activities.
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