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Test your memory and reasoning skills with these proverbs
Memory relies mostly on temporal (green area) and frontal (in red) areas of the brain. These are the areas where many neurons will get stimulated when you (assuming you are American or have lived in the US for long) try to remember the missing words in the American proverbs below. However when it comes to…
Read MoreWhy “disorders of the brain” deserve at least equal attention as cardiovascular diseases and cancer
G20 World Brain Mapping and Therapeutics Initiative Partners with EU Human Brain Project (DD&D): “According to the World Health Organization’s large-scale studies, about a third of the adult worldwide population suffer from a mental disorder such as depression, anxiety and schizophrenia. If also taken together with neurological disorders, such as dementia and stroke, these “disorders…
Read MoreTop 10 Quotes on Lifelong Neuroplasticity and Neurogenesis (and a Call to eBook Readers)
You may have noticed that Amazon.com is sharing aggregated data on how ebook readers interact with the books they are reading. For example, the “Popular Highlights” section (towards the bottom of our Kindle book page) ranks the Top 10 sentences that Kindle readers have highlighted and shared while reading The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness: 18…
Read More#19. Exercise your memory and reasoning skills with these proverbs
Memory relies mostly on the temporal (in green) and frontal (in red) lobes of the brain. Neurons and synapses in these areas will get stimulated when you try to remember the missing words in the American proverbs below (assuming you are American or have lived in the US for long). However, when it comes to the…
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