For First Time Visitors

Wel­come to our blog! We want to be your win­dow into the emerg­ing field of sci­ence-based Brain Fit­ness, and its impli­ca­tions for Health & Well­ness, Edu­ca­tion, Lead­er­ship, and more.

We hope this page will help you enjoy, and con­tribute to, our blog.

Reviews

Most Pop­u­lar Posts

How You Can Spread the Word

Reviews of our Blog

• Brain Fit­ness Soft­ware Mar­ket Sprouts Wings
• Cog­ni­tion: the Brain Fit­ness Movement
• Sharp­Brains is becom­ing a “must read” blog
• Sharp brain appreciations

Selection of our Most Popular Posts

Brain Exer­cis­es (click here)

• Stroop Test for Inhibition
• Fas­ci­nat­ing Quick Video Exper­i­ment on Attention
• The Blind Beggar
• What do You See?

Our Brain Coach Answers Your Ques­tions (click here)

• Aren’t cross­words and sudoku enough brain exercise?
• How do Phys­i­cal and Brain/Mind Fit­ness Interact?
• I’m a moth­er of 2 with a career. Are there any quick ways to reduce stress?

Neu­ro­sci­en­tist Inter­view Series and Pro­files (click here)

• On Work­ing Mem­o­ry Train­ing: Dr. Torkel Klingberg
• On Cog­ni­tive Sim­u­la­tions: Prof. Daniel Gopher
• On Learn­ing: Dr. James Zull
• Dr. Mar­i­an Diamond

Edu­ca­tion (click here)

• Cog­ni­tive Neu­ro­science and Education
• Exer­cis­ing Our Brains class at the Osh­er Life­long Learn­ing Institute

Health & Well­ness (click here)

• Waltz­ing your Way to Fitness
• Menopause: Cri­sis or Just Change?
• Brain Food: The Val­ue of Nutri­tion­al Supplements

Lead­er­ship and Cor­po­rate Train­ing (click here)

• The Neu­ro­science of Leadership
• Team-Build­ing at a Cis­co Sys­tems Retreat

Cog­ni­tive and Emo­tion­al Skills (this cat­e­go­ry includes a num­ber of top­ics, which you can eas­i­ly find in the list on the right)

• Exec­u­tive Functions
• Emo­tions and Decision-Making
• On Being Positive

Stress (click here)

• Is There Such A Thing as Good Stress?
• Stress Man­age­ment

ADD/ADHD (click here)

• Cog­ni­tive Train­ing and ADD/ADHD
• Inter­view with Pro­fes­sor Rabin­er on Cog­ni­tive Training

On Brain Fit­ness and Cog­ni­tive Neu­ro­science 101 (click here)

• Glos­sary
• The Sci­ence Behind
• Recent Find­ings
• Neu­rotech Lead­ers 2006 Conference

Brain Anato­my and Imag­ing (click here)

• What is “It” in “Use It or Lose It”?
• How is this possible?

How You Can Spread the Brain Fitness Word

• Exer­cise your brain with our brain teasers. Enjoy them here. And think about friends, fam­i­ly and col­leagues who may enjoy them too
• Email a post to a friend: use the enve­lope icon at the bot­tom right cor­ner of each post
• Sub­scribe to the posts and com­ments with the RSS feed
• Add a com­ment: we love it when peo­ple add to the conversation!
• Link to our blog if you have a blog, or sug­gest to oth­er blog­gers you know that they link to us
• Email us arti­cles, puz­zles, links, any fun thing!

Thank you!