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  • 10-Question Checklist to Select the Right Brain Fitness Program for You - Unless you have been living in a cave, you have read by now multiple articles about the brain training and brain exercise craze: sudoku, Nintendo BrainAge, multiple online games, software like MindFit and Posit Science... How do you know which of them can help you more, or whether you need any of them? Well, that's why we are publishing the SharpBrains Checklist below, to help you navigate through the overwhelming and conflicting media reports and company announcements.
  • Brain Age Mythology Compared to What Really Improves Cognitive Health - Many people have been asking us recently about whether we all have a "Brain Age" and how we can reduce our "brain ages". This concept is a myth, fueled by the (very fun) Nintendo game and a recent PBS campaign promoting a program produced by Posit Science.
  • Brain Fitness Vacations for Baby Boomers: Tips for Staying Sharp - A year ago we wrote a Glossary where we defined Brain Fitness as "the general state of good, sharp, brain and mind, especially as the result of mental and physical exercise and proper nutrition" and a...
  • Use It or Lose It: The Theory and Practice of Brain Exercise and Fitness for Cognitive Health - Who has not heard "Use It or Lose It". Now, what is "It"? Last week I gave a talk at the Italian Consulate in San Francisco, and one of the areas attendants seemed to enjoy the most was learning what our brains are and how they work, peaking into the "black box" of our minds. Without understanding at least the basics, how can we make good decisions about our own brain health and fitness?
  • Use More of Your Brain to Get Things Done - Recent advancements in brain imaging show us that older people use more of their brain to perform tasks than younger people do. Scientists interpret this to mean one of two opposite things: First, older people recruit more brain activity to do the same things in order to compensate for degeneration of specific brain circuits that can no longer get the job done by themselves. This is the compensation hypothesis. Think of it like one brain region asking for help from another brain region in order to do something that, in its younger days, it could do on its own. Second, the older brain may become 'over-activated' when trying to perform a task because it doesn't do as good of a job at assigning the task to a specific region.
  • Brain Improvement and Cognitive Fitness: Fact or Fiction? - You may already have a Nintendo Brain Age game, or at least have heard of it. You may also have read recently that start-up Lumos Labs raised $3m to develop "brain training games". From the press release: - "Lumos Labs is at the center of a booming interest in cognitive exercise and the emerging science about the remarkable plasticity of the brain," said Amish Jani of Pequot Ventures.
  • Top 21 Books on Brain Health, Fitness and Training, Neuroplasticity and Neurogenesis - Given the growing media coverage of brain fitness and brain training, we have produced this compilation of the Top 21 Books that help understand these trends, the research behind them, and the implications for all of us. For your easy browsing, we have categorized them into seven groups: 1) Fascinating books on neuroplasticity (the ability of the brain to rewire itself through experience): - Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves - by Sharon Begley. - The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science - by Norman Doidge.
  • Variety is the Spice of Brain Fitness: Part I – EPIQ performance - When it comes to the fitness of your brain (or your body) variety is key. Your brain health depends on many factors including: everything you put in your mouth; the physical and mental activities you choose to do or not to do; the amount of rest and reflection you allow yourself; and all the stuff you tell yourself in your own head.
  • Ten Findings on the State of the Brain Fitness and Cognitive Health Software Market - You probably have been reading much about "brain training" and "brain fitness" and wondered, "What is all the Fuss About?" After many months of work (and we hope many new neurons and stronger synapses in our brains), we have just released our inaugural report on the emerging Brain Fitness Software Market, and we want to share a few of the key findings with you.

  • Top Ten Tips for Women Who Lead Men - Ellen recently wrote a nice post titled Top Ten Tips for Men Who Lead Women, and asked for volunteers to offer a complementary perspective. I hope you enjoy! 1- Stress management: We men know we are hard to lead, and that can be stressful for you and for us. You should know that stress affects short term memory, so it is important to be able to manage stress well, with meditation, breathing or other methods. Also, please remember, laughing is good for your brain. 2- Don't overthink: Don't think too much-we don't. If we do, we try to find ways to self-talk us out of that uncomfortable state. 3- We like toys: Please remember our humble origins, men are just evolved apes...
  • Valentine Brain Fitness - A recent article in the New York Times highlighted new studies directed at figuring out how long-time married couples can keep their romance alive. The answer was very simple. Do something different. In one ten-week study, researchers worked with 53 couples. They instructed one third of them to spend 90 minutes per week doing familiar but enjoyable activities, like going to dinner or a movie. Researchers instructed another third to spend 90 minutes doing something exciting that they both enjoyed. This group spent time doing new things or things they didn't do very often. The final group received no specific instructions.
  • Ready, Set, Think - Studies are piling up showing how exercising your body boosts the fitness of you brain as well. Exercise has documented benefits for learning and memory, executive decision making function, mood regulation, and even protection against brain injury from an accident. The latest piece comes from Dr. Ronald Duman's group at Yale, just published in Nature Medicine. Using a high tech screening approach, researchers looked at how certain genes change their activity levels in the brain after exercise.
  • Do Crossword Puzzles and Bridge Provide all the Brain Exercise You Need? - This is a question we often get asked in our classes and lectures. The quick answer is that while recreational activities like crossword puzzles, sudoku, bridge, chess, poker, etc.
  • Eating - When Your Brain Won’t Say STOP - To eat or not to eat – what does your brain say? The desire to eat comes from many factors monitored by, and instructions put out by your brain – in essence your level of Brain Fitness. One specific brain region involved in monitoring nutrition signals is the hypothalamus. This part of the brain houses a complex set of brain cells that talk to each other and talk to your bloodstream and digestive tract to decide whether you need to eat.
  • Discovering Balance In Your Daily Life With The Brain Gym 101 Seminar - What does having more balance in life mean to you? It differs for everyone. For some it’s being able to focus more and stay organized on tasks. For others it’s reducing stress and learning how to relax. Yet, for many facing learning and behavior challenges, it can be successfully living with ADD, ADHD or Autism. Wouldn’t it be great to learn how to achieve this in just a few days? You can at the upcoming Brain Gym 101 Seminar in West Palm Beach, Florida. February 1 - 4, 2008. Are you living the life of your dreams?
  • Fitness Trainer - Five Questions to Ask - The main obstacle to staying on track with a fitness program is losing motivation. People are just starting an exercise program can find themselves quickly tired of the same routine. Keeping exercise appealing and maintaining a good fitness perspective is key to long-term success. If you have to watch the exact same episode of your favorite television show every day for the rest of your life, you would probably be banging your head against the wall by the end of the week.
  • Are Kid's Growing Bellies Increasing Their Odds of Alzheimer's? - The title question may be a bit of a stretch, but you only need to connect a couple of research dots to get from childhood obesity to reduced brain fitness in older age.
  • Fitness Workouts You Can Stick To - Fitness is a commonly new buzz word all over the country, in media and in conversation. Everyone wants to talk about getting into fitness. Unfortunately, not many people follow through on the talk and actually step into action. There are many contributing factors to people procrastinating fitness workouts. The most common reasons are: they are too busy; the fitness workouts are too hard; or they just do not have the will power to stick to a fitness program. For all of these people, there is yet hope. If you think that you are too busy to commit to a fitness workout, try walking. You can get one of those step counters that attaches to your ankle fairly cheaply.
  • Tai Chi for Your Head and Your Heart - We've written before about the benefits of Tai Chi for your brain fitness and your immune system. Now a new study shows some striking effects of a year-long Tai Chi program at dramatically reducing cardiovascular disease risk factors.
  • Top 10 Brain Training Future Trends: New Mind/Body Focus, Brain Trainers, and More - In an emerging, dynamic, high growth market, like brain training, it is difficult to make precise projections. But, we can observe a number of trends that executives, consumers, public policy makers, and the media should watch closely in the coming years, as brain fitness and training becomes mainstream, new brain trainers appear, and an ecosystem grows around it. 1. We predict an increased emphasis on brain maintenance in locations ranging from retirement communities to gyms. As a computer-savvy baby boomer population looks for ways to stay mentally fit, brain fitness, or brain training, is becoming part of their vocabulary and concern. 2. Physical and mental exercise will be better integrated.
  • Harry Potter and the Unfit Brain - Okay, I'm not trying to add another title to J.K. Rowling's astoundingly successful series. I just want to use the main characters to make a point.
  • Brain Fitness and Diabetes - An interesting paper came out recently in Nature talking about a newly discovered link between the brain and metabolism in type II diabetes. I thought the paper was interesting, not just for the new data, but because it supports the underlying concept of Brain Fitness – and more specifically, in this case, physical intelligence, which I have defined before as your brains ability to control your body. Type II Diabetes in the Body Type II diabetes is a condition where your body is unable to regulate blood sugar appropriately.
  • Simple Things To Good Memorization - There are numerous ways how to improve ones memory. Improving this doesn’t necessarily deal with how quick a person becomes in dealing with practical problems, but, in dealing with memorization tasks itself.
  • Top Ten Cognitive Health Events in 2007: Brain Fitness Program Explained, and More. - By now, you surely are aware that our brains retain the ability to generate neurons and change over our lifetimes, breaking the scientific paradigm prevalent during the 20th century. And you have read about the growing number of brain games and brain fitness programs offered. Now, you may wonder, why is all this happenning now? To understand that, let's review 10 important events that took place in 2007, a seminal year for the field. 1.
  • What Makes A Good Fitness Workout Program - Fitness workout program is very helpful in reducing the plateau effect of dieting, which usually happens within a few weeks of going on a dietary plan as the body adapts to the lower calorie consumption. It can also be worked out on its own to achieve your fat loss goals. Obviously, a fitness program that works for one person may not work for another. People have different physical conditions and therefore their fitness needs vary. This is why you should check out your needs first.
  • Brain Fitness Case Study: Kris Kringle - How BrainFit is the man in the big red suit? Does old St. Nick adhere to the four cornerstones of brain fitness to take good care of his egg's noggin? All in all he seems to do a fairly good job, but let's take a closer look. First off is Nutrition. I'd guess that the diet up in the north pole has to be similar to the Eskimos. Even though they eat a lot of fat from whale blubber, they get huge doses of omega-3s from all the fish. I've heard that Santa enjoys a lot of ice fishing during his downtime.
  • New Guidelines for Alzheimer's Prevention - We all know how prevalent Alzheimer's Disease is becoming among older adults. Fortunately, researchers are paying growing attention to this area. Neuropsychologist Robert S.
  • 10 Truths About Aging You May Mot Know - With no exception, all of us age. Now, why is "aging" such a bad word? What about growing? and lifelong development? If you are a caregiver, you know this process is not always easy, but the good news from neuroscience these days is that there is much each of us can do. 1- Change: We should talk more about change than about decline, as we discussed recently with Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg, who wrote his great book The Wisdom Paradox precisely on this point.
  • Ready to Measure Your Brain Fitness and Cognitive Health? - You know your weight. And your physical fitness. And a variety of health-related metrics. What about your brain fitness?
  • 7 Crucial Tips on How To Exercise Your Brain - We appreciate very much the role the media (Time Magazine, CBS, USA Today...) is starting to play in explaining the research behind brain exercise to improve memory and attention and help delay potential problems such as Alzheimer's Disease. Given the confusion we still see out there, we have consulted our neuroscience and health experts to prepare answers to these 7 Frequently Asked Questions: 1. Why is it so important to exercise our brains? Answer: Our brains are composed of different areas or "mental muscles", and we can strengthen them through mental exercise- or they get atrophied for lack of practice. The benefits are both short-term (improved concentration and memory, sustained mental clarity under stressful situations...
  • 7 Quotes from Neuroscientists that Will Revolutionize Brain and Mind Health, Fitness and Wellness - Interested in improving your attention, memory, thinking skills, ability to manage stressful situations? Good news: "Recent research in neuroplasticity - the brain's ability to change in response to information and new activities - shows that brain cells and new pathways continue to develop throughout life...", say mainstream newspapers like the New York Times, who are increasing their coverage on the growing movement of "brain training" games and technologies.
  • Combine Physical and Mental Exercise for Brain Health: Interview with Dr. Kramer - Dr. Arthur Kramer is a Professor in the University of Illinois Department of Psychology, the Campus Neuroscience Program, the Beckman Institute, and the Director of the Biomedical Imaging Center at the University of Illinois.
  • How to Think Young and Stay Young - Ben Douglas, professor at the University of Mississippi Medical School at Jackson, once said, "You're as young as you think." Apparently, if you think you are young, you will stay young. Thinking young is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
  • What Causes ADHD Symptoms? - The general idea out there is that ADD and ADHD are caused by social problems.
  • This is Your Brain on Stress - Remember the Bugs Bunny cartoons where Yosemite Sam would get so angry and stressed out that steam would come out of his ears. In fact, this seemed to happen to a lot of cartoon characters that lost there cool. Were these guys actually frying there brains? If so, could they get those fried brain cells back after they calmed down? It seems that cartoonists may have correctly predicted some neurobiology of stress. Stress biology has been a hot topic in neuroscience for many years and research emerges all the time to further our understanding of why stress is so bad for the brain. A new study reveals an important finding that sheds more light on maintaining brain fitness during these bouts of stress.
  • Diet Fitness Program - Achieve Your Fitness Goals - Incorporate a diet fitness program and make a regular part of your lifestyle. What you eat is what you become. While there are certainly others components to good health, eating healthy is by far the most important factor. It is often realized quite late that the main culprit in your lethargic and overweight life is your diet. You become used to these junk foods and it becomes difficult to swap it for a healthy diet.
  • A Pediatrician on Helping your Kid with ADD/ ADHD - Today we interview Dr. Arthur Lavin, Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western School of Medicine, pediatrician in private practice, and one of the first providers of a Working Memory Training program for kids with attention deficits. Dr. Lavin trained with esteemed Mel Levine. AF (Alvaro Fernandez): Dr. Lavin, thanks for being with us. Can you explain the source of your interest in brain research and applications?
  • Study Time Means To Rest - Memorization, understanding and remembering important facts are all part of the studying process. Most people have probably dreaded studying and students now are still probably dreading about it or whenever it approaches. It is strenuous indeed, using all your mind's might to remember the details and important information about a subject.
  • Let the Truth Be Told with Skinny Bitch Fitness - Skinny Bitch Fitness has become a world wide sensation, and the authors are beside themselves about it. Skinny Bitch Fitness includes a pregnancy fitness guide, a guide to losing weight, a cook book, and coming in December, a fitness video.
  • Climbing the Corporate Ladder of Brain Fitness - Does your job have anything to do with your odds of getting Alzheimer's disease down the road? Studies have come out recently linking intellectually challenging careers to reduced risk of dementia. Other studies link education level to cognitive health in later years. Overall, people with more education have lower rates of Alzheimer's disease than those with less education. This really isn't that surprising if you think about it. We know that the more you use your brain, the stronger it gets.
  • Can Your Conscience Protect You from Alzheimer’s Disease? - Conscientiousness refers to your willful desire to work in a dependable manner with attention to detail. Since the 1940s, the psychology field has considered conscientiousness as one of five major personality traits, the others being neuroticism, extraversion, openness and agreeableness. Now, new research shows that your level of conscientiousness may affect your level of Brain Fitness. A little extra effort may be good for your brain Researchers tested nearly a thousand older adults that were free of any kind of dementia, rated them on the five personality traits and then followed them for 12 years. They discovered that high scores in conscientiousness were protective against developing Alzheimer's disease down the road. Previous studies had already shown that Alzheimer's disease patients have lower scores of conscientiousness.
  • Free Fitness Programs-achieving Your Fitness Goals Shouldn't Be Expensive - There are many free fitness programs to help you achieve your fitness goals. Simply, today there are more obese people never because fitness for many people has gotten thrown out the window. Many people eat very poor diets, don't exercise enough, and wonder why they are overweight.
  • Is there Science Behind the Growing Brain Fitness Industry? - To address this question, we interview today Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg, one of the earliest proponents of the Brain Fitness and Exercise field. He is a clinical professor of neurology at New York University School of Medicine, and author of The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes and the Civilized Mind and The Wisdom Paradox: How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger As Your Brain Grows Older. Alvaro Fernandez (AF): We are witnessing the birth of a whole new brain training industry.
  • Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks - Most people think of aging in association with a decline of the brain and body. While it's true that your body systems tend to breakdown faster the older you get, this is not out of your control. You do not have to allow your physical or mental capacities to weaken with time. You can do something about it and keep your Brain Fit.
  • HIT Fitness - How To Take Your Health To A New Level - Hit Fitness is a growing fitness trend in the the US as well as all around the world. Hit Fitness , or High Intensity Training, is a fitness system built around a unique combination of science and sport.
  • An Apple a Day Keeps the Brain Doctor Away - Age-old wisdom tells us that we should eat fruit to stay healthy. Once again, science catches up to the old adage. A new study suggests that compounds in fruit, especially apples, may promote brain fitness as you age. Specifically, researchers found that phenolics, extracted from apples, bananas and oranges protected neuron-like cells from dying in a dish. But before we get into the new results let's cover a little background on what the fruits may be doing to protect your brain.
  • Golf Fitness Programs - Golf fitness programs are a must-have in the training of any player, whether professional or amateur. How can you tell when you need to join a golf fitness program? Well that shouldn’t be too difficult, particularly when it seams that your clubs are heavier than usual or your long shots get shorter. Don’t blame age; that is not an issue here! And don’t take regular fitness for golf fitness programs, as they are totally different from one another. Golf fitness programs help you train those muscles and joints that you use more in your game.
  • Nap Today, Perform Better Tomorrow. - A couple of new reports came out this week addressing sleep in our culture. Everyone knows that they feel a little cranky when they don’t get enough sleep. It’
  • Brain Health: Are Women Right To Be More Concerned Than Men? - I recently offered free copies of my new book on brain health in return for a review. Guess what... over 70% of the respondents were women. A surprising result...? No not really! Compared with men...
  • Developing Good Fitness Habits - So many of the clients I train talk about how they don't have the will or discipline to stick with their workout program. The thing that they don't seem to understand is that it really is not about will or drive or discipline. It is simply about habits. Think of it this way, you don't have to have determination to brush your teeth and take a shower do you? No. You just do it. That is the big difference between all the people who are in shape in the fitness area and the one's who are not. That's it really.

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