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10 Brain Health and Fitness New Year's Resolutions: Train Your Brain Let me suggest 10 New Year's Resolutions that will help you make 2008 a year of Brain Health and Fitness, based on three key guidelines for brain health: the need for novelty, variety and challenge. 10 Key Points on Training the Aging Workforce Will most baby boomers retire at 60? Will there be a massive employee shortage in a few years' time, as predicted in a number of major policy reports? What can companies and government agencies do? This is a very important topic, given demographic trends worldwide. Here we provide a summary of 10 key Trends and Recommendations. 10 Stress Management and Memory Improvement Tips These days we deal with events and illnesses that gnaw away at us slowly, that stress us out and that, believe it or not, end up hurting our memory and brain. What are the best defenses against stress, that will help our mind and memory remain healthy for life? In this article we list 10 Tips that will help you. 10 Truths About Aging You May Mot Know Why is "aging" such a bad word? In this article, we review 10 neuroscience-based Truths that put "aging" in better perspective and help us see that there is much we can do to take ownership of our future. 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. Now, 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 this 10-Question Checklist, to help you navigate through the overwhelming and conflicting media reports and company announcements. 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...". I have interviewed many leading neuroscientists and experts, and I want to share with you 7 of my favorite quotes. A Neuroscientist's Perspective on How to Protect Your Brain "We saw that the group with high level of leisure activities presented 38% less risk of developing Alzheimer's symptoms. And that, for each additional type of activity, the risk got reduced by 8%." Read this SharpBrains interview with Dr. Yaakov Stern, Division Leader of the Cognitive Neuroscience Division of the Sergievsky Center at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York. A Pediatrician on Helping your Kid with ADD/ ADHD Many children with ADD/ ADHD present a working memory bolttleneck. Today we interview Dr. Arthur Lavin, Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western School of Medicine and one of the first providers of a Working Memory Training program for kids with attention deficits, who explains to us what working memory is and why it is important to train it. Dr. Lavin trained with esteemed Mel Levine. ABC Reporter Bob Woodruff's Incredible Recovery From Traumatic Brain Injury A few weeks ago John Edwards was interviewed by reporter Bob Woodruff. All the resulting media coverage centered on Edwards' declarations. However, there is something much more remarkable that surfaced at that interview: Bob Woodruff's spectacular recovery from his severe traumatic brain injury, suffered when a roadside bomb detonated next to his vehicle in Iraq. Today I am fortunate to interview Bob's wife, Lee Woodruff. Are Yoga and Meditation Good for my Brain? A Scientific Take on Stress Management Yes! Yoga, meditation, and visualization are all excellent ways to learn to manage your stress levels. Reducing stress, and the stress hormones, in your system is critical to your brain and overall fitness. In this article we explore the science behind stress and stress management and include some tips you can start using today. Asking 40 Important Health and Medical Questions to the Next US President Dear Mr or Mrs Next US President, The health and medical blogosphere would like to make sure you and your team take into account the 40 issues outlined below as you and your aids formulate your policies and put together the team that will further define and implement them.40 different health bloggers have asked these questions that I now pose to you and your team. Beck Diet: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person-and Maintain Weight Loss (Part 2) Do you wonder why, after losing some pounds, you typically regain them quickly? Interested in discovering how to maintain your target weight? Read this interview with Dr. Judith Beck, Director of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research and author of The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person, a widely acclaimed book on how we can develop the mental skills required to sustain weight loss. Part 2 of 2. Bill Gates' Brain and Executive Functions Bill Gates delivered a very inspiring commencement speech in Harvard on June 7th. A noteworthy aspect of the speech was the display of what neuroscientists call Executive Functions, that enable us to learn and adapt to new environments. The brain region that makes a "sharp brain". In this article, we analyze Mr. Gates brain and draw lessons for us all. 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. The concept of having a "brain age" is, itself, profoundly unscientific, as we will show in this article. Brain Exercise 101: Answers to your 7 Most Common Questions Major media publications (Time Magazine, CBS, USA Today...) have started to explain the research behind brain exercise to improve memory and attention and help delay potential problems such as Alzheimer's Disease. We have prepared answers to the 7 Most Frequently Asked Questions, which will provide you with great tips to create your own brain exercise program. Brain Exercise and Lifelong Learning for Alzheimer's Prevention There is much we can do to help delay Alzheimer's, including lifelong learning and brain exercises. In this article we review some recent research-and also explain why no individual company or product today can make any claim that it directly helps prevent Alzheimer's or other dementias. Brain Fitness Vacations for Baby Boomers: Tips for Staying Sharp Looking for new and stimulating travel ideas? Well, let us explain what a "Brain Fitness Vacation" is: "A brain fitness vacation is like a regular vacation, only you attend events, do exercises, and arrange for experiences that address the aspects of good brain health: physical exercise, mental exercise, good nutrition, and stress management." 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". In this article I address a few typical questions such as: - Do these programs cure Alzheimer's? - How do I evaluate whether any program is good for me or my clients, patients or residents? Brain Training and Mind Games: Interview with Japanese Expert Go Hirano Unless you are hiding in a cave, you will have heard about the latest Brain Training gaming trend that has taken over the USA, Europe and Japan. Today we are traveling to Japan, where the movement originated, to interview Go Hirano, a Japanese executive with experience in neuroscience and gaming. Brain Training for Stress Management: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Programs Stanford University's Robert Sapolsky and others have shown how chronic stress may contribute to the death of neurons in our brains. The question is how can one evaluate the many stress management programs out there? which ones are science-based? Probably the most promising area of scientific inquiry for stress management is Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and in this article we summarize what MBSR is and where it comes from. Brain Training to Improve Driving Skills Using Video Games, For Teenagers and Older Adults The New York Times just published an article, titled "Are You a Good Driver? Here's How to Find Out", that asked, "Can VideoGames make better drivers?". We analyze the article, and answer that question, by interviewing a top researcher in the field, Dr. Jerri Edwards. In short, we could reply YES: a well-designed video game CAN make one a better driver. Building a Top Trader: Interview with Brett N. Steenbarger-Part 1 Dr. Brett Steenbarger, author of the books Enhancing Trader Performance and The Psychology of Trading, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at SUNY Upstate Medical University, shares with us his research and advice on how to become a top trader. This is the Part 1 of 2. Can Brain Training Games Make You a Better Driver? Allstate Insurance To Test Them Allstate just announced a very intelligent initiative. The auto insurance company is going to offer a brain training game to thousands of drivers and measure the impact on their driving performance. Allstate says this can be the "next big breakthrough in automobile safety." Today I am fortunate to interview Tom Warden, Assistant Vice President and Leader of Allstate's Research and Planning Center, to better understand this initiative. Can Games, Meditation and Parenting Help Improve Attention? I am honored to interview today Michael I. Posner, a prominent scientist in the field of cognitive neuroscience, to discuss the key findings of his research on attention training and emotional self-regulation. As he says, "Parents can see the remarkable transformation as their children develop the ability to regulate emotions and to persist with goals in the face of distractions. That ability is usually labeled "self-regulation." Can Meditation Help to Read Hidden Emotional Messages in other People's Faces? I recently attended a great workshop at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. The class was called "Reading Emotional Messages" and taught by Paul Ekman, Ph.D, a well-know scientist who regularly trains lawyers and police officials in his techniques. This article summarized Dr. Ekman's research and suggestions.
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