1.0 link 227527 <![CDATA[Public Libraries: Community-Based Health Clubs for the Brain]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alvaro-fernandez/public-libraries-communit_b_227527.html There are many recent studies and articles on the brain and how to maintain it in top shape -- let me connect a few dots and highlight several key resources and developments.

Public libraries have long offered the public more than books. And now, recent demographic and scientific trends are converging to fundamentally transform the role of libraries in our culture. Libraries are taking on a new mission: to help promote cognitive health in their communities, potentially using the concept of...

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