Preparing Society for the Cognitive Age
Groundbreaking cognitive neuroscience research has occurred over the last 20 years -- without parallel growth of consumer awareness and appropriate professional dissemination.
Groundbreaking cognitive neuroscience research has occurred over the last 20 years -- without parallel growth of consumer awareness and appropriate professional dissemination.
Sondra Kornblatt | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living
Create new connections--big or small--and your brain becomes more active and stays flexible. Even the brains of older people can grow new neurons.
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living
Think about this: How can anyone take care of his or her brain when every week brings a new barrage of articles and studies which seem to contradict each other?
Dr. Eric Braverman | Posted 04.06.2009 | Living
Most doctors seem to forget about your head, or the brain that it houses, when you seek treatment for any type of medical condition, complaint, or symptom. I strongly believe that they are wrong.
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 03.27.2009 | Living
We talk to the CEO of Baycrest, a brain fitness institute, about why Ontario and Baycrest chose to become pioneers in this area, and discuss some of the main opportunities, and challenges.
nytimes.com | Posted 03.14.2009 | Living
Eating a Mediterranean diet appears to lower risk for mental decline, and may help prevent Alzheimer's in people with existing memory problems, new re...
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 02.02.2009 | Living
Thinking about best ways to maintain your brain in top shape in 2009? Let me share a quick definition of "brain fitness", and a ranking of the most popular articles of 2008 on the topic.
AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 01.08.2009 | Living
NEW YORK — Healthy people should have the right to boost their brains with pills, like those prescribed for hyperactive kids or memory-impaired ...
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 10.16.2008 | Living
Sometimes Bob tells me he is not the person I married. And then, as I mention in the book, I laugh and reply "I am not either. I'm older, wiser and more wrinkled."
New York Times | KATIE HAFNER | Posted 05.11.2008 | Living
At the same time, boomers are seizing on a mounting body of evidence that suggests that brains contain more plasticity than previously thought, and ma...
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 09.08.2009 | Living