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08/27/2009 - 2:55am

Obesity and the Brain

It is known that obesity and overweight take their toll on our bodies- increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, hypertension and cancer. Now there is scientific evidence that obesity and even overweight have a detrimental effect on our brains as well. Recent research has shown that obese people have 8% less brain tissue than people who are of normal weight and overweight people 4%. The brains of obese people looked 16 years older than the brains of people who were lean, and overweight people’s brains looked 8 years older.


08/27/2009 - 2:09am

Multitasking and Multitaskers- More Means Less

Today it seems to be the norm to be multi tasking- doing more than one thing at a time. We get more and more information from different sources, which we are expected to process and handle.
 
Multitasking- no matter what form it takes- means that our brains must use their “executive control function” which is associated with the brain’s prefrontal cortex and the parietal cortex.
 


08/10/2009 - 4:20am

Brain Fitness Interview with Dr. Shlomo Breznitz of CogniFit

Alex Colket, a trained neuroscientist is the author of a brain training website, PlayWithYourMind (http://playwithyourmind.com). Prof. Shlomo Breznitz is a renowned psychologist and founder of CogniFit. Alex recently interviewed Shlomo with some very interesting and tough questions about neuroplasticity, cognitive reserve, aging and how, where and why computer brain training fits into these issues.


07/16/2009 - 3:42am

Is Twitter making us “Bird Brains”?

By now you have probably heard all about Twitter, the popular micro-blogging service. The service allows people to quickly update their audience of “followers” using no more than 140 characters. It has proven to be a powerful way to rapidly communicate about all kinds of things – ranging from superficial to significant.


06/25/2009 - 4:24am

Brain Plasticity- It’s Never Too Late to Learn a New Skill

A study conducted at Oxford University showed that brain configuration actually undergoes physical changes when a person learns a new skill.


05/05/2009 - 5:55am

Is aging just a figment of your imagination?

We often think about the consequences of aging as inevitable. But Harvard University psychologist Ellen Langer claims in her book Counterclockwise that we are all victims of our own stereotypes about aging and health. She says that we mindlessly accept negative cultural cues about disease and old age, and these cues shape our self-concepts and our behavior. But according to her theory, we can shake loose from the negative clichés that dominate our thinking about health, we can "mindfully" open ourselves to possibilities for more productive lives even into old age.


03/08/2009 - 10:17am

Neuroplasticity Defined

One of the words you may come across when reading about the possibility of reversing age-related cognitive decline is “neuroplasticity.” If you’re interested in understanding brain fitness, it is important to understand exactly what it means.


03/08/2009 - 10:14am

Effective Brain Training

One of the most common questions people ask us is whether solving puzzles or playing computer games can help prevent or slow down cognitive decline. While any training is better than no training at all, research has proven that the key to an effective brain fitness program is its ability to maintain a sufficient level of challenge over a range of different activities.




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