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Why We Need to Retool "Use It Or Lose It": Heal...

from SharpBrains in Magazines & Newspapers

This 4-page article, written by Alvaro Fernandez, is published in the July/ August 2009 issue of The Journal of Active Aging. All rights reserved (copyright information at bottom of this description). / An excerpt: / "By now you have probably heard about / brain plasticity, the lifelong capacity...

09/03/2009
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SharpBrains scribbled: The most common enemy of the novelty, variety and challenge our brains need? Routine, doing things inside our comfort zones. Check out new article, Why We Need to Retool "Use It Or Lose It", in The Journal of Active Aging, for latest thinking on brain fitness and cognitive health

Why We Need to Retool "Use It Or Lose It": Heal...

from SharpBrains in Magazines & Newspapers

This 4-page article, written by Alvaro Fernandez, is published in the July/ August 2009 issue of The Journal of Active Aging. All rights reserved (copyright information at bottom of this description). / An excerpt: / "By now you have probably heard about / brain plasticity, the lifelong capacity...

09/03/2009
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SharpBrains published:

The State of the Brain Fitness Software Market 2009 (Tabl...

from SharpBrains in Research

This document includes the Table of Contents and List of Figures of the report The State of the Brain Fitness Software Market 2009. / The full report is available at http://www.sharpbrains.com/ / The 150-page full report finds sustained growth in the brain fitness software market (from $225m in...

08/12/2009

Why We Need to Retool "Use It Or Lose It": Heal...

from SharpBrains in Magazines & Newspapers

This 4-page article, written by Alvaro Fernandez, is published in the July/ August 2009 issue of The Journal of Active Aging. All rights reserved (copyright information at bottom of this description). / An excerpt: / "By now you have probably heard about / brain plasticity, the lifelong capacity...

08/12/2009
SharpBrains

SharpBrains scribbled: The most common enemy of the novelty, variety and challenge our brains need? Routine, doing things inside our comfort zones. Check out new article, Why We Need to Retool "Use It Or Lose It", in The... 09/03/2009

SharpBrains
SharpBrains published:

The State of the Brain Fitness Software Market 2009 (Tabl...

from SharpBrains in Research

This document includes the Table of Contents and List of Figures of the report The State of the Brain Fitness Software Market 2009. / The full report is available at http://www.sharpbrains.com/ / The 150-page full report finds sustained growth in the brain fitness software market (from $225m in...

08/12/2009
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SharpBrains published:

Frontiers In Neuroscience: Preparing Society for the Cogn...

from SharpBrains in Research, Science

This article appeared in the special issue on Augmented Cognition of the Frontiers in Neuroscience Journal (May 2009). / "Groundbreaking cognitive neuroscience / research has occurred over the last 20 years - without parallel growth of consumer / awareness and appropriate professional disseminatio...

08/07/2009
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SharpBrains published:

Public Libraries: Community-Based Health Clubs for the Brain

from SharpBrains in Magazines & Newspapers

Article written by Alvaro Fernandez for the May-June 2009 Issue of AgingToday, the Bimonthly Newspaper of the American Society on Aging: / "Public libraries have long offered the public more than books. And now, recent demographic and scientific trends are converging to fundamentally transform ...

07/05/2009
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SharpBrains published:

The State of the Brain Fitness Software Market 2009: Comp...

from SharpBrains in Research

This 150-page report finds sustained growth in the brain fitness software market (from $225m in 2007 to $265m in 2008) and promising seeds for future growth, combined with increased confusion given aggressive marketing claims and lack of education and standards. The report includes, for the first...

06/21/2009

The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness: 18 Interviews wit...

from SharpBrains in Books, Health & Lifestyle

While most of us have heard the phrase “use it or lose it,” very few understand what “it” means, or how to properly “use it” in order to maintain brain function and fitness. The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness is an invaluable guide that helps readers navigate growing brain research and identi...

06/21/2009
SharpBrains
SharpBrains published:

The State of the Brain Fitness Software Market 2009: Comp...

from SharpBrains in Research

This 150-page report finds sustained growth in the brain fitness software market (from $225m in 2007 to $265m in 2008) and promising seeds for future growth, combined with increased confusion given aggressive marketing claims and lack of education and standards. The report includes, for the first...

06/21/2009
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SharpBrains published:

Top 25 Haikus To Exercise Your Brain

from SharpBrains in Creative Writing, Poetry

SharpBrains.com readers have contributed a good number of haikus on brain-related topics. Attached you have my Favorite 7, and many other fun ones...which ones do you like the most? / Also, Can you write a haiku describing anything crossing your mind now? Remember the simple rules: write 3 line...

06/21/2009
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SharpBrains published:

Brain Fitness March 2009 Newsletter

from SharpBrains in How-to-Guides & Manuals

Here you have the March edition of the monthly newsletter covering cognitive health and brain fitness topics published by SharpBrains.com

03/31/2009

Top 15 Brain Teasers and Mind Games from Sharp Brains

from SharpBrains in Puzzles & Games

Here are the Top 15 Puzzles Teasers and Riddles for the Brain. Over the last 2 years we have posted close to 100 puzzles, teasers, riddles, and every kind of form of mental exercise in SharpBrains.com. Here you have the 15 most popular ones. / Top 15 Puzzles Teasers and Riddles for the Brain / ...

03/31/2009
SharpBrains
SharpBrains published:

Brain Fitness March 2009 Newsletter

from SharpBrains in How-to-Guides & Manuals

Here you have the March edition of the monthly newsletter covering cognitive health and brain fitness topics published by SharpBrains.com

03/31/2009
SharpBrains
SharpBrains published:

The Ten Habits of Highly Effective Brains

from SharpBrains in How-to-Guides & Manuals

You may be reading a lot of recent news on how to maintain top brain fitness and cognitive health. To put all of this in better perspective, let's review 10 good lifestyle options we can follow to maintain our brains in shape.

02/05/2009
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SharpBrains published:

Top 50 Brain Teasers and Mind Games

from SharpBrains in Puzzles & Games

Here you have SharpBrains' selection of the Top 50 Brain Teasers and Mind Games, in a variety of categories, that people have enjoyed the most in our brain fitness blog. It is always good to learn about our brains and to exercise them!.

02/04/2009
Free Traffic System

Free Traffic System scribbled: The second one is fun. I can't believe I didn't notice the person in the suit the first time through... :) 04/02/2009

SharpBrains
SharpBrains published:

Top 50 Brain Teasers and Mind Games

from SharpBrains in Puzzles & Games

Here you have SharpBrains' selection of the Top 50 Brain Teasers and Mind Games, in a variety of categories, that people have enjoyed the most in our brain fitness blog. It is always good to learn about our brains and to exercise them!.

02/04/2009
Free Traffic System

Free Traffic System scribbled: The second one is fun. I can't believe I didn't notice the person in the suit the first time through... :) 04/02/2009

SharpBrains
SharpBrains published:

The State of the Brain Fitness Software Market 2008

from SharpBrains in Research

This 87-page report is the first to define the brain fitness software market, summarize the science behind brain plasticity and cognitive training, and analyze the size and trends of its four customer segments: consumers, healthcare & insurance providers, K12 school systems, and fortune 1000 comp...

01/31/2009

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Name
Alvaro Fernandez
Location
San Francisco
Bio
Learning micro-organism awed by the human brain.
Gender
Male
Website
http://www.sharpbrains.com/
Occupation
Co-Founder of SharpBrains.com, a blog and educational website where you can learn a lot about yo... (More)
Interests
Education,learning, social entrepreneurship, neuroscience, healthcare, blogging
Lately I've been reading
Too many brain-related books. Highly recommended: The Brain That Changes Itself and (a bit more t... (More)
Lately I've been writing
a book and our new annual market report
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