The brain game and training industry has grown dramatically over the last several years, led by companies such as lumosity and fitbrains. Now I predict there could be a disruption as the brain health games move to mobile.
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10000 hours, aging, brain health, longevity
What is the age barrier to genius – Is it only accomplished by the young?
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The great genius Einstein once said, “A person who has not made his great contribution to science before the age of 30 will never do so.” However, new research might prove the great Einstein wrong, and that nowadays more and more of the genius level accomplishment are not reached until far later in life.
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Chemo Brain, Chemo Fog, in Breast Cancer Patients is Real
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Chemo Fog, or chemo brain is reported by many cancer patients, but doctors tend to ignore it since they put most of their concentration of treating the cancer. Additionally this general cognitive dysfunction can last long after the the patient has stopped cancer treatment. But finally this important topic is getting addressed: Many cancer survivors…
aging, brain health, enriched environment, exercise, healthy diet, longevity
Alzheimer’s disease: omega-3 and exercise – the complexity of treatment
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Fish and/or exercise to help Alzheimer’s disease? Alzheimer’s disease background: Alzheimer’s disease is the leading neurodegenerative dementia disorder. In most cases Alzheimer’s does not appear until after the age of 60, but there is an early onset form. It is estimated that 5.1 million Americans have Alzheimer’s. With about 36 million American’s in the 60+…
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Weekend’s Better Brain Health Breakfast #7: Friends, Lovers, Puzzles, and Music
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The power of love and friends for your health Staying married or good social connections can help you live longer are covered in this Washington post article. I have blogged on how social interactions can improve your health in a previous post. One interesting piece of data from the Washington post article is that social…
aging, brain health, cognitive function, exercise
Are there differences between physical and cognitive aging?
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Does physical decline directly mirror cognitive decline? In a previous post I pointed out how after the age of 25 the brain is losing a proportion of its mass. But when we examined various cognitive measurements we observe that the peak for some cognitive abilities do not occur until we reach our 50’s. What about…
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Can mindful meditation reverse brain aging?
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Meditation for brain health As we age our brain slowly starts shrinking (and this starts by the age of 25), can we do anything to help slow or reverse this process? Could something as relaxing as meditation help stop the loss of your brain mass? A few days ago I told you about research that…
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Reverse your brain aging: How to take 2 years off your brain age within 1 year
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Reverse the brain aging process Wouldn’t it be great to reverse the age accumulated damage to your brain, stop the shrinking of your brain? Sound like marketing hype, but there is not much to sell as what does this brain ‘repair’ is simple exercise – walking (aerobic exercise). I previously posted about how the brain…
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Weekend’s Better Brain Health Breakfast # 7: Beauty-Brains, Schmoozing, Blueberries
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Image by Getty Images via @daylife Are good looking people also smarter? Would this be prove how fair the world is if on average the best looking people are also smarter? According to this one study that followed 17,419 from childhood through young adulthood did find this exact relationship: ‘Physical attractiveness is significantly positively associated withgeneral…
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How to open your mind and put it in a playful, amused state
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Do you want to play? Do you want a simple brain hack to make you playful, increase your amusement, make you laugh inside? In today’s world we might solve puzzles mostly for challenge, but it is likely that these same puzzle solving strategies were important for survival in our distance past, and therefore part of…