http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/09/09/sharpbrains-at-cisco-systems-exercising-mental-muscles-for-corporate-success/ Brain Fitness and Cognitive Health news Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:57:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/09/09/sharpbrains-at-cisco-systems-exercising-mental-muscles-for-corporate-success/#comment-57772 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:34:19 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/09/09/sharpbrains-at-cisco-systems-exercising-mental-muscles-for-corporate-success/#comment-57772 [...] 3. Exercising Our Brains for Top Health and Productivity (like our session at Cisco Systems) Neuroscientists have finally shown that, at any age, our mental activity influences the generation of new neurons and their connections, with clear guidelines to follow. We have all heard "Use it or lose it". In this workshop we will learn how to make the most of the latest research which suggests instead: "Use it and improve it". We will combine both research and fun group activities to learn how to exercise and improve different areas of our brains: attention, executive functions, language, visual skills, language, memory, emotions, motor coordination. [...] [...] 3. Exercising Our Brains for Top Health and Productivity (like our session at Cisco Systems) Neuroscientists have finally shown that, at any age, our mental activity influences the generation of new neurons and their connections, with clear guidelines to follow. We have all heard "Use it or lose it". In this workshop we will learn how to make the most of the latest research which suggests instead: "Use it and improve it". We will combine both research and fun group activities to learn how to exercise and improve different areas of our brains: attention, executive functions, language, visual skills, language, memory, emotions, motor coordination. [...]

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