Today we want to share some of the best arti­cles we have read over the last year in the pop­u­lar press, cat­e­go­rized by topic so you can quickly iden­tify your inter­est and find a good read. Enjoy! 

Great arti­cles in the busi­ness and gen­eral media
– Change or Die (Fast Com­pany): a fas­ci­nat­ing look into how to change behav­iors and the brain
– Want a sharp mind for your golden years? Start now (USA Today): one of the first good pop­u­lar press reports we saw on the Cog­ni­tive Reserve and the value of men­tal stim­u­la­tion
– You’re Wiser Now (AARP): “A new look at the sur­pris­ing resilience and growth poten­tial of the human brain”

On how new neu­rons are born and grow in the adult brain:
- Salk Sci­en­tists Demon­strate For The First Time That Newly Born Brain
  Cells Are Func­tional In The Adult Brain (Salk Insti­tute for Bio­log­i­cal Stud­ies)
- Old Brains, New Tricks (Time): “ground­break­ing exper­i­ment that neu­rons are con­stantly being born, par­tic­u­larly in the learn­ing and mem­ory centers”

On the sur­pris­ing plas­tic­ity and devel­op­ment poten­tial through­out life:
- Brain Plas­tic­ity, Lan­guage Pro­cess­ing and Read­ing (Soci­ety for Neu­ro­science ): ” the brain never stops chang­ing and adjust­ing.“
- Jug­gling Jug­gles the Brain (Neu­ro­science for kids): “learn­ing to jug­gle can change brain struc­ture”. Lit­er­ally
- Suc­cess­ful Aging of the Healthy Brain (Con­fer­ence of the Amer­i­can Soci­ety on Aging): fas­ci­nat­ing overview of neu­ro­science find­ings and impli­ca­tions by Mar­ian Dia­mond, with empha­sis on  the need for Diet, Exer­cise, Chal­lenge, New­ness, and Human Love

On Train­ing the Brain to help peo­ple with ADD/ ADHD:
- Train­ing the Brain: Cog­ni­tive ther­apy as an alter­na­tive to ADHD drugs (Sci­en­tific Amer­i­can): great intro­duc­tion to Brain Fit­ness Pro­grams, cog­ni­tive train­ing and work­ing mem­ory train­ing, intro­duc­ing Cogmed’s RoboMemo

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