Oct 18, 2006
Exercising Our Brains: Classes in San Francisco
By: Alvaro Fernandez
For anyone in the San Francisco Bay Area, we are offering a couple of lectures through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, titled: Exercising Our Brains: New Brain Research and Implications for our Lives.
Description: Neuroscientists have finally shown that, at any age, our mental activity can influence the generation of new neurons and their connections, with clear guidelines to follow. You have probably heard “Use it or lose it”. Latest research indicates, “Use it and improve it!”. In this lecture-class, we will combine both research and fun group activities.
1) Monday, November 6, 6:30-8:00pm
SFSU Downtown Center, 425 Market at Fremont
2) Thursday, November 16, 6:30-8:00pm
St. James Episcopal Church
4620 California Street (between 8th and 9th Avenue)
Here you have more information on our Seminars for organizations and our new The Science of Brain Health and Fitness class at UC-Berkeley OLLI.
[...] Further Links Classes on Brain Fitness Brain Gyms Explained Physical Fitness and Brain Fitness Managing Stress [...]
[...] Further Links Classes on Brain Fitness Brain Gyms Explained Physical Fitness and Brain Fitness Managing Stress [...]
[...] In our "Exercising Our Brains" Classes, we typically explain how some areas typically improve as we age, such as self-regulation, emotional functioning and Wisdom (which means moving from Problem solving to Pattern recognition), whereas other typically decline: effortful problem-solving for novel situations, processing speed, memory, attention and mental imagery. [...]
[...] 2- Some skills improve as we age: In our "Exercising Our Brains" Classes, we typically explain how some areas typically improve as we age, such as self-regulation, emotional functioning and Wisdom (which means moving from Problem solving to Pattern recognition). As a lawyer accumulates more cases under his/ her belt, he or she develops an automatic "intuition" for solutions and strategies. As long as the enviroment doesn’t change too rapidly, this growing wisdom is very valuable. [...]
[...] We always recommend a number of books at the end of our Exercising Our Brains classes and lectures, so everyone can keep practicing at home. Here you have a book with good tips on how to exercise our brain in unexpected ways… [...]