http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/12/31/10-brain-fitness-new-years-resolutions/ Brain Fitness and Cognitive Health news Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:59:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/12/31/10-brain-fitness-new-years-resolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-140025 5 Steps for Establishing Trust Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:42:54 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/12/31/10-brain-fitness-new-years-resolutions/#comment-140025 [...] 2. NOVELTY, VARIETY, CHALLANGE To summarize the key findings of the last 20 years of neuroscience research on how to “exercise our brains”, there are three things that we can strive for: novelty, variety and challenge. If we do these three things, we will build new connections in our brains, be mindful and pay attention to our environment, improve cognitive abilities such as pattern-recognition, and in general contribute to our lifelong brain health. Source: Sharpbrains. [...] [...] 2. NOVELTY, VARIETY, CHALLANGE To summarize the key findings of the last 20 years of neuroscience research on how to “exercise our brains”, there are three things that we can strive for: novelty, variety and challenge. If we do these three things, we will build new connections in our brains, be mindful and pay attention to our environment, improve cognitive abilities such as pattern-recognition, and in general contribute to our lifelong brain health. Source: Sharpbrains. [...]

]]> http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/12/31/10-brain-fitness-new-years-resolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-118844 Alvaro Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:25:54 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/12/31/10-brain-fitness-new-years-resolutions/#comment-118844 Thanks for sharing, Mike! I was aware of MIT's great courses online, hadn't seen Yale's. Thanks for sharing, Mike! I was aware of MIT’s great courses online, hadn’t seen Yale’s.

]]> http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/12/31/10-brain-fitness-new-years-resolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-118616 Mike Greer Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:19:08 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/12/31/10-brain-fitness-new-years-resolutions/#comment-118616 Re: Item #7, Cultivate Your Critical Thinking Abilities... Would you believe you can (virtually) attend a full semester of classes at Yale... for free? I have recently learned about some really well-designed courses on all sorts of topics that Yale Open Courses has made available to anyone for free! Astrophysics, poetry, physics, political philosophy, psychology, etc.. with 30 more on the way. Each course has more than 20 hours of expert lectures, ebooks, and more. This is a great opportunity to stretch your brain. Go to: http://open.yale.edu/courses/index.html Re: Item #7, Cultivate Your Critical Thinking Abilities… Would you believe you can (virtually) attend a full semester of classes at Yale… for free? I have recently learned about some really well-designed courses on all sorts of topics that Yale Open Courses has made available to anyone for free! Astrophysics, poetry, physics, political philosophy, psychology, etc.. with 30 more on the way. Each course has more than 20 hours of expert lectures, ebooks, and more. This is a great opportunity to stretch your brain. Go to:
http://open.yale.edu/courses/index.html

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