Here is a news digest on brain train­ing to start your stim­u­lat­ing New Year:

Brain train­ing games: Do they work? This piece explores the world of com­put­er­ized brain train­ing soft­ware: Who uses them? Are they worth the expense? You can also check out Sharp­brains Pro­gram Eval­u­a­tion check­list to learn about the 10 ques­tions to ask when choos­ing a brain fit­ness program.

Pro­tect your brain: The new issue for ath­letes. Learn more about ImPACT (Imme­di­ate Post-Concussion Assess­ment and Cog­ni­tive Test­ing), the com­put­er­ized clin­i­cal report which is quickly becom­ing the norm for high schools and col­leges in deter­min­ing an athlete’s cog­ni­tive brain func­tion. For basic infor­ma­tion on con­cus­sions and concussion-types sport-related dam­ages, click here.

Brain train­ing: What’s the “true” pic­ture? This short arti­cle sums up nicely what needs to be known and done to bet­ter under­stand the emerg­ing field of brain train­ing and cog­ni­tive enhancement.

Brain plas­tic­ity: An inspir­ing piece by Oliver Sacks the author of “The Mind’s Eye”, who shares patients’ sto­ries and won­ders “to what extent we are shaped by, and to what degree we shape, our own brains? And can the brain’s abil­ity to change be har­nessed to give us greater cog­ni­tive powers?”

And to put all this to work do not hes­i­tate to visit our Top 50 brain teasers or try out our lat­est teasers straight from the lab:

• Test your Reac­tion Time

• Aver­age is Beau­ti­ful: A test of Attractiveness

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