Dr. Adrian Preda, our newest Expert Contributor, writes today the first in a series of thought-provoking articles, challenging us to think about physical exercise as the best and most unappreciated form of “brain exercise”. A superb article.

And one thing is clear, he points out: “the brain really likes it when it’s asked to be “active”. Passive audiences, which are spoon fed information, score less well when tested on retention and understanding of the presented material than audiences that were kept engaged through the process.”

So, will you write a comment below and contribute to an engaging conversation? Thoughts? reactions? questions?
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Don’t ignore plain old common sense.

Brain Lessons Part 1

– By Adrian Preda, M.D.

Let me start with a list of common biases: expensive is better than cheap, free is of dubious value (why would then be free?), rare is likely to be valuable, and while new is better than old, ancient is always best. Which explains a common scenario that is reenacted about twice a week in my office. It starts like this: a patient shows me a fancy looking bottle of the brain supplement of the week: ancient roots with obscure names mixed together in another novel combination which you can exclusively find in that one and only store (rarity oblige!). And not to forget: it ain’t cheap either! Of course, there it is, the perfect the recipe for success: ancient yet new, rare and expensive. It got to be good! But is it, really?

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New features and enhancements include:

• Categorized content sections with over 100 pages of reference information including Health and Well-Being, Health Professionals, Sports Performance, Workplace Performance, and Testing and Learning.
• The Coherence Coach™ teaches stress reduction and trains you to find “The Zone”.
• Emotion Visualizer™ displays colorful images which change as you change your emotional state.
• Interactive games help you transform stress into creative energy.



• An integrated music player and improved audio feedback functionality.
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• New and improved tutorial and help system.
• and much more…

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emWave PC allows you to track your progress and has three interactive games powered by your ability to transform stress into renewed energy. A new feature of emWave PC is its Emotion Visualizer, a practice application that provides images which adjust the degrees of color and movement as you adjust your emotional state.

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