By: Alvaro Fernandez
Fyi, I will be teaching this workshop soon, as part of our collaboration with several Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes:Â
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San José State University’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (website) presents
Title: Brain Fitness: The Science and Practice.
When: Saturday, February 2, 2008 9:30-3:30
What: Neuroscientists have shown how the human brain retains neuroplasticity (the ability to rewire itself) and neurogenesis (creation of new neurons) during its full lifetime, leading to a new understanding of what aging means. In this class, we will review the science behind some of the key concepts in this field and explore their implications on our lifestyles in a fun and engaging way. We have all heard “Use it or lose it.” Latest research suggests, “Use it and improve it!” Read the rest of this entry »
By: Alvaro Fernandez
We often talk about how stress management is as important as cognitive training for brain fitness. We have also seen how traders can improve their performance by learning how to manage emotions of anxiety and fustration.
Golf Digest has just published an article on how golfers can see their game improved thanks to stress management programs. Golf Digest’s Edition includes the article Playing with heart: Pebble Beach’s top teacher wants to chokeproof your game, explaining how Laird Small, director of the Pebble Beach Golf Academy and the 2003 PGA of America Teacher of the Year, has been using these programs for a number of years.
Even more interestingly, it also relates how Read the rest of this entry »
By: Alvaro Fernandez
Today is International Women’s Day 2007.
Global consulting company Accenture organized a series of events, and I was fortunate to lead a fun workshop on The Neuroscience of Stress and Stress Management in their San Francisco office, helping over 125 accomplished women (and a few men) learn what stress is, its implications for our brain functioning, performance and health, and of course some tips and techniques to develop our “stress management” muscles. It was an honor to be able to wrap up a great event that included District Attorney Kamala D. Harris, two of the co-authors of This is Not the Life I Ordered, a video by Senator Dianne Feinstein, and some great Accenture women.
We discussed how stress is the emotional and physiological reaction to a threat, whether real or imagined, that results in a series of adaptations by our bodies. And how stress management can bring a variety of benefits: sustained peak performance, cognitive flexibility, memory, decision making, and even longevity.Â
You can see a very interesting example of the relationship between attention, memory and stress with this experiment:Â
Attention and working memoryLet me share some key take-aways from the workshop, together with some exercises we used to illustrate key points:
1) Stress can be a major roadblock for peak performance and health
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2) Some tips and techniques to better manage stress:
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