In the post Top 10 Brain Train­ing Future Trends I asked for sug­ges­tions to refine our pre­dic­tions for the 2007–2015 period. A good num­ber of peo­ple con­tributed, and the win­ner is…

Scott Spears, retired pub­lic schools superintendent.

His prediction: 

“Pre­dic­tion 11: The notion of school­ing will be struc­turally dra­mat­i­cally altered through the use of diag­nos­tics related to the acqui­si­tion and improve­ment of basic cog­ni­tive skills (such as brain pro­cess­ing speed, atten­tion, mem­ory, and sequenc­ing), along with pre­scrip­tions employ­ing emerg­ing brain fit­ness soft­ware exer­cises, begin­ning in the ear­li­est grades and pro­gress­ing through high school.

Schools will be struc­tured around the acqui­si­tion of foun­da­tional cog­ni­tive skills, Read the rest of this entry »

We were very happy to dis­cover that Sci­en­tific Amer­i­can Mind has high­lighted Sharp­Brains in their June/July 2007 issue!

Here’s what they had to say:

“Every­one knows the impor­tance of stay­ing phys­i­cally fit. But what about stay­ing men­tally fit? Research in the past sev­eral years has shown that men­tal “work­outs” may improve mem­ory, relieve stress and even help stave off Alzheimer’s. This new site is an online gym for the mind, offer­ing a blog about the sci­ence of brain fit­ness and links to rel­e­vant research. It also sells “exer­cise” soft­ware and offers per­sonal training.”

If you are here due to that intro­duc­tion, we’d like to wel­come you and show you around a bit. You might enjoy:

• The Neu­ro­science Inter­view Series in our brain health blog, in which we inter­view some of the lead­ing neu­ro­sci­en­tists in brain fit­ness, including:
  • Dr. Elkhonon Gold­berg on Brain Fit­ness Pro­grams and Cog­ni­tive Train­ing,
  • Cog­ni­tive Sim­u­la­tions for Bas­ket­ball Game-Intelligence: Inter­view with Prof. Daniel Gopher,
  • Work­ing Mem­ory Train­ing and RoboMemo: Inter­view with Dr. Torkel Kling­berg,
  • Mem­ory train­ing and atten­tion deficits: inter­view with Notre Dame’s Bradley Gib­son,
  • and an upcom­ing inter­view with Yaakov Stern, the lead­ing researcher behind the Cog­ni­tive Reserve theory
• Our col­lec­tion of Brain Teasers and Puzzles
• A selec­tion of Hot Top­ics in Brain Health and Fitness
• Or, sign up for our free monthly brain fit­ness newslet­ter that keeps you up to date with the lat­est arti­cles and events in brain fitness

But most of all, enjoy your­self, learn some­thing new, and let us know what you think!