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Brain Fitness 101: Answers to Your Top 25 Questions
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Brain Fit­ness 101: Answers to Your Top 25 Ques­tions was writ­ten by Dr. Elkhonon Gold­berg and Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, with Car­o­line Latham, to pro­vide an intro­duc­tion to the con­cept, sci­ence and prac­tice of brain fit­ness pro­grams to sharpen our minds — not only improve our mem­ory, but our con­cen­tra­tion, stress man­age­ment, and other cog­ni­tive abilities.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Intro­duc­tion

Top 25 Ques­tions About Brain Fitness

Defin­ing Brain Fitness

What are cog­ni­tive abilities?

Are cog­ni­tive abil­i­ties the same thing as intelligence?

What is brain fitness?

Is brain fit­ness sci­en­tif­i­cally proven to improve cog­ni­tive skills?

Brain Fit­ness Programs

Do I really need a brain fit­ness program?

How do I start a brain fit­ness program?

I already do cross­words and sudoku. Do I need any­thing else?

Why are com­puter pro­grams bet­ter than paper-based ones or sim­ply attend­ing a class in person?

How do I know if the computer-based pro­grams work?

Why are so many pro­grams appear­ing now?

Is it nec­es­sary to train under the super­vi­sion of a doc­tor or other specialist?

Healthy Aging

What does “nor­mal aging” mean? Do we all age the same way?

Are there spe­cific pro­grams for adults?

Does a brain fit­ness pro­gram pre­vent Alzheimer’s dis­ease and other forms of dementia?

I don’t want to ever retire. What can I do to remain sharp?

The Other Pil­lars of Brain Fitness

Are yoga and med­i­ta­tion good for my brain?

Are there herbal and vit­a­min sup­ple­ments that will pro­tect my memory?

Is phys­i­cal fit­ness important?

Spe­cific Top­ics in Brain Fitness

How can I improve my con­cen­tra­tion and my memory?

Can a brain fit­ness pro­gram help me become more creative?

I am a busy exec­u­tive with a chal­leng­ing job. All this doesn’t sound very rel­e­vant to me.

Are there spe­cific pro­grams for kids? My kids have prob­lems with math-why should they do these things that may dis­tract them from math?

Dur­ing my preg­nancy, I felt really absent-minded. Is this nor­mal? What can I do?

Ever since menopause, I can’t really think or con­cen­trate as I used to. Is this nor­mal? What can I do?

I play casual games online, such as Bejew­eled. Is that good? Do I need some­thing else?

Neu­ro­science Inter­view Series

Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg

Dr. Daniel Gopher

Dr. Torkel Klingberg

Dr. Brett N. Steenbarger

Dr. James Zull

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Top 30 Articles

  1. Top 50 Brain Teasers, by Sharp­Brains Team
  2. The Ten Habits of Highly Effec­tive Brains, by Alvaro Fernandez
  3. Why do You Turn Down the Radio When You’re Lost?, by Car­o­line Latham
  4. Brain Plas­tic­ity: How learn­ing changes your brain, by Pas­cale Michelon
  5. Top 10 Brain Fit­ness Future Trends, by Alvaro Fernandez
  6. 7 FAQs on Men­tal Exer­cise, by Alvaro Fernandez
  7. It is Not Only Cars That Deserve Good Main­te­nance: Brain Care 101, by Alvaro Fernandez
  8. Eval­u­a­tion Check­list for Brain Fit­ness prod­ucts and games, by Alvaro Fernandez
  9. MIT Event on Brain Games: Con­text, Trends, Ques­tions, by Alvaro Fernandez
  10. Stress Man­age­ment Work­shop for Inter­na­tional Women’s Day, by Alvaro Fernandez
  11. Mind­ful­ness and Med­i­ta­tion in Schools for Stress Man­age­ment, by Jill Sutie
  12. Stress and Neural Wreck­age: Part of the Brain Plas­tic­ity Puz­zle, by Gre­gory Kellet
  13. How can I improve my short term mem­ory?, by Car­o­line Latham
  14. Cog­ni­tive and Emo­tional Devel­op­ment Through Play, by David Elkind
  15. Judith Beck: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Per­son, by Alvaro Fernandez
  16. Easy Steps to Improve Brain Health, by Car­o­line Latham
  17. Info­graphic: State of the Mar­ket 2009, by Paul Van Slembrouck
  18. Improve Mem­ory with Sleep, Prac­tice, and Test­ing, by Bill Klemm
  19. 10 Brain Tips To Teach and Learn, by Lau­rie Bartels
  20. Dr. Elkhonon Gold­berg on Cog­ni­tive Train­ing and Brain Fit­ness, by Alvaro Fernandez
  21. Max­i­mize the Cog­ni­tive Value of Your Men­tal Work­out, by Schlomo Breznitz
  22. Brain Fit­ness Pro­gram and Neu­ro­plas­tic­ity @ PBS, by Alvaro Fernandez
  23. Mind­ful­ness Med­i­ta­tion for Adults & Teens with ADHD, by David Rabiner
  24. Can Intel­li­gence Be Trained? Mar­tin Buschkuehl shows how, by Alvaro Fernandez
  25. How Strong is the Research Sup­port for Neu­ro­feed­back in Atten­tion Deficits?, by David Rabiner
  26. Exer­cis­ing the body is exer­cis­ing the mind, by Adrian Preda
  27. Brain Evo­lu­tion and Why it is Mean­ing­ful Today to Improve Our Brain Health, by Larry McCleary
  28. Phys­i­cal Exer­cise and Brain Health, by Pas­cale Michelon
  29. Posit Sci­ence, Nin­tendo Brain Age, and Brain Train­ing Top­ics, by Alvaro Fernandez
  30. Sleep, Tetris, Mem­ory and the Brain, by Shan­non Moffet

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