A new study shows that physical activity may reduce the risk of developing cognitive impairment. The INVADE study, completed almost 4,000 people older than 55 years, showed that people who engaged in some form of physical activity three times a week or more were less likely to develop memory problems …
An article in today’s New York Times reports on the ways that being constantly online can affect cognition. More and more research has shown that learning depends on not only on spending time with new material, but also on having downtime. Researchers have long suspected that some form of downtime …
Mindfulness meditation as practiced over a long period by experts makes clear changes in someone’s brain function. But what about those of us who don’t have a few years to sit in a monastery in the Himalayas? A new study shows that even brief meditation practice can improve attention. Researchers …
While many of us are enthusiastic about computer-based brain training, studies of how well it works in the real world have been uninspiring. It’s possible to train people to do better on cognitive tasks, but it’s not clear that the training carries over into the real world. Does brain training …
In giving talks to community groups about brain fitness, I emphasize that a number of elements go in to brain fitness. And one of these key elements has nothing to do with high-tech computer training. For optimal brain fitness, a sense of purpose is crucial. You have to have a reason for getting out of bed in the morning.
Readers of this blog may already know that I’m very interested in self-efficacy as a factor in how well people perform on cognitive tasks. Study after study has shown that what you think about your cognitive functioning may actually make your cognitive function better.
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An article in today’s New York Times reports on the ways that being constantly online can affect cognition. More and more research has shown that learning depends on not only on spending time with new material, but also on having downtime. Researchers have long suspected that some form of downtime …
A report from researchers now has shown that cognitive training can increase blood flow to parts of the brain critical for attention and memory. The report in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (March 12, 2010) used functional MRI to evaluate how a training program affected gray matter thickness and resting blood …
A new study shows that physical activity may reduce the risk of developing cognitive impairment. The INVADE study, completed almost 4,000 people older than 55 years, showed that people who engaged in some form of physical activity three times a week or more were less likely to develop memory problems …
Lots of people work more than 40 hours a week. Now a major British study shows that large amounts of overtime work is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease. Since to a large extent heart health is also brain health, it looks as though overtime work might …
Mindfulness meditation as practiced over a long period by experts makes clear changes in someone’s brain function. But what about those of us who don’t have a few years to sit in a monastery in the Himalayas? A new study shows that even brief meditation practice can improve attention. Researchers …