Archive for meditation
July 4, 2007 at 5:55 am · Filed under Aging, Brain Fitness, Brain health, Brain-based Learning, Health & Wellness, meditation, Memory Training, Mental Health, Self-regulation, Stress, Women's Health
Variety key to memory health
Ontario Mirror Guardian, Canada
“Staying social is beneficial to overall mental health. Do things to stave off depression as it and anxiety suck up all your mental energy.”
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June 25, 2007 at 10:46 pm · Filed under Aging, Biofeedback, Brain Fitness, Brain games, Brain Training, Brain-based Learning, Corporate Training, Emotions, emWave, Freeze-Framer, Health & Wellness, HeartMath, meditation, Mental flexibility, Mental Health, Mind Fitness, Mind Games, Mind/Body, Positive Psychology, Resiliency, Self-regulation, Serious Games, Stress, Women's Health
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May 20, 2007 at 10:39 pm · Filed under Attention and ADD/ ADHD, Brain Fitness, Brain health, Brain Training, Cognitive Neuroscience, Emotions, Health & Wellness, meditation, Mind Fitness, Mind/Body, Neuropsychology, Resiliency, Self-regulation
Meditation may fine-tune control over attention
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“Everyday experience and psychology research both indicate that paying close attention to one thing can keep you from noticing something else… a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that attention does not have a fixed capacity – and that it can be improved by directed mental training, such as meditation.”
- “Led by postdoctoral fellow Heleen Slagter, Davidson’s research group in the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior recruited subjects interested in meditation to study whether conscious mental training can affect attention. “Meditation is a family of methods designed to facilitate regulation of emotion and attention,” says Davidson.”
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April 28, 2007 at 9:10 am · Filed under Aging, Attention and ADD/ ADHD, Biofeedback, Brain exercises, Brain Fitness, Brain games, Brain health, Brain teasers, Brain Training, Brain-based Learning, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Training, Education, Emotions, Events, Glossary, Health & Wellness, Learning, Lifelong learning, meditation, Memory Training, Mental flexibility, Mental Health, Mind Fitness, Mind Games, Mind/Body, Neurogenesis, Neuropsychology, Neurotechnology, Nutrition, Peak Performance, Physical Fitness, Positive Psychology, Self-regulation, Serious Games, Stress, Women's Health, Working memory
Announcement:
- We have just launched a new website section titled Hot Topics for you to be informed on latest Brain Fitness developments. Topics include Memory, Brain Fitness, Brain Teasers, Mental Exercise, Stress Management, Physical Exercise, Nutrition, News, Products, Events, Students, Science, Resources, and more.
Some good posts:
- Nintendo BrainAge, Lumosity, Happy Neuron, MyBrainTrainer…
- Posit Science, Nintendo Brain Training, Dakim…WebMD on Brain Fitness.
We hope to hear from you!
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March 21, 2007 at 10:51 pm · Filed under Brain anatomy and imaging, Brain Fitness, Brain health, Brain Training, Health & Wellness, meditation, Mental flexibility, Mental Health, Mind Fitness, Mind/Body, Neurogenesis
Meditation ‘fools the brain‘ in a threatening world
ParamusPost.com, NJ
Thanks to cutting-edge technologies like functional MRI scans, neuroscientists can look inside the brain to see if meditation actually produces physical …
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February 28, 2007 at 5:52 pm · Filed under ACE, Aging, Attention and ADD/ ADHD, Biofeedback, Biology, Books, Brain anatomy and imaging, Brain Coach, Brain exercises, Brain Fitness, Brain games, Brain health, Brain teasers, Brain Training, Brain-based Learning, Casual Games, Cogmed, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Training, Corporate Training, Decision-making, Education, Emotions, Events, Executive Functions, Freeze-Framer, Glossary, HappyNeuron, Health & Wellness, HeartMath, IntelliGym, Leadership, Learning, Lifelong learning, meditation, Memory Training, Mental flexibility, Mental Health, Microfinance, Mind Fitness, Mind Games, Mind/Body, MindFit, Neurofinance, Neurogenesis, Neurons, Neuropsychology, Neuroscience Interview Series, Neurotechnology, Nintendo Brain, Nutrition, Pattern Recognition, Peak Performance, Philanthropy, Physical Fitness, Posit Science, Positive Psychology, Resiliency, RoboMemo, Self-regulation, Serious Games, Social Entrepreneurship, Stress, Trading psychology, Uncategorized, Vigorous Mind, Visual Illusion, Women's Health, Working memory
Hello dear readers: after a transition period, we have definitively moved to http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog
Please visit us there if you want to keep reading our (close to) daily articles. Please update your feed, and any technorati/ stumbleupon/ del.ic.ious account you may have pointing at this old address. Our new location:
http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog
We won’t be posting more articles here.
We’ll see you there!
-Caroline & Alvaro
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February 17, 2007 at 11:30 am · Filed under Attention and ADD/ ADHD, Biology, Brain anatomy and imaging, Brain exercises, Brain Fitness, Brain games, Brain health, Brain teasers, Brain Training, Brain-based Learning, Casual Games, Cogmed, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Training, Corporate Training, Decision-making, Education, Emotions, Events, Executive Functions, Freeze-Framer, Glossary, Health & Wellness, Learning, Lifelong learning, meditation, Memory Training, Mental flexibility, Mind Fitness, Mind Games, Mind/Body, MindFit, Neurogenesis, Neurons, Neuropsychology, Neuroscience Interview Series, Peak Performance, Self-regulation, Serious Games, Stress, Trading psychology, Working memory
We hope you are enjoying the growing coverage of Brain Fitness as much as we are. Below you have the monthly email update we sent a few days ago.
In this post, we will briefly cover:
I. Press: see what CBS and Time Magazine are talking about. SharpBrains was introduced in the Birmingham News, Chicago Tribune and in a quick note carried by the American Psychological Association news service.
II. Events: we are outreach partners for the Learning & the Brain conference, which will gather neuroscientists and educators, and for the Dana Foundation’s Brain Awareness Week.
III. Program Reviews: The Wall Street Journal reviewed six different programs for brain exercise and aging, and the one we offer is one of the two winners. A college-level counseling center starts offering our stress management one. And we interview a Notre Dame scientist who has conducted a replication study for the working memory training program for kids with ADD/ ADHD.
IV. New Offerings: we have started to offer two information packages that can be very useful for people who want to better understand this field before they commit to any particular program: learn more about our Brain Fitness 101 guide and Exercise Your Brain DVD.
V. Website and Blog Summary: we revamped our home page and have had a very busy month writing many good articles. We also hosted two “Blog Carnivals”- don’t you want to know what that means? Continue Reading
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February 7, 2007 at 12:08 pm · Filed under Attention and ADD/ ADHD, Biofeedback, Biology, Brain Fitness, Brain health, Brain Training, Brain-based Learning, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Training, Decision-making, Education, Emotions, Events, Executive Functions, Freeze-Framer, HeartMath, Learning, Lifelong learning, meditation, Memory Training, Mental flexibility, Mental Health, Mind Fitness, Mind/Body, Neurogenesis, Positive Psychology, Resiliency, Self-regulation, Serious Games, Stress, Working memory
The organizers of this amazing conference, whose registration is about to expire, just extended their very kind offer to SharpBrains readers: you can register at the reduced price of $475 (right now the normal price is $545) if you do so by February 9nd. You can register here http://www.edupr.com/reg.html, making sure to write SharpBrains1 in the comments section.
Click to Learn More about the special offer for SharpBrains readers interested in attending the great conference we highlighted yesterday.
This is what we wrote yesterday about the conference:
Talk about neuroscience applied to education: we will be reporting from a fascinating conference in San Francisco, February 15-17, titled Learning & the Brain: Enhancing Cognition and Emotions for Learning And Student Performance, sponsored by leading universities and the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives.
- Speakers include a truly “Dream Team” of neuroscientists and educators such as Michael S. Gazzaniga, William C. Mobley, John D.E. Gabrieli, Robert M. Sapolsky, Robert Sylwester, and many many others. You can check the program here http://www.edupr.com/schedule2.htm.
- The description of the event is: “Use this explosion of scientific knowledge to create new, powerful paradigms for teaching and healthcare. Cutting-edge discoveries in neuroscience may soon transform educational and clinical interventions by enhancing memory and cognition. Discover the influences of emotions, gender and the arts. Explore new ways to enhance cognition and to assess potential benefits and pitfalls of using pharmacology, technology and therapy to boost performance.”
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February 2, 2007 at 10:43 am · Filed under ACE, Attention and ADD/ ADHD, Biofeedback, Biology, Brain exercises, Brain Fitness, Brain games, Brain health, Brain teasers, Brain Training, Brain-based Learning, Cogmed, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Training, Decision-making, Education, Emotions, Executive Functions, Freeze-Framer, HappyNeuron, Health & Wellness, HeartMath, IntelliGym, Learning, Lifelong learning, meditation, Memory Training, Mental flexibility, Mind/Body, MindFit, Neurogenesis, Neurons, Neuropsychology, Posit Science, Positive Psychology, RoboMemo, Self-regulation, Serious Games, Stress, Trading psychology, Vigorous Mind, Working memory
…a few questions: how did you find us, what we are doing well, what we can do better?
We have just found out that more than 600 people are receiving our feeds, but we only know-and just a bit- the 50-60 who leave comments and link to us. We enjoy having so many readers not just in the US but in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia…(thanks Google Analytics!).
Would you mind writing a comment HERE to allow us to learn about you and your interests, and also include your feedback for us? If you have a blog, please write the URL so we can pay a visit.
Please remember we have moved to a new URL-that’s why we want your comment there, and not in this blog.
Enjoy the weekend, and thanks a lot for your time and attention!
Caroline and Alvaro
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January 31, 2007 at 7:57 am · Filed under Biofeedback, Biology, Brain anatomy and imaging, Brain Fitness, Brain health, Brain Training, Brain-based Learning, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Training, Executive Functions, Health & Wellness, Learning, Lifelong learning, meditation, Memory Training, Mental flexibility, Mental Health, Mind Fitness, Mind/Body, Neurogenesis, Neurons, Self-regulation, Stress
Given the growing awareness of this emerging field, let’s review some of the most relevant concepts:
Brain Fitness: the general state of good, sharp, brain and mind, especially as the result of mental and physical exercise and proper nutrition.
Brain Fitness Program: structured set of brain exercises, usually computer-based, designed to train specific brain areas and functions in targeted ways, and measured by brain fitness assessments.
Chronic Stress: ongoing, long-term stress. Continued physiological arousal where stressors block the formation of new neurons and negatively impact the immune system’s defenses.
Cognitive training (or Brain Training): variety of brain exercises designed to help work out specific “mental muscles”. The principle underlying cognitive training is to help improve “core” abilities, such as attention, memory, problem-solving, which many people consider as fixed.
Cognitive Reserve (or Brain Reserve): theory that addresses the fact that individuals vary considerably in the severity of cognitive aging and clinical dementia. Mental stimulation, education and occupational level are believed to be major active components of building a cognitive reserve that can help resist the attacks of mental disease.
fMRI: functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a non-invasive neuroimaging Read the rest of this entry »
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