Articles, tagged with "brain fitness", page 3

Enhance Memory

I want to enhance my memory! At 62 years of age, in a house with two kids, a lovely wife, who enjoys her conversation, and four cats, there are lots of distractions, and when you couple all that noise with my age, there truly is a need for enhanced memory... Read >
Author: Michael S. Logan, MS

Brain Fitness For Seniors: Sharpen Your Mind

Brain fitness is important to people of all ages. Exercising our brain especially as we age goes hand-in-hand with physical fitness to keep us healthy and fit. Some people believe that declining loss of brain function is normal in old age. Memory loss, la... Read >
Author: Dave Tabern

Self Help for Depression

Every year, 18.8 million North Americans over the age of 18 are absorbed by a self esteem destroying gloom which can not be willed away or ignored. Depression affects all people regardless of age, geographic location, or social position. Resea... Read >
Author: lawrence nash

What Are Brain Gym Exercises?

Does brain gym exercises bring a funny picture to mind, your brain at the gym doing some curls, sit-ups, perhaps jogging, or perhaps your brain has taken itself to the library to read some interesting material on...brains, or maybe your brain is saying th... Read >
Author: Michael S. Logan, MS

Improve Intelligence

Every parent, every boss, every teacher, possibly everyone wants to improve intelligence, because we operate from this paradigm that improved intelligence somehow makes us quicker, faster, richer, smarter, you fill in the blank.... If I somehow have more ... Read >
Author: Michael S. Logan, MS

Memory Exercise

I can remember memory exercises and assignments all the way back to second grade, and they always involved drudgery and tedium, like memorizing and reciting the Gettysburg address, and making faces at the kid reciting to try and make them lose their place... Read >
Author: Michael S. Logan, MS

Improve My Memory? Is it Easy?

Lots of people for lots of years have been telling me to improve my memory. I told them I would and then went blithely on my forgetful way. Little did they know that strategic forgetting can be an excellent labor saving device. Two things have chang... Read >
Author: Michael S. Logan, MS

Increase Intelligence

Increase intelligence used to mean pour words, knowledge, books, research, and more words into your head, until reaching a tipping point where you leaped a level in terms of insight, inspiration, or creativity. That spark might come in a dream, or a re... Read >
Author: Michael S. Logan, MS

How and Why Can Your Lifestyle Improve Your Brain Health?

Copyright (c) 2010 SharpBrains You probably have already read about neuroplasticity - the capacity of my brain and your brain to change, for the better or the worse, based on what we think, feel and do every single day. In this article we will explore ... Read >
Author: Alvaro

Memory Skills

Perhaps there was a time when we did not need memory skills, but I don't think that time is now. Whether you are a Boomer, a Senior Citizen, middle aged, building a career, or a student, the flood of information is overwhelming, and sorting through it and... Read >
Author: Michael S. Logan, MS

Cognitive Exercises Need to be Quick

Most counseling experiences are going to touch on cognitive exercises in some way, shape, or form. In Alcoholics Anonymous, for example, there are a number of catchy little phrases like "The Attitude is Gratitude" which serve to change the chemistry in... Read >
Author: Michael S. Logan, MS

Brain Training Software

For my Senior Citizen counseling clients, brain training software is of interest. Most of us Boomers and Seniors have noticed the changes that come to our memory with our age, and are definitely interested in managing that change, so that it does not beco... Read >
Author: Michael S. Logan, MS

Mind Execise

Mind Exercise? You might react with a memory of high school or college calculus or statistics, and shiver as if it were about to start over, but that is not the mind exercise that I am writing about. I have been involved in my own personal growth for a... Read >
Author: Michael S. Logan, MS

Brain Booster

Do you want a quick brain boost? And do you want a longer term brain boost? Probably both, and we now know a great deal about how to do both. I have resorted to milk chocolate over the decades of my life to help my flagging attention in the afternoon, ... Read >
Author: Michael S. Logan, MS

Upgrade Your Brain?

Good news for those of us who want a brain improvement. There are upgrades created in the form of new neurons everyday, if you take care of the pillars of brain fitness. That newly discovered capacity of the human brain is called neurogenesis. No one n... Read >
Author: Michael S. Logan, MS

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