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Brain Training: the latest trend in fitness
The Australian Financial Review
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Get Brain Fit
BRW
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“We are witnessing the birth of a new industry that crosses traditional sector boundaries. Emerging research may help millions of people of all ages understand, assess and train their cognitive abilities, harnessing the growing research about neurogenesis (the creation of new neurons), neuroplasticity (the ability of the brain to rewire itself through experience), cognitive training and emotional regulation.”
Your Brain At Work: Learning How You Learn Best
“You’ve got a lot on your mind at work these days. Changing technology and a challenging economy mean that learning on the job is more important than ever for people of all ages. This site shows you how you learn, and gives you tips for learning better.”
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- The Brain That Changes Itself.
- Dr Norman Doidge
- It’s Never Too Late To Change Your Mind.
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- The Overflowing Brain.
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- The Wisdom Paradox: How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger As Your Brain Grows Older.
- Dr Norman Doidge
- Building Mental Muscle: Conditioning Exercises for the Six Intelligence Zones.
- D. Gamon & A.Bragdon
- The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes and the Civilized Mind.
- Elkhonon Goldberg
Articles
- Brain Training: the latest trend in fitness, The Australian Financial Review
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- Get Brain Fit, BRW
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- Change or Die, Fast Company
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- Want a Sharp Mind for your Golden Years? Start Now - USA Today
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- Computerized Training of Working Memory can improve Cognitive Performance in Daily Life - Westerberg H, Brehmner Y, et. al.
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“We have found no ceiling for abilities such as attention … the more training, even with normal people, the higher the results.”
Dr Michael Posner, Emeritus Professor at University of Oregon.
“The discovery that the brain is not a machine, as was thought, but that it is neuroplastic is the most important change in our understanding of the brain in 400 years.”
Norman Doidge MD, author, The Brain That Changes Itself
“What research has shown over the last 15-20 years is that cognition, or what we call thinking and performance, is really a set of skills that we can train systematically. And that computer-based cognitive trainers or “cognitive simulations” are the most effective and efficient way to do so.”
Professor Daniel Gopher, Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Human Factors Engineering
Israel’s Institute of Science