HAPPYneuron described….
Last week I spoke with Adrian Berg of the Longevity Club Radio Show about the HAPPYneuron cross training program, the history of brain science, the impact of technology on the effectiveness of the program and the resulting cognitive health benefits for life. Listen on (about 5 minutes into the show).
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When I asked our developers to create a Cognitive Exercise Widget that can be shared from person to person over the web, that very afternoon it was done. When I expressed surprise, “It’s only software !” they told me.
So, click to play and forward to your friends for the joy of sharing. And, as [...]
Does Brain Health Suffer During Stressful Economic Times?
February 5, 2009 – 6:31 pm
Does brain health suffer during stressful economic times? How?
Generally speaking, stress does affect your cognitive capacity and ability. Memory performance decrease, it can become increasingly difficult to difficult to focus, etc.. In fact, when you are stressed out, a number of intrusive thoughts affects your working memory performance, and therefore, your ability to concentrate [...]
Stay Connected to Improve Brain Function
January 27, 2009 – 3:21 pm
They say that human beings are social animals. It seems intuitive (even for introverts!) that social contact has benefits. Obviously we need other people to fulfill basic needs such making sure that our genes outlive us. Maybe less obviously, we seem to need other people to maintain adequate levels of mental well-being and motivation. Even [...]
Keeping Your Brain Young
January 4, 2009 – 12:02 pm
Woman’s Day Radio Host Barbara Brody, Health Editor at Woman’s Day Magazine, interviews Dr. Coleman of the Alzheimer’s Association and Dr. Robert Bender of the Johnny Orr Memory Center and HAPPYneuron Scientific Contributor, on the topic of keeping our brain’s young. The program is about 30 minutes long. Definitely worth a listen! Click here to [...]
New Year Resolution: A Sharper Brain
January 2, 2009 – 6:55 pm
Why not start the New Year with a resolution to sharpen your brain. HAPPYneuron’s balanced workout formula ensures that you are getting the optimal stimulation to maximize the brain’s neural network strength.
Also, we have been hard at work to bring you new features and functions. In the coming [...]
Try this Splitwords Puzzle
October 30, 2008 – 4:38 pm
You’re searching for the name of a flower. It’s on the tip of your tongue. You know it starts with “am…” What is it?
The brain area exercised in this Splitwords game is the left temporal lobe, which gets activated when information retrieval is called upon. Splitwords helps you practice to quickly retrieve words from your [...]
Alzheimer’s Myths
October 28, 2008 – 6:12 pm
November is almost here and it’s Alzheimer’s awareness month! It is definitely worth a visit to the Alzheimer Association’s website to get educated, dispel myths and to sign government action petitions to help combat this deadly disease and to provide adequate support for those that have it.
Many of the myths surrounding Alzheimer’s Disease include the [...]
Brain Teaser Answer: Alphabetical Disorder
September 24, 2008 – 6:19 am
Solution: Here’s the solution to Alphabetical Disorder teaser posted on 21 Sep. The characters that can be found only on the right are #2, #3 and #7.
What’s the Benefit of Strong Attention Skills in Daily Life? Whenever we are presented with a new set of symbols, such as when learning to navigate traffic signs for [...]
Test your Attention Skills
September 21, 2008 – 10:13 pm
Brain Teaser of the Day: Today’s brain teaser is called Alphabetical Disorder. Your task is to compare the different writing characters from each other in the image below. Take no more than 30 seconds to find out which ones are present in the right group and not in the left group.
What’s the point? In [...]