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Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional

San Francisco, California
Blog: http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog
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Lee Woodruff: the Bob Woodruff Foundation, and You, can help Traumatic Brain Injury survivors by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health You have may have seen a few weeks ago the interview between former US presidential contender John Edwards and reporter Bob Woodruff. All the resulting media coverage centered ... Read on »
Hourglass #3: the biology of aging by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional 2 Comments Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Welcome to the third edition of Hourglass, the monthly virtual gathering of bloggers to discuss the Biology of Aging.For today's edition, let's imagine all participants sitti ... Read on »
Brain Fitness Centers in Senior Housing - A Field in the Making by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health The American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) has just released an Special Issue Brief, titled Brain Fitness Centers in Senior Housing - A Field in the Making. We prepared i ... Read on »
Can food improve brain health? by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health In other words, may some foods be specifically good for brain function?For a great in-depth review of the effects of food on the brain you can check out Fernando Gomez-Pinilla ... Read on »
Gerontology and the Brain by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Last Friday, during the American Society on Aging's Brain Health day, a participant made a comment along the lines, "I just completed my Masters in Gerontology at Universi ... Read on »
Reorganizing School Schedules: Start Times, Light, Scheduling by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health With summer drawing to a close and schools starting up for a new season, what better time to take a look at how schools utilize research about the brain in determining the tim ... Read on »
What is Brain Fitness, anyway? by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Vijay, one of our readers, wrote yesterday a very thoughtful comment :"What is brain fitness and how it is measured? Is it the same as mind fitness which seeks to achieve ... Read on »
The Future of Computer-assisted Cognitive Therapy by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health The Wall Street Journal had a very interesting article yesterday, titled To Be Young and Anxiety-Free, focused on the value of cognitive behavioral therapy to help children wi ... Read on »
Neuroscience and Psychology Blogs by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health If you want to discover some great neuroscience and psychology blogs, check out Encephalon blog carnival's 53rd edition, this time hosted in Africa for the first time!blogs, b ... Read on »
Improve Memory and Enhance Post-Stroke Rehab with Exercise by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health A couple of recent studies have reinforced the lifelong potential for brain plasticity (the ability of the brain to rewire itself through experience) and the importance of ph ... Read on »
Santiago Ramon y Cajal: Recollections of My Life by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Over the last few weeks I have been reading Recollections of My Life, the impressive autobiography by Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852-1934), one the founders of modern neuroscien ... Read on »
Update: Major Implications from Brain Research by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Here you have the twice-a-month newsletter with our most popular blog posts. Please remember that you can subscribe to receive this Newsletter by email, simply by submitting ... Read on »
Cognitive Health News: August 2008 by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Here you have a roundup of interesting recent news on cognitive health topics and my commentary:1) Playing Video Games Offers Learning Across Life Span, Say Studies2) Mental F ... Read on »
Brain-Based Carnival of Education, 186th Edition by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Welcome to the 186th edition of the Carnival of Education, the weekly virtual gathering of dozens of bloggers to discuss all things education.Q: Why do you say this edition is ... Read on »
Resources for Brain Health Across the Lifespan by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health As promised in my previous post on Neurogenesis and Brain Plasticity in Adult Brains, I will now list some interviews, video, articles, and books that go hand-in-hand with the ... Read on »
Retain older workers beyong retirement by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health BusinessWeek covers a best practice in a topic of growing importance: how large companies can retain older workers in productive ways beyond a set arbitrary retirement age. ... Read on »
Exercise your brain at these events by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Here are the dates and locations of some upcoming events where I will be presenting. Please introduce yourself if you are attending! >> September 4-5th, San Francisco, CA: se ... Read on »
Videogames for Cognitive Training? by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health There were a few interesting research papers presented at the last American Psychological Association conventions around the theme: Playing Video Games Offers Learning Acros ... Read on »
A few colleagues and I just had ... by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health A few colleagues and I just had an interesting exchange on the recent article at The Atlantic, Is Google Making Us Stupid ? , which basically blamed Google for literally rewi ... Read on »
Readers have contributed a good ... by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Readers have contributed a good number of haikus on brain-related topics. Below you have my Favorite 7, and many other fun ones...which ones do you like the most? Also, Can ... Read on »
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