Posted on August 9th, 2008 by docartemis
In her latest post for SharpBrains™ Laurie Bartels reviews some of the principles of brain plasticity. One principle that she mentions that I think deserves more attention is the importance of learning new things.
Adults may have a tendency to get set in their ways – I’ve been doing it this way for a long time [...]
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Posted on July 8th, 2008 by docartemis
Last year I interviewed Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg about the effects of aging on the brain (Episode 18). Dr. Elkhonon is the co-founder of the website SharpBrains™, which is an excellent place to find the latest information about brain health. Recently Dr. Alvaro Fernandez, who runs the SharpBrains™ website invited me to become an expert contributor [...]
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Posted on April 11th, 2008 by docartemis
I am not very good at keeping up with all the great blogs about neuroscience, but I did happen to find two that I thought you might enjoy. Both Developing Intelligence and Conscious Entities explore both the meaning of consciousness and the relationship between the human brain and computers.
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Posted on April 8th, 2008 by docartemis
In Episode 33 of the Brain Science Podcast, Harvard’s Dr. John Ratey introduced us to brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF), which he described as “Miracle Grow for the Brain” because it actually stimulates the grow of new neurons in the brain. The emphasis in our discussion was on the importance of exercise in stimulating the release [...]
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