Archive for October, 2009

Entering the Brain Fitness Age

October 24th, 2009
Entering the Brain Fitness Age

Growing up, I learned about Phineas Gage, the railroad construction foreman who survived an incredible accident in 1848 that shot a large iron rod through his brain, destroying the frontal lobes. Although Gage survived for another decade, his personality changed profoundly. The brain science books I read in the late 1980’s still used the over century-old example to introduce the idea that every function had a special location in the bra » Read more: Entering the Brain Fitness Age

Is The Brain Fitness Program Dull?

October 14th, 2009
Is The Brain Fitness Program Dull?

What do the words “brain fitness program” bring to mind? I know when I think of fitness programs, I think of the aerobics classes I see at my YMCA, which looks like a fun dancing type of movement, led by an instructor with a microphone, and disco or dance music playing.

But brain fitness brings to mind term papers and reports and drudgery.

Interesting association of brain fitness with drudgery.

Now I am 60 years old, and graduat » Read more: Is The Brain Fitness Program Dull?