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NEWS ABOUT: brain fitness

brain fitness stories: 6 news summaries

Insurer Sees Games as Boost for Old Brains

'Mental fitness' software improves reaction time, peripheral vision

Jun 8, 09 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - An experiment by Allstate Insurance and a San Francisco software startup that aims to use computer games to improve the mental health of all ages is getting good reviews, the Chronicle reports, including from one local who says improved reaction time and peripheral vision saved him from an accident. “... More »

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software • brain • driving • auto insurance • brain fitness • Allstate • Posit Science

(Newser) - Gyms offering to exercise the brain instead of the body are attracting thousands of aging Americans seeking to tone their gray matter, the Wall Street Journal reports. The gyms are generally based around brain-fitness software, but some offer courses in brain nutrition as well as mental-fitness assessments with personal trainers... More »

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memory • dementia • aging • brain • brain fitness • Alzheimer's Disease

 Cut Calories for a Sharper Mind 

Study finds that restricted eating leads to better memory in older adults

Mar 4, 09 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - It's been shown in rats and monkeys, and now the first human study looking at the effects of calorie restriction on memory also confirms that eating less can improve your brain. A German research team gave 50 older adults a diet with normal nutrients but 30% fewer calories, and found... More »

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memory • diet • aging • calories • scientific study • brain fitness

Web Use Gives Brain a Boost

For middle-aged, regular Internet surfing is better than reading
a book: study

Oct 14, 08 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sudoku not your thing? Web surfing may help boost brain power and prevent brain shrinkage in middle-aged and older people in a way that reading books cannot, the BBC reports. By studying the brain scans of volunteers aged 55 to 76, researchers found that experienced internet users show enhanced activity... More »

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Internet • memory • dementia • web surfing • scientific study • brain fitness • Alzheimer's Society • Alzheimer's Disease

Brains Get
Noisier as
They Age

Study finds neural complexity generates more cranial static

Jul 10, 08 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just because you can't hear it doesn't mean your brain isn't making noise. It is, and scientists using high-tech gear to record it have now discovered that it increases as you mature, reports LiveScience. A comparison of noise generated by groups of children and young adults indicates that brain noise,... More »

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memory • schizophrenia • science • neuroscience • noise • scientific study • brain fitness • Alzheimer's Disease

Aging Baby Boomers Spur Brain Fitness Industry

Software sales have more than doubled as Boomers look to avoid Alzheimer's

Mar 16, 08 9:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Aging baby boomers, looking for answers on how to avoid—or at least forestall—dementia and Alzheimer’s, are driving the growth of a new industry that uses computer software to help maintain brain fitness, reports Reuters. Sales in the brain stimulation software industry have more than doubled since 2005... More »

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ADHD • dementia • Nintendo • Cogmed • short-term memory • brain fitness • Alzheimer's Disease

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