Wonder if they have a "No Grunting" policy.
Posted on 03/28/2009 4:55:40 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies
"We saw this area explode last year," says Mr. Fernandez. He estimates that consumers spent more than $80 million in 2008 on mental fitness. "You have an industry with tools and coaches. This is more real than people think."
The industry pins its claims for brain exercise on a relatively new scientific discovery: neuroplasticity, the brain's ability to rewire itself throughout life by creating neural connections in response to mental activity. In a study published in 2006 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a clinical trial involving 2,832 older adults concluded that "cognitive training" -- such as identifying patterns in a series of letters or words -- helped improve memory and reasoning skills.
A more recent study, of 487 adults aged 65 and older, found that people who trained on brain-fitness software for 40 hours over eight weeks noted significant improvement with memory and attention skills. The study is scheduled to be published in the April edition of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
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Where there’s a wallet, there’s a way.
My eighty-year-old dad keeps sharp by not staring at the tv, reading challenging literature along with entertaining literature, and by playing Sudoku. No cobwebs in his mind. (However, to be fair, I cannot recall any elderly relative of mine who had or has dementia and they almost all lived into their nineties or at least late eighties so perhaps it doesn’t run in the family.) Mom’s in good shape too, as well as all seven of my parent’s siblings.
Makes sense to me.
I once worked with some computer programmers. I was a graphic artist.
I went to lunch with them a few times. Despite the gulf, I vaguely understood the nature of their banter: abstract, sarcastic, insular, competitive, and judgmental. There was one, a generous soul, who put great effort in responding to the neophyte’s dumb questions. At one point he silenced the others until he could finish.
It was a mental work-out.
That’s what smart people do.
There’s some cool stuff at the site ... especially (for me) recognizing language in a noisy room.
thanks.
Wonder if they have a "No Grunting" policy.
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