Barbara Strauch, author of The Secret Life of the Grown Up Brain, spoke this week at Stanford. Strauch is the health/medical science editor for The New York Times and when she writes on brain topics, the articles consistently skyrocket to the top of the “Most E-mailed List.” I attended her lecture at the Center for [...]
Tags: barbara strauch, cognitive performance, diabetes, diet, grown up brain, improve memory, middle age, nutrition, obesity, old age
Posted October 1, 2010 by Sharon Delman under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain exercise, Brain plasticity, Exercise, Neuroscience, Physical exercise
New research shows that people 50 and over are happier and less stressed than younger cohorts.
Tags: aging, anger, anxiety, arthur stone, barbara strauch, global well-being, golden years, happiness, stress, worry
Posted May 24, 2010 by Karen Merzenich under Odds and Ends
I just listened to a wonderful episode of Fresh Air on NPR News Radio. (If you’re not familiar with the show, host Terry Gross conducts in-depth interviews with all sorts of interesting folks from various walks of life.) The guest was Barbara Strauch, author of a new book entitled The Secret Life of the Grown-Up [...]
Tags: barbara strauch, book, creative aging, Gene Cohen, middle age, podcast, Terry Gross
Posted April 15, 2010 by Karen Merzenich under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain exercise, Neuroscience, Odds and Ends
If you ever get a chance to talk to Dr. Mike Merzenich, be assured he’ll fill you with a missionary’s zeal for brain fitness. You’ll leave the conversation wondering why everyone isn’t taking advantage of their brains’ natural abilities to improve. However, we know good habits aren’t embraced by our society overnight. It’s taken decades [...]
Tags: aging, barbara strauch, brain fitness, Brain plasticity, brain training, Mike Merzenich
Posted January 8, 2010 by Sharon Delman under Brain exercise, Exercise
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