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Back to school … it’s not just for kids !
It’s that time again. Kids, teenagers and university students are all heading back to school during the next few weeks, but what about the rest of us? Just because we’ve graduated (some many years ago), it doesn’t mean that we … Continue reading
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Lumosity Cognitive Enhancement Research Published in Mensa
Lumos Labs researchers, in collaboration with researchers at Stanford and San Francisco Universities, have published a groundbreaking study in the Mensa Research Journal. This is the first peer-reviewed, controlled trial to demonstrate that web-based cognitive training can significantly enhance cognitive … Continue reading
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Imagine if kids understood more about their brains !
“Every Body Has A Brain”, is the latest game in development at Morphonix. It’s an interactive musical brain game that awakens children ages 4 to 6 to the growing power of their brains. Playing the games helps children gain a … Continue reading
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These Simple Tasks Can Make Your Brain More Complex
Nothing’s set in stone — and that includes our fluid intelligence. At the Association for Psychological Science in Washington, D.C. on May 28th, 2011, University of Michigan psychologist Dr. John Jonides presented new findings showing that as few as 20 … Continue reading
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Six reasons why travel is good for your brain…
Schools are finishing up for the year, the weather is getting nicer and people across the globe will be packing their bags and hitting the road. The glimmering hope of vacation pulled us through the bad weather, the stress and … Continue reading
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The Benefits are Endless…
Here’s an enlightening fact: 97% of people who train with Lumosity for at least 10 hours see increases in their Brain Performance Indexes (BPIs). These BPIs measure improvement in brain areas such as memory, attention, problem-solving, and more generally a … Continue reading
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Buzzing about the Brain Bee
Firefly was proud to sponsor the 2011 Brain Bee held on Friday March 25th at the University of Toronto. There were 62 students participating and after an exciting afternoon the top three were awarded cash prizes and the opportunity to … Continue reading
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Secrets of a mind gamer: how I trained my brain and became a world class brain gamer, by Joshua Foer
Dom DeLuise, the comedian ( and five of clubs ), was implicated in the following unseemly acts in my mind’s eye: He hocked a fat globule of spittle ( nine of clubs ) on Albert Einstein’s thick white mane ( … Continue reading
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Tips & tricks to train, exercise & better your brain
Brain Awareness Week is March 14 – 20th. So we are continuing to look for ways to work out the most important part of the body in ways that are interesting enough (addictive?) to be done all year long. Have … Continue reading
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March 14-20/11 is Brain Awareness Week
Throughout the month of March we are celebrating Brain Awareness so we’ll be posting tips & tricks to train, exercise and better your brain. Tip for today: Learn something new EVERY day. Wikipedia:Random is simply a means of randomly stumbling … Continue reading
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