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Take Your Brain Back to School
It’s that time again. Kids, teenagers and university coeds 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 Read More
Posted in Fun, General, Random, Research
Tagged Brain Fitness, cognitive decline, cognitive reserve, cognitive stimulation, neuronal pathways, neurons
Boost Your Brain–Learn a Language
Learning a new language is one of the most optimal activities for exercising the brain and building your cognitive reserve. Learning a new language works the left hemisphere of the brain, however, speaking and communicating in that language works both hemispheres. So if you want to try one of the number one workouts for your brain, launch yourself into a new language. Read More
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Tagged Alzeheimer's Disease, bilingual, children, cognitive reserve, ellen bialystock, executive control system, flash cards, infants, janet werker, Kids, language, little pim, living language
Put Some Spring In Your Brain
You probably know that physical activity is good for your heart, but did you know that it is extremely beneficial to your brain as well? Research has shown that exercise increases the diameter of the blood vessels that supply blood to the brain, allowing greater delivery of oxygen to your neurons. It can also stimulate the growth of connections between those neurons (known as synapses). These connectors can strengthen many areas of our brain. Read More
Positive Plasticity and Positive Thought
Just a few decades ago scientists believed that the brain was fixed and unchanging. Thanks to the discovery of neuroplasticity, we now know that the brain is actually plastic and malleable. In The Brain That Changes Itself, Norman Doidge M.D. states that the brain has the capacity to rewire itself and/or form new neural pathways Read More
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Tagged anxiety, Brain, change, Doidge, Exercise, happiness, happy, Lachs, Mark, meditation, negative, negativity, neuroplasticity, Norman, NPR, peace, plastic, plasticity, positive, positivity, The Brain That Changes Itself
What would it be like to lose your memory?
As we prepare for Memory Week at Marbles, we are thinking a lot about how valuable memory is. Typically, we don’t take the time to consider the value of something until we start to lose it. A story I read Read More
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Tagged Memory, stroke, transient global amnesia
Marbles Memory Week
Hello Marbles Friends & Fans, We are hosting a Marbles Memory Week in our stores on September 7th-13th leading up to the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk on Sunday morning. During that week we will have guest speakers, resource offerings, free Read More
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Tagged Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's disease, Memory Walk