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Tag Archives: cognitive stimulation
Staff Favorites–Spring Product Launch
If you have been to one of our locations, you know that our BrainCoaches know how to play all of the games. When the new items come in, we have to scramble to learn them so we can explain them Read More
Posted in Fun, General, Products, What's New & Happening at Marbles
Tagged Alzheimer's Association, children, cognitive stimulation, continual learning, Coordination, Creativity, Critical Thinking, family games, fine motor skills, goldieblox, Group Games, kanjam, party games, snake oil, Social Interaction, spirograph, strategy, Visual Perception, Word Skills
Keeping the Easter Bunny’s Mind Sharp
The Easter Bunny stopped by the headquarters of Marbles The Brain Store to get some suggestions on how to improve his brain function. We know that creativity is extremely important to him, so we knew that Colorfall was a must-have. Read More
Love Your Brain! Brain Awareness Week
At Marbles: The Brain Store we pride ourselves on the brainy games and puzzles that we carry. We strive to offer fun and challenging products to help your brain. But we are not just concerned about selling products. We also Read More
Beating the Winter Blahs
I don’t get depressed during the winter months, but I do experience what I refer to as the winter blahs (not blue, just blah). I have to fight the urge to stay on of my couch and watch movies all Read More
Posted in Fun, General, Health
Tagged Brain Fitness, cognitive reserve, cognitive stimulation, Coordination, Creativity, game night, Group Games, Social Interaction, winter blahs, winter blues
Juggle Your Way to a Healthy Brain?
According to a 2009 Oxford University study, learning to three-ball cascade juggle is associated with a transient and highly selective increase in gray matter in the occipito-temporal cortex. (That’s just a an incredibly brainy was of saying that juggling is Read More
Brain Benefits of Working Puzzles
Puzzles were a prominent part of my childhood. During the winter months, our dining room table often held a large piece of leftover wall paneling covered with jigsaw puzzles in progress. I would sit with my mom and try to Read More
Fun and Quirky Books
You’ve all heard the phrase “laughter is the best medicine”. Well there is some truth in it. Laughter alleviates stress, boosts the immune system, increases learning and memory capability and in some cases, reduces pain. So finding things that make Read More
Posted in Book review, Health, Products
Tagged cognitive stimulation, Creativity, laughter, Memory, Social Interaction, stress reduction
Discover Some Brain Benefits of Reading
As the weather starts to get cooler, I feel the pull of my couch and the desire to curl up with a good book. In a previous blog I mentioned that reading literature on a regular basis engages the hippocampus, Read More
Posted in General
Tagged Brain Fitness, cognitive stimulation, focus and attention, reading, Word Skills, Working Memory
Manager’s Holiday Kickoff
Once a year we bring in all of our store managers from across the country for our Holiday Kickoff meeting. It’s a chance for people in this fast-growing company to see each other face to face, and an opportunity to Read More