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Games for the Kiddos
Many parents, relatives, or friends come into Marbles looking for a gift for younger children. While we do focus primarily on adult brain games, software, and books, there are also some fun and stimulating options for the 10 and under Read More
Posted in Fun, Products
Tagged Brain exercise, Brain Fitness, children, cognitive stimulation, continual learning, mental abilities, Products
Brain Fitness and the NFL
As Doug Beaudoin says, “Use it or lose it.” For an ex-starting safety for the New England Patriots, I bet he originally only applied that to his athletic abilities. I was thrilled to hear that the NFL Alumni Association is Read More
Posted in General, Research
Tagged athletes, Brain Fitness, brain fitness software, Exercise, Memory, mental abilities, Products, Research
What do you expect old age to be like?
A Pew Research Center Survey on Social and Demographic Trends study on Growing Old in America that came out last Monday provides an interesting comparison of those 65+ and their experiences with aging to those 64 or younger and what Read More
Posted in Research
Tagged Growing Old, Memory, Products, Research
Enhance your word skills
Can you juggle circles around others, but fear word games? The parietal lobe integrates auditory and visual information so you can understand language, and a small part of the frontal lobe called Broca’s area controls your ability to speak. The Read More
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Tagged Bananagrams, Products, Word Skills
Improve your coordination
Can you see the world clearly but feel clumsy when you have to execute a task? It’s key to play games that will develop your hand-eye coordination. This strengthens the connection between your body and the cerebellum, which controls coordination Read More
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Tagged Coordination, Labyrinth, Products
Focus on visual perception
You can make lightning fast decisions, but do you feel like you have tunnel vision at times or fail to notice things in your surroundings? It may be time to work on your visual perception. The occipital lobe is the Read More
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Tagged Music, Musicophilia, Products, Set, Visual Perception
Want to learn more about the relationship between exercise and the brain?
SPARK by renowned psychiatrist John J. Ratey, MD describes startling evidence that proves that aerobic exercise is truly the best defense for a range of brain issues. In fact, I recently had a chance to meet a former PE teacher, Read More