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Top 7 FAQs on Brain Plasticity and Cognitive Fitness for Life Brain fitness and neuroplasticity are two words that appear everywhere in the media these days, and were nowhere to be found just a few years ago. What do they mean? How can they help me? Let me address the 7 most common questions people have on how to maintain and improve brain fitness, based on a recent survey. For example: Why is neuroplasticity so important for education and health?, Where do I start?, Does brain training work? Goldman Environmental Prize: Improve the World, Improve Your Brain My wife and I recently attended an inspiring Goldman Prize Award ceremony, where seven grassroots environmental change-makers were recognized for their impressive work and resiliency. We did hear too from Al Gore, Tracy Chapman, Robert Redford, and Richard Goldman. What does this have to do with one's brain? well, a recent study showed how volunteering can provide significant brain benefits. Improve the World, Improve your Brain! The Power of Meditation for Brain Health: Interview with Dr. Andrew Newberg I recently had the fortune to interview Dr. Andrew Newberg, one of the leading researchers focused on meditation and the brain. Dr. Newberg has researched the brain impact of meditation, prayer, and how brain function is associated with mystical and religious experiences. In this exclusive interview we explore how meditation can help manage stress, improve attention, and contribute to overall brain health. Can Games, Meditation and Parenting Help Improve Attention? I am honored to interview today Michael I. Posner, a prominent scientist in the field of cognitive neuroscience, to discuss the key findings of his research on attention training and emotional self-regulation. As he says, "Parents can see the remarkable transformation as their children develop the ability to regulate emotions and to persist with goals in the face of distractions. That ability is usually labeled "self-regulation." ABC Reporter Bob Woodruff's Incredible Recovery From Traumatic Brain Injury A few weeks ago John Edwards was interviewed by reporter Bob Woodruff. All the resulting media coverage centered on Edwards' declarations. However, there is something much more remarkable that surfaced at that interview: Bob Woodruff's spectacular recovery from his severe traumatic brain injury, suffered when a roadside bomb detonated next to his vehicle in Iraq. Today I am fortunate to interview Bob's wife, Lee Woodruff. Can Meditation Help to Read Hidden Emotional Messages in other People's Faces? I recently attended a great workshop at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. The class was called "Reading Emotional Messages" and taught by Paul Ekman, Ph.D, a well-know scientist who regularly trains lawyers and police officials in his techniques. This article summarized Dr. Ekman's research and suggestions. Study: Meditation Can Help Adults and Children with ADHD Travel back, in your mind's eye, to a time when you felt a healthy exhaustion after hiking, biking, playing sports.., and let you re-live that moment as vividly as you can. Congratulations. You have trained your brain. And a recent study shows how techniques like this can help children and adults with attention deficits.

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