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The Neurobiology of Stress: the Human Brain and How It Responds to Stress

(Editor’s note: We are pleased to bring to SharpBrains readers a new 6-part series on the Neurobiology of Stress, excerpted from the recent book Nowhere to Hide: Why Kids with ADHD and LD Hate School...

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The Neurobiology of Stress: Gray Matters

(Editor’s note:  below you have part 2 of the 6-part The Neurobiology of Stress series. If you are joining the series now, you can read the previous part Here.) Stayin’ Alive Understanding the Human...

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The Neurobiology of Stress: The Little Brain Down Under

(Editor’s note: below you have part 3 of the 6-part The Neurobiology of Stress series. If you are joining the series now, you can read the previous part Here.) Stayin’ Alive Understanding the Human...

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The Neurobiology of Stress: The Stress Response Explained

(Editor’s note: below you have part 4 of the 6-part The Neurobiology of Stress series. If you are joining the series now, you can read the previous part Here.) Stayin’  Alive Understanding the Human...

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The Neurobiology of Stress: The Human Brain Likes to Be in Balance

(Editor’s note: below you have part 5 of the 6-part The Neurobiology of Stress series. If you are joining the series now, you can read the previous part Here.) Stayin’ Alive Understanding the Human...

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Stress and the Brain: To Fight, Flee or Freeze –That is the Question

(Editor’s note: below you have the final part of the 6-part Stress and the Brain series. If you are joining the series now, you can read the previous parts via the links below.) Stayin’ Alive...

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Reminder: Brain Health Q&A Today

Reminder: Join Live Q&A with Dr. Paul Nussbaum by click­ing HERE, today Novem­ber 22nd at 11am Pacific Time/ 2pm East­ern Time. Chat about about a holis­tic approach to brain health with clinical...

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Transcript: Paul Nussbaum on Meditation, Neuropsychology and Thanksgiving

Below you can find the full tran­script of our engag­ing Q&A ses­sion yesterday on holistic brain health with clinical neuropsychologist Dr. Paul Nussbaum, author of Save Your Brain. You can learn...

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Why I Wrote The Woman Who Changed Her Brain

We have always thought that “our brain shapes us.” I wrote my new book, The Woman Who Changed Her Brain (May 2012; Free Press, Foreword by Norman Doidge), to prove that the reverse is equally true. I...

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Brain fitness class’ monthly Q&A: Memory, stress, emotions, and more

Registered participants in the new e-course How to Be Your Own Brain Fitness Coach can take part in a monthly online Q&A session to discuss progress and open questions with the course faculty and...

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Why, to improve memory, we need to think of the brain as a system

(Editor’s Note: every month we host an online Q&A with participants in the e-course How To Be Your Own Brain Fitness Coach. This is the lightly edited and anonymized transcript from the January...

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Brain training going mainstream: new center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical...

Creating a gym for the mind (The Boston Globe): “Although scoffed at for years, such “training” — which traditionally has meant specialized computer games but now includes a more comprehensive,...

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What Summit Speakers and Participants Say About Brain Check-ups, Cognitive...

On September 19-20th, 2013, over 30+ speakers at the frontier of Brain, Health and Innovation will engage with over 200 professionals in North America and abroad. You can check out the quite amazing...

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Addressing cognitive deficits due to ADHD or leukemia/ brain tumor treatments

The Science Behind ‘Brain Training’ (The Atlantic): “Julie Schweitzer, director of the ADHD Program at the University of California in Davis’s MIND Institute, conducted a randomized study of children...

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Who will be the personal brain trainers of the future?

Brain-fitness industry caters to worried boomers (Crain’s): “Mr. Fernandez…compares the brain-fitness industry of today with the physical-fitness industry of half a century or more ago. Whereas once...

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Harnessing brain training games to better research, prevent and treat...

— Brain Training Database: Treasure Trove for Preclinical Alzheimer’s Research? (Alzforum): “Some researchers think brain games in general—which adapt to each user’s cognitive ability—may one day...

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Brain training going mainstream: new center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical...

Creating a gym for the mind (The Boston Globe): “Although scoffed at for years, such “training” — which traditionally has meant specialized computer games but now includes a more comprehensive,...

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What Summit Speakers and Participants Say About Brain Check-ups, Cognitive...

On September 19-20th, 2013, over 30+ speakers at the frontier of Brain, Health and Innovation will engage with over 200 professionals in North America and abroad. You can check out the quite amazing...

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Addressing cognitive deficits due to ADHD or leukemia/ brain tumor treatments

The Science Behind ‘Brain Training’ (The Atlantic): “Julie Schweitzer, director of the ADHD Program at the University of California in Davis’s MIND Institute, conducted a randomized study of children...

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Who will be the personal brain trainers of the future?

Brain-fitness industry caters to worried boomers (Crain’s): “Mr. Fernandez…compares the brain-fitness industry of today with the physical-fitness industry of half a century or more ago. Whereas once...

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