In rock climbing, we called it “visualisation” – a practice of mentally rehearsing the moves you are going to make before you start climbing. I used to visualise all my project routes because I read in The Mind Gym that the brain does not differentiate between a real memory of something that really happened and something we just played inContinue reading “Visualisation – Mental Rehearsal for the Brain Can Significantly Improve Performance”
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Apps That Help Children Develop Problem Solving Skills
Problem solving skills are important for helping our children navigate the complexity of life. Helping them to develop these skills involves frequent exposure to problems they must solve – especially unfamiliar problems they have never encountered before. The extensive variety of puzzle apps available can help you provide your children with a continuous stream of novelContinue reading “Apps That Help Children Develop Problem Solving Skills”
Working Memory Helps Children Do Well at School
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Mindfulness Training Can Improve Working Memory, Reading Comprehension, and Task Focus
In a previous post, we learned about the benefits of meditation (in particular “mindfulness meditation”) for modifying alpha brain waves and improving learning and memory processes. Recently, I stumbled upon an article that talked about how mindfulness improves reading ability, working memory, and task-focus. The Study: Mindfulness Training Improves Working Memory Capacity and GRE Performance While ReducingContinue reading “Mindfulness Training Can Improve Working Memory, Reading Comprehension, and Task Focus”
Working Memory Training Doesn’t Work – Or Does It?
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Books: Brain Puzzles and Games for Kids
Old-school Brain Puzzles for Kids… Brain Games for Kids Series Get Your Brain into Gear! Power Up Your Brain Book 1 Power Up Your Brain Book 2 Pump Up Your Brain This Brain Games for Kids offers more than 150 puzzles for children ages 8 and older. From children’s book selections in the popular BrainContinue reading “Books: Brain Puzzles and Games for Kids”
How Can You Get Smarter? Digging Deeper into the Science of Building Brain Power
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What are the Brain Benefits of Jigsaw Puzzles?
Portrait Puzzles – Order By 10 AM CST on December 16 & We Guarantee Delivery by Christmas or receive DOUBLE Your Money Back. There are a lot of activities that we engage in that we assumed to be beneficial to our cognitive development without really questioning that assumption. One of these activities is working onContinue reading “What are the Brain Benefits of Jigsaw Puzzles?”
What’s the Deal with Fluid Intelligence?
What is Fluid Intelligence? Fluid intelligence refers to the ability to reason and to solve new problems independently of previously acquired knowledge. To put it simply: “your capacity to learn new information, retain it, then use that new knowledge as a foundation to solve the next problem, or learn the next new skill, and so on.” ScientificContinue reading “What’s the Deal with Fluid Intelligence?”
7 Ways to Improve Working Memory
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Nurture for the Future 