Brain Training Can Make You Significantly Smarter

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0I5cM5uJrxkGS5kcY2sY3uHFZlxgKgkuMuhKumuXWH5z_uSKSofBMGCF3rbeW4RUWo4T4JisCVn9AOFT2Re452CEF0a45IuKTZfsUQ1KBKoDqdhHCk1bgTe36tjk6bQy2Ai8wmXeNZCs/s1600/brain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Brain Training Can Make You Significantly Smarter" border="0" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0I5cM5uJrxkGS5kcY2sY3uHFZlxgKgkuMuhKumuXWH5z_uSKSofBMGCF3rbeW4RUWo4T4JisCVn9AOFT2Re452CEF0a45IuKTZfsUQ1KBKoDqdhHCk1bgTe36tjk6bQy2Ai8wmXeNZCs/s400/brain.jpg" title="Brain Training Can Make You Significantly Smarter" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brain Training Can Make You Significantly Smarter</td></tr> </tbody></table> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://worldofnews360.blogspot.com/2013/08/brain-training-can-make-you.html">Brain Training Can Make You Significantly Smarter</a></h2> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div> As many people hit middle age, they often start to notice that their memory and mental clarity are not what they used to be.  We suddenly can't remember where we put the keys just a moment ago, or an old acquaintance's name, or the name of an old band we used to love.  As the brain fades, we euphemistically refer to these occurrences as "senior moments."</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> While seemingly innocent, this loss of mental focus can potentially have a detrimental impact on our professional, social, and personal well-being. </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> It happens to most of us, but is it inevitable? </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Neuroscientists are increasingly showing that there's actually a lot that can be done.  It turns that the brain needs exercise in much the same way our muscles do, and the right mental workouts can significantly improve our basic cognitive functions.  Thinking is essentially a process of making neural connections in the brain.  To a certain extent, our ability to excel in making the neural connections that drive intelligence is inherited.  However, because these connections are made through effort and practice, scientists believe that intelligence can expand and fluctuate according to mental effort.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Now, a new San Francisco Web-based company has taken it a step further and developed the first "brain training program" designed to actually help people improve and regain their mental sharpness.  Called Lumosity, it was designed by some of the leading experts in neuroscience and cognitive psychology from Stanford University.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Lumosity, is far more than an online place to exercise your mental skills.  That's because they have integrated these exercises into a Web-based program that allows you to systematically improve your memory and attention skills.  The program keeps track of your progress and provides detailed feedback on your performance and improvement.  Most importantly, it constantly modifies and enhances the games you play to build on the strengths you are developing--much like an effective exercise routine requires you to increase resistance and vary your muscle use.</div> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Apparently it does. In randomized, controlled clinical trials, Lumosity was shown to significantly improve basic cognitive functions. One study showed students improved their scores on math tests by 34 percent after using Lumosity for six weeks, significantly greater gains than those made by other students in the same class, who were not training with the Lumosity program.</div> </div>

Brain Training Can Make You Significantly Smarter Brain Training Can Make You Significantly Smarter As many people hit middle age...

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Paleontologists discover dinosaur tail in northern Mexico

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTQWedrTi4E5lq_GzxottVkbizLSFRckK04Z0kKv3YFWfv1ZX-BFckZTkfWEUePn5loqHu8VYRLmBRnOOZ3j-yYKsayIbAzPt6uFvGOk4kR94TA70mQsCMvD88JmerGm1S3XCMnyFwhQ/s1600/Paleontologists+discover+dinosaur+tail+in+northern+Mexico.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTQWedrTi4E5lq_GzxottVkbizLSFRckK04Z0kKv3YFWfv1ZX-BFckZTkfWEUePn5loqHu8VYRLmBRnOOZ3j-yYKsayIbAzPt6uFvGOk4kR94TA70mQsCMvD88JmerGm1S3XCMnyFwhQ/s400/Paleontologists+discover+dinosaur+tail+in+northern+Mexico.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <h1 class="headline" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px 10px;"> <br /></h1> <h1 class="headline" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px 10px;"> <a href="http://worldofnews360.blogspot.com/2013/07/paleontologists-discover-dinosaur-tail.html">Paleontologists discover dinosaur tail in northern Mexico</a></h1> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div> MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A team of paleontologists have discovered the fossilized remains of a 72 million-year-old dinosaur tail in a desert in northern Mexico, the country's National Institute for Anthropology and History (INAH) said on Monday.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Apart from being unusually well preserved, the 5 meter (16 foot) tail was the first ever found in Mexico, said Francisco Aguilar, INAH's director in the border state of Coahuila.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The team, made up of paleontologists and students from INAH and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), identified the fossil as a hadrosaur, or duck-billed dinosaur.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The tail, found near the small town of General Cepeda, likely made up half the dinosaur's length, Aguilar said.</div> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://worldofnews360.blogspot.com/2013/07/paleontologists-discover-dinosaur-tail.html">Paleontologists discover dinosaur tail in northern Mexico</a></h3> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"> Dinosaur tail finds are relatively rare, according to INAH. The new discovery could further understanding of the hadrosaur family and aid research on diseases that afflicted dinosaur bones, which resembled those of humans, Aguilar said.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"> Scientists have already determined that dinosaurs suffered from tumors and arthritis, for example.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"> Dinosaur remains have been found in many parts of the state of Coahuila, in addition to Mexico's other northern desert states.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">The presence of the remains was reported to INAH by locals in June 2012. After initial inspections, excavation began earlier this month. The remains of the tail will be transferred to General Cepeda for cleaning and further investigation.</span></div> </div> <div> <br /></div> </div>

Paleontologists discover dinosaur tail in northern Mexico MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A team of paleontologists have discovered the f...

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