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Fitness training better than brain exercise

By Ricki Sharpe | Published: March 18, 2009
Brain-boosting software programs are a booming business. And studies show that both computer exercises and old-fashioned mental activities, reading or cross-words, can affect memory. But the best thing you can do for your brain is to move your body.
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How brain cells self-destruct

By Ricki Sharpe | Published: February 11, 2008
I have previously written about the contribution that older workers can make in solving the talent crisis. I have also written about the reluctance of employers to hire older workers. Employers often give cognitive fitness as a primary reason for this reluctance. Psychologists know that cognitive performance can decline with age, but that some people avoid this decline by engaging in tasks that continually stretch their minds. It seems to be a matter of use it or lose it. Now comes some added weight to the use it or lose it argument from the field of neuroscience.
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Welcome to your brain

By Ricki Sharpe | Published: November 14, 2007
Feeling a little less mentally quick than you did a few years ago? Maybe you are among the many people who do brain exercises like sudoku to slow the cognitive decline associated with aging. We’ve got a better suggestion.
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Cognitive fitness

By Ricki Sharpe | Published: November 2, 2007
In companies that stifle play, brainpower may actually decrease as it does in children with failure-to-thrive syndrome, a condition created by experientially deprived or abusive environments. Brain exercises, on the other hand, stimulate brain power, enhancing creativity and problem solving.
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Use it or lose it

By Ricki Sharpe | Published: September 17, 2007

Psychologists have known for a long time that performance on cognitive tests declines with age making many older workers more suited to doing what they know best, and less suited to new conceptual and creative tasks. However, many older workers whose job requires them to keep up to date and engage in tasks that continuously stretch their minds seem to avoid this decline in cognitive function.

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