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New Scientist 11 steps to a better brain - Features
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg18625011.900
Tags: self-improvement, science, psychology, productivity, nutrition, neuroplasticity, mind, memory, lifestyle, learning Saved by: admin at 29 Jun 2009

Smart Talking: Tell Students to Feed Their Brains | Edutopia
Children can be taught to "feed their own brains" through understanding that their brains and intelligence can be grown and how this mind-set actually improves their academic performance.
http://www.edutopia.org/tell-students-feed-their-brains
Tags: pedagogy, neuroplasticity, learning, education, article, dweck, 2007 Saved by: admin at 29 Jun 2009

Tighten Your Belt, Strengthen Your Mind - New York Times
it can be counterproductive to work toward multiple goals at the same time if your willpower cannot cover all the efforts that are required.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/opinion/02aamodt.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Tags: willpower, psychology, nytimes, neuroplasticity, article, 2008 Saved by: admin at 29 Jun 2009

Brains On Purpose™: A key to cross-cultural conflict resolution: Around the world in almost 80 (0,000,000) brains
Cultures sculpt differently and thus people raised in different cultures will have different ways of learning, thinking, deciding and decoding.
http://westallen.typepad.com/brains_on_purpose/2008/02/cross-cultural.html
Tags: psychology, neuroscience, neuroplasticity, learning, decoding, deciding, culture, brain, article, 2008 Saved by: admin at 29 Jun 2009

March 2008 HR Magazine: Brain at Work
As neuroscientists continue to study why humans do the things they do, human resource professionals can turn that knowledge to practical use in the workplace.
http://www.shrm.org/hrmagazine/articles/0308/0308fox.asp
Tags: uncertainty, thinking, talking, mindfulness, learning, learned-helplessness, stress, sleep, self-direction, rewiring Saved by: admin at 29 Jun 2009

All In The Mind - 22/06/2003: Plastic Brains and the Neuroscience of Psychotherapy
It's news that has psychotherapists pricking up their ears - could psyche and brain biology finally come together on the therapists couch?
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/mind/s881550.htm
Tags: psychotherapy, neuroscience, neuroplasticity, interview, cozolino, 2003 Saved by: admin at 29 Jun 2009

» 11 Neuroscientists Debunk a Common Myth about Brain Training   « Brain Fitness Revolution at SharpBrains     
Neuroscientists have finally debunked that old thinking that our brains decline inexorably after a certain age with little each of us can do to "exercise" or "train our brains".
http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/09/06/11-neuroscience-quotes-that-will-change-your-views-on-brain-training
Tags: reference, neuroscience, neuroplasticity Saved by: admin at 29 Jun 2009

Seed: The Reinvention of the Self
Symptoms of poverty are not simply states of mind; they actually warp the mind. Because neurons are designed to reflect their circumstances, not to rise above them, the monotonous stress of living in ... Read more
http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/02/the_reinvention_of_the_self.php
Tags: stress, psychology, poverty, neurothrophin, neuroscience, neuroplasticity, neurogenesis, health, article, 2006 Saved by: admin at 29 Jun 2009

» The Ten Habits of Highly Effective Brains   « Brain Fitness Revolution at SharpBrains     
remember that what counts is not reading this article-or any other-, but practicing a bit every day until small steps snowball into unstoppable, internalized habits
http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/08/22/10-habits-of-highly-effective-brains
Tags: nutrition, neuroplasticity, memory, learning, health, diet, article, 2007 Saved by: admin at 29 Jun 2009

How The Brain Rewires Itself - TIME
the adult brain retains impressive powers of "neuroplasticity"--the ability to change its structure and function in response to experience.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1580438,00.html
Tags: neuroplasticity, article, 2007, neuroscience Saved by: admin at 29 Jun 2009