Brain Awareness Week

CogniFit is one of the trusted standbys in the brain training field. Their software has always been among my top recommended picks, and their latest product updates their line with some pretty nifty features.

As the name implies, Personal Coach focuses on the “personal” aspect, bringing in what sounds like a pretty complex algorithm to manage the difficulty and type of challenges in each brain training session, making it a more personalized session than anything else available. [click to continue...]

Part of Brain Awareness Week, 2009

I‘m not exactly sure when I first noticed my brain, but I didn’t take it too seriously until I was about 21 years old. Oh, sure, I KNEW I had one before then… but I didn’t really spend much time pondering the ins and outs of my personal neural networks.

Mind you, I’d always been fascinated by the human mind. I was all about analyzing personalities, consciousness and cognitive processes. But I thought about them in a vague, abstract and amorphous way… as if what I called the mind was some sort of ethereal hermit crab that took up residence in people’s skulls.

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“If there’s a Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Secretary’s Day, and
Grandparent’s Day…. why isn’t there a KID’s DAY?”
asked a very serious young Miss Deaux,
concerned she was missing out
on her share of pressies.

“Because EVERYDAY is Kid’s Day!”
replied Momma Deaux, looking a bit annoyed.

That’s sort of how I feel about Brain Awareness Week….. EVERYDAY is Brain Awareness Day, here on MindTweaks. Well, at least every day that I crawl out of bed and manage to churn out a vaguely on topic post, that is.

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