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Brain Fitness the Latest Fad to Prevent Memory Loss?

By Robert W. StockFeb 7th 2010 – 4:00PM
positscience.com

positscience.com

(Feb. 7) -- A week before the world economic summit got under way in Davos, Switzerland, last month, a self-proclaimed "global summit" of a very different sort was winding down. Its 250 or so participants from 15 countries were meeting in cyberspace –- and their topic had more to do with what goes on in your head...

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  • 03/30/12 Taiwanese workers' brains 30 years older than age: poll Source: Taiwan Headlines A poll titled "2012 Taiwan Salaried Workers' Brain Fitness Investigation" found that while the average age of workers in Taiwan was 33.6 years, their brains were hypothetically 29.6 years older than their actual age, an extra seven years since the last poll in 2010.
  • 03/29/12 Taiwanese workers' brains 30 years older than age: poll Source: Taipei Times A poll titled "2012 Taiwan Salaried Workers' Brain Fitness Investigation" found that while the average age of workers in Taiwan was 33.6 years, their brains were hypothetically 29.6 years older than their actual age, an extra seven years since the last poll in 2010.
  • 03/27/12 Senior advocate Betty Berry: Brain fitness exercise... Source: Ventura County Star - Camarillo CA Can you shed any light on brain fitness exercises?
  • 11/19/10 Brain Fitness Source: Elkridge Patch - Elkridge MD Robin Zahor will teach techniques to keep your mind sharp.

Background on brain fitness

The term brain fitness reflects a hypothesis that cognitive abilities can be maintained or improved by exercising the brain, in analogy to the way physical fitness is improved by exercising the body.

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