Brain Boosting or Bloated Claims? Promising Research or Wishful Thinking? Part 1

At Christmas time one of my nephews gave me some brain challenging puzzles. For a few minutes I was able to fool him (and myself!) […]

Sexagenarian Obsession: the F-Word

With aging I have become overly sensitive to the F-word—- “Forgetting.” I meant to sandwich in a chance to have my photo taken with Truman, […]

Linking in to Brain Health: 5 Brain Enriching Resources

As I continue my investigations and writing about brain health and brain training, I am interested in “vetting” resources that I think are best evidence-based, […]

Sharpening My Brain

I’m looking forward later today to (virtually) participating in the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit.  As I await its starting, I am flooded by emails from brain […]

Brain Fitness Training: Fact vs. Fiction

  There is much interest today in using technology to improve one’s brain power,  one’s health, and one’s well-being. Take a moment to conduct an online […]

We All have Pieces of the Puzzle—and the Potential for Making New Pieces to Create New Pictures.

I have very few spare minutes today. With aging comes an increased awareness of the fact that I no longer can successfully delude myself about […]

Thanks for the Memories

  I’m looking forward to returning to the classroom this week.  I’m particularly excited about what we may be able to accomplish in my research […]

Top Ten Learning Tools to Be Used in My Research Seminar

The deadline is approaching for participating in Jane Hart’s 2017 survey of Top 10 Learning Tools. My nominations this year reflect the tools I am […]

Preview of Things to Come: “Brain Fitness” Research

This morning I sandwiched in a bit of very preliminary background work for my Fall Semester Research Seminar (assuming I get the minimum enrollment!). I’ve […]

Can my old brain be (re)trained?

There are buildings on campus whose cornerstone bears a date before my birth. My father-in-law walked in some of these very buildings in 1936. Voorhees […]

The Zeigarnik Effect Revisited—and Preliminary Questions about Brain Fitness Training Programs

So much unfinished business. I see that I have 83 drafts of unfinished blog posts. Some of that writing looks like the ideas are still worth developing. […]

Refocusing, Renewal, and “Hours longer we to bury was.”

  Last night I took the time to wander and wonder outside our North Lake home with my camera taking pictures of the super moon.  The […]

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