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Brain gym for pupils is pointless

The Shrink Rap | December 21st 2009

U.K.’s  Education secretary Ed Balls department says the Brain Gym has no scientific basis  In a statement issued to MPs, the Department for Children, Schools and Families warned that studies put its success-down to nothing more than the &# read more

YourTeacher

Brain gym for pupils is pointless, admits Balls

Complementary Therapy News | December 19th 2009 by Lynne Hand

A programme used in thousands of classrooms in the hope of boosting children's brainpower has no scientific basis, Ed Balls's department has ruled. Schools around the country have spent taxpayers' cash on Brain Gym, a system of 26 postures and moveme read more

Podblack

Cassandra - Redux

PodBlack Cat | November 3rd 2009 by Kylie Sturgess

A little while back (’Cassandra‘), I was worried about how well skeptics worked with teachers and the education system and how seriously they took the need to interact with them as fellow stakeholders. This is why. Thanks, Dr Ben Goldacr read more

playwithyourmind

Brain Training Games dot Net

Play With Your Mind | November 2nd 2009 by Alex Colket

The brain games on this website have been specially designed to maximize the benefit of your training session. Each game targets specific mental faculties (such as attention, memory, visuospatial skill, reaction time, etc) in simple and straight-forw read more

playwithyourmind

TLS Brain Training

Play With Your Mind | November 2nd 2009 by Alex Colket

TLS Brain Training entertains and challenges you with a mix of exciting new games and proven, well-loved favourites. Unlike our competitors, our puzzles are fun and have staying power; each is playable many times without becoming tedious or repetitiv read more

playwithyourmind

a new project

Play With Your Mind | October 26th 2009 by Alex Colket

For those of you that are interested in a more sophisticated brain training option, have an early look at my new site http://brain-training-games.net. The site offers a variety of different brain games & exercises that target various different read more

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Brain Gym®

Pensieri di luce | October 18th 2009 by Francesco

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playwithyourmind

don’t forget about that other hand…

Play With Your Mind | September 14th 2009 by Alex Colket

For those of you who consider yourselves to be right-handed or left-handed, it might be in your best interest to abandon that notion and work to become ambidextrous. Perhaps you think that sounds crazy, but this is one I have personal experience wit read more

playwithyourmind

Try things ‘blind’

Play With Your Mind | August 28th 2009 by Alex Colket

We rely heavily on our vision as it serves us well. Yet, deprived of this sense we can still achieve a great number of things, and it might serve you well to exercise these capabilities. Obviously, this is not typically practical, but on occasion y read more

mind360

Topic: Brain Exercise can delay memory loss

Brain Games | Brain Health and Fitness - Mind360.com | August 17th 2009

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DrDickB

This is your brain in the gym: physical education and cognitive o…

Talking Education and Sport | July 26th 2009 by Richard Bailey

Sit mens sana in corpore sanoIt is to be prayed that the mind be sound in a sound body. Ask for a brave soul that lacks the fear of death, which places the length of life last among nature’s blessings, which is able to bear whatever kind of suff read more

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PBS Brain Fitness Program Coupon Code Posit Science

Shopping 4 Coupons Promo Code Blog | July 20th 2009 by Shopping4Coupons.com

10% Off Brain Fitness Programs by Posit Science. Clincally Proven. Coupon Code PSCCJ1009 As seen on PBS!!!  Posit Science is the leading provider of clinically validated brain training exercises. The company works with more than 50 scientists fro read more