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  • Meditation and the Wandering Mind

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    Meditation is a proven technique to manage and reduce stress, and when it comes to your cognitive well-being, stress reduction is a key element in promoting brain health, and cognitive performance. Recent studies have now started to explore the other …

  • Biz Rocket Radio features ExecuThink

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    ExecuThink is on the air. Come join us on February 22nd at 10am, as Biz Rocket Radio features ExecuThink founders Dr. Avner Stern and Mark Yaphe. Click Here for more details.…

  • Neurologically Speaking: Why interruptions are more difficult to handle as we age

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    For the over-60 crowd… Don’t let anyone interrupt you while you’re reading this. Not if you’re over 60 and want to remember it, anyway. Older brains, it turns out, aren’t wired to handle interruptions with ease. That’s one of the …

  • 5 steps to counteract brain freeze

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    What causes the equivalent of a 10 to 15 point drop in IQ, an immediate deer-in-headlights look, and a recipe for brain performance disaster?  If you’ve been following our blog posts or attended one of our live presentations, you would …

  • Recovering from brain overload

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    As we’ve covered in prior posts, information overload when coupled with stress, can create a state of cognitive dysfunction called brain overload.  In this state, the brain’s ability to properly understand and react to its environment comes screeching to a …

  • Anatomy of a brain freeze

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    If you’ve had the opportunity to see the debate mishap, you know that it’s long, painful, and ultimately damaging to the candidate’s prospects. (YouTube Link) What you may not be as familiar with is why it occurs, and …

  • Overload creates brain freeze

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    In this video interview, and accompanying article below,  Sharon Begely describes brain freeze, what causes it, and what steps you can take to reduce the risk of it occurring.   MSNBC VIDEO:   NEWSWEEK ARTICLE (click on the image): …

  • Why we choke and how to avoid it

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    A fascinating article on how information “logjams” caused by an overburdened working memory can cause a person to choke offers strategies to improve performance. The article discusses scenarios where athletes, business people and students can improve their performance by managing …

  • Exercise Improves Brain Size and Strength

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      It’s free. You own the tools today. And it is a potent way to improve your cognitive strength immediately. If you guessed exercise, then you’re half-way down the path of tapping into one of nature’s most powerful ways to …

  • Using Brain Science to Help Your Employees Shine

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    This article highlights how to use “Brain Science” to get peak performance from your employees and from yourself in the workplace. Bestselling author and psychiatrist Dr. Edward Hallowell draws on brain science and performance research in developing a process he …