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"By Day Three, my four-year-old needed a cartoon and she needed it bad." So writes one mom who talked (cajoled? wheedled? pressured?) her family into turning off television (and other media, too) for an entire week. Mother of two Karen Linamen says her family’s TV-free week was filled with sobering discoveries. She describes a conversation ...

Lots of great games, puzzles, and brain teasers come in cubes. Rubik’s Cube. Scruble Cube. Qwirkle Cubes. So this month, we’re featuring12 different fun, challenging, sure-to-sharpen-your-brain games…all in the shape of cubes. Nationally renowned brain training experts Ken Gibson and Tanya Mitchell have created a free list to help parents shop for toys, games, and ...

Brain Awareness Week (BAW) this March 14 – 20 is the worldwide campaign to increase awareness about the progress and benefits of brain research. One of the many global events scheduled during this 16th annual BAW is the National Brain Bee at the University of Maryland, Baltimore on March 18 and 19. The Bee is ...

It’s Read Across America Day – a day set aside to encourage every person in America to read or be read to for fun. This annual nationwide observance coincides with the birthday of Dr. Seuss, the American writer best known for creating children’s books and inspiring the love of reading in four generations of kids. ...

And you thought patting your head and rubbing your stomach was hard! If you REALLY want to test your powers of concentration and memory, youshould try reciting the names of all 44 American presidents while executinga complicated cup-stacking pattern while surrounded by a distracting chorusof stomping, clapping classmates. Now do it in 17 seconds. A ...

Love can feel complicated, which is why few people describe successful relationships as “no brainers.” But turns out there’s another reason the phrase “no brainer” doesn’t apply to your love life. There’s actually a very big link between your heart and all that gray matter between your ears. In fact, the success of your relationships–romantic ...

We’re almost three weeks into those New Year’s Resolutions. So how are you doing? If you’re like 40 to 45% of Americans, this month you made a least one resolution for the coming year. What are your chances of actually making the changes you vowed to make? Statistics indicate that, for every 20 people who ...

Your memory is powered by core brain skills, also known as cognitive skills. But your brain isn’t exactly the Lone Ranger. It can’t function by itself (or even with a single trusted friend named Tonto). Instead, your brain depends on myriad systems in your body (and the health of those systems) in order to do ...

With Thanksgiving and Christmas behind us, you probably had the chance to hang out with friends and family, creating warm, festive memories. Now all you have to do is remember them. As we age, memory can weaken. The good news is that memory skills are not “fixed.” You can improve and strengthen your ability to ...

During the holidays, the color red is everywhere we look, from bulbs and bows to Santa’s trademark threads. What impact does this favorite holiday hue have on your brain? For starters, studies show that the color red increases appetite (no wonder holiday goodies are so hard to resist!). Also, when people are exposed to the ...