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Brain Fitness Training to Help Older Adults Improve Concentration

chess 300x203A brain fitness training program for your brain can improve thinking and concentration. There are a growing number of activities, from crossword puzzles to Sudoku, promoted as ways to keep our minds young.

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center study suggest that attention training can change brain activity so older adults can block out distractions and improve concentration. The Brain Fitness in Older Adults (B-fit) study is designed to determine if eight hours of brain exercise can improve healthy older adults’ (ages 65 to 75 years) ability to filter out unwanted sights and sounds.

Paul Laurienti, M.D., Ph.D., lead scientist on this study, said that as people age, they experience changes in how they perceive the information that their eyes and ears gather from the environment. Specifically, older adults combine information from the different senses more readily than do younger adults. This tendency, known as sensory integration, can lead to difficulties in blocking out distracting sights and sounds while still maintaining focus on important information.

Read more about this study here

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  • http://nontoxiclivingchoices.com/non-toxic-health-choice.html Teejay

    Other discipline that can improve brain fitness include meditation/yoga. Meditation of all disciplines is very effective in blocking out distraction and focusing on a desired goal. So does Tai-chi. These fields help practitioners breathe better, and good breathing supply more oxygen to the brain. Another important factor in brain health is good nutrition.
    A person’s lifestyle can also affect brain performance. A smoker, for instance, whose lungs’ ability to extract oxygen from inhaled air have been compromised, may be more susceptible to brain impairment than someone who does not smoke.
    Stress is another factor that can affect brain performance.
    Some medication can also impair brain function. Lipitor, for one, has been linked to brain and cognitive impairment.

  • http://www.missbrain.com/?fbconnect_action=myhome&userid=6 Lex

    Thanks for the comment. We are planning to blog more about meditation, tai chi and qi-gong in the near future.

    /Lex

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