Jazz Brains Are Different!

Jazz Brains Are Different!

  Jazz is in a class of its own. But you might not know That the brains of jazz players work DIFFERENTLY! Charles Limb, John Hopkins School of Medicine professor, loves jazz. He has a listening zone set up in his rooms. One day, listening to John Coltrane, he...
Keep That Boomer Brain Growing.

Keep That Boomer Brain Growing.

It seems a long time since I was in grade school. I can still remember having a science class where the teacher handed round a model of a human brain. It looked kind of creepy and I wasn’t keen to touch it! But I can still hear him talking about how we, at about...
Cross-Train your Brain

Cross-Train your Brain

Include these cross-over exercises in your daily routine. Your brain will love them! 1) Cross Body Contact – Work up to doing 20 a day 1. Stand with feet hip-distance apart. 2. Think of your body as a big ‘X’ – bring your hands up and out if...
Why poor balance affects memory

Why poor balance affects memory

Do you sometimes feel dizzy and find it difficult to balance? Find out why.  Balance relies on the interaction between many different organs and systems in the body. Your brain centrally processes all the ‘balance’ information coming from the senses and...
How Much Practice Do I Need?

How Much Practice Do I Need?

The answer to this is a surprise! Joan and Mary spent exactly the same amount of time practising their memory exercises. 20 minutes a day, broken up into 5 minute bits.   But Joan ended up with a higher rate of improvement than Mary. WHY? Because what’s important...