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Does brain exercise work?

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There is a rising number of people advocating that mental exercises help keep the brain active even in old age. Proponents include neuroscientists and psychiatrists who state that the mastery of mentally challenging skills keeps the mind creative and functioning well even as age progresses.

Author: Kolata, Gina
Publisher: Reader's Digest Magazines Ltd.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest (Canadian)
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0413
Year: 1993
Research, Methods, Prevention, Age groups, Intelligence (Psychology), Mental efficiency, Age and intelligence, Mental fatigue

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A brain with a view

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A probing device for use in brain surgery has been successfully tested at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. The device moves in and out of the brain and can transmit a three-dimensional image into a computer screen.

Author: Freiherr, Greg
Publisher: Reader's Digest Magazines Ltd.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest (Canadian)
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0413
Year: 1992
Usage, Equipment and supplies, Surgery, Probes (Electronic instruments)

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Discover your brain's sex

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Research show that males and females exhibit different thought patterns. A test to determine how individuals think is provided.

Author: Moir, Anne, Jessel, David
Publisher: Reader's Digest Magazines Ltd.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest (Canadian)
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0413
Year: 1992
Tests, problems and exercises, Demographic aspects, Cognitive styles, Thought and thinking, Thinking

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