Loving Life at 90 by Phyllis Sues

"If you don't train the body every day it withers. If you don't train the mind everyday, you lose it. That's why I learned Italian and French, as learning a language is a great mental exercise. I then challenged myself to write music. I wrote the music and lyrics for my first song "Free Fall," which was inspired by flying on the trapeze. A CD followed with 12 songs: Scenes Of Passion. And then six tangos for Tango Insomnia. I now write short songs daily about things I do.

Tango dancing is a fantastic exercise, as it's physical and emotional. It's the only time, when I turn off my mind and just dance, so I am in the moment. To look effortless in dance is sheer beauty. That's my desire. I'm still performing, as it keeps my body in tune, is good for my memory and it makes my life a joy. A triple Boleo in the air would make my journey complete. Marcos (my teacher/dance partner) says it will take two years. I tell him, I have time!....

Working and accomplishing something mental and physical makes my day worth living and suddenly there is a break through, another step on the ladder. I don't give up. The sun and moon are there for everyone. The journey is worth it! This trip has been good to me and I wouldn't trade it for all the stars in the universe.

There is a way to beat the clock. Stay fit and enjoy the journey. Accept the challenge and go for it!"

See the entire article @ Huffington Post

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Download Brain Age Test app

""*** TOP MIND GAME in Google play*** 15 MILLION DOWNLOADS ***
Simple yet addicting mobile teaser which tests your brain age base on your game performance.
Improves and tests your short-term memory and brain age. Shows you exact age of your brain.
Try this Brain Age Analyzer and detect your brain age.
Calculate your mental age and draw more information out of your brain.
If you desire to improve your brain performance and be above the line take this test several times in a row.
Even kids that like to play sandbox will love this game.
You don't need advanced apparatus or contraptions to play the test - just your mobile phone.

Cut your brain age and be the younger brain in the world!
Follow the instructions below.
* You may post your results to global scoreboard and compare with other player from all over the world.
* Don’t be angry at your brain age results, simply continue use it for about 10 minutes each day and you will notice great improvements shortly.
* You can track your progress and improvements on the progress screen.

The best app for kids, girls, boys, women, men, all ages and genders! If you are a kid, a boy, a girl, a man, a woman or love space and puzzles you'll love Brain Age Test""

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Download the Mind Games app

"Exercise Your Brain! Mind Games is a great collection of games based in part on principles of cognitive psychology to help you practice different mental skills. The perfect game to help you fight the effects of aging on your brain, or try to improve brain functioning at any age. This app includes nearly 3 dozen of Mindware’s brain training games (some of which allow you to play 3 times and require upgrading to play more).

All games include your score history, a global top scores list, and graph of your progress. The main app shows a summary of your best games and today’s scores on all games. Using some principles of standardized testing, your scores are also converted to a standardized scale so that you can see where you need work and excel.
Mind Games is also now available on iPhone/iPad, Windows 8.1, and Windows Phone 8."
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Awesome brain exercises put together by AARP

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Check out Peak!

"Our mission here at Peak is to make lifelong progress enjoyable. We believe there’s always a little room for improvement, and we should strive to better ourselves bit by bit. That’s why we use a combination of neuroscience, technology and fun to get those little grey cells active and striding purposefully towards their full potential.

Peak was born out of a desire to blend the best of tech, gaming, science and education to create a product that could truly help users, and that they could enjoy. We started working with academics and scientists to build the best brain-training app out there, and we think we’ve done a pretty good job. But we won’t stop there.

We’re based in sunny Soho, London and are made up of a team of dedicated developers, scientists, designers and all-round talented individuals. Together we work to create and innovate, helping people to enjoy becoming better every day."
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Check out BrainExer

Provides exercising for memory, concentraition, thinking, math and more! Great website alternative to Lumosity.

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My online brain exercising/health notes

Exercising the brain can help strengthen thinking and remembering. Great for people who have a foggy thought processes or any mind related problems. We exercise our arm muscles and ab muscles so why not our brain. Just because we can't make it "look good" does not mean we should not pay attention to it . Exercise your mind and your brain as well as your abs.
I put together a few notes for myself, sharing with you all. Updated all the time, so check back there every once in a while. As always, I will post more topics about keeping the brain and mind healthy.

Check out my online brain exercising notes

Quantified Mind (free alternative to Lumosity)

"If you could measure how your mental performance varies day-to-day and year-to-year, what would you do? Try to make yourself smarter? Improve your focus and energy? Fight cognitive decline?

Quantified Mind is a tool that quickly, reliably, and comprehensively measures your basic cognitive abilities. We've adapted tests used by psychologists to a practical web application that you can use whenever, wherever, and as often as you want....

We are scientifically quantifying the effects of interventions on our cognitive processes. If something will make you smarter, we want to know! Eating butter, taking creatine, meditating -- who knows what really works? To see whether something improves cognition, you need to try things and measure the results. With enough data, the effects are clear."

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Cambridge Brain Sciences (Free alternative to Lumosity)

"The Cambridge Brain Sciences concept was developed by Dr. Adam Hampshire and Dr. Adrian M. Owen during their time at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge UK, with a grant from MRC Technology's Development Gap Fund. Doctors Hampshire and Owen have now moved to the Brain and Mind Institute at the University of Western Ontario in Canada where they are continuing to develop the concept under the same name with the support of WORLDiscoveries.

The concept has two aims:

1) To provide a freely available web-based platform for members of the public and the wider scientific community to assess their cognitive function using rigorously tested and scientifically proven tests of memory, attention, reasoning and planning. The tests made available on the site have been used in scientific studies of brain function and cognition by scientific studies of brain function by Dr. Owen and Dr. Hampshire and have been described in many peer-reviewed scientific publications in leading academic journals.

Many of the tests are variants on paradigms that have been used in functional neuroimaging studies (using PET and fMRI) to show how cognitive functions such as memory, planning and attention are mediated by specific regions of the brain (a field colloquially known as 'brain mapping'). In other studies, they have been used to investigate why some of these cognitive functions become impaired in disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia and after traumatic brain damage caused by injuries to the head. An additional interest of the team is how performance on these tests (and the cognitive processes that they measure) improves over time with training.

By making these tests widely and freely available, Cambridge Brain Sciences Inc aims to further our understanding of human cognition with a view to mediating against the effects of brain damage and disease.

2) To provide a web-based platform (CBSTrials.com) for the controlled assessment of cognitive function in targeted groups of individuals for the purposes of scientific investigation, including clinical and pharmaceutical trials. The Cambridge Brain Sciences platform has already been used by one major pharmaceutical company to conduct an entirely web-based trial of a novel compound. Furthermore, ~20 collaborative trials involving various patient groups and controls are currently underway using the CBSTrials.com web site. If you would like further information about using Cambridge Brain Sciences for your own trials then please contact Cambridge Brain Sciences Inc. "

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A-Z Brain Boosters

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BrainHQ

"50 years ago, going to the gym wasn't something the average person did. Now, it seems, everyone has a gym membership, or finds another way to exercise regularly. That’s because a revolution took place in the 1980s and 1990s: we all learned how important physical exercise was for our overall health and well-being.

Brain fitness is the next step in that revolution. Just as you can exercise your abs, delts, and quads, you can exercise your memory, attention, and more. As with physical exercise, brain exercise can help you improve your performance and feel your best.

When it comes to brain fitness training, BrainHQ is best in class. Built by a team of top neuroscientists, with exercises proven in dozens of published studies to make real and lasting improvements in brain function, BrainHQ is your personal brain gym.

You can try BrainHQ for free right now. Or, to learn more about how it works, what makes it right for you, and how other people have benefitted from its exercises, choose one of the links below.

Effective Brain TrainingBrain Training Your Way
BrainHQ was made for you. It adapts to your unique brain, fits into any lifestyle, and provides the benefits you're looking for from brain training.
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Posit Science was started by neuroscientists, and our commitment to science continues to define our approach to all brain training. Read about our science team, clinical partners, and research results here.
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Dozens of published studies show that Posit Science brain training technologies benefit the brain—both for healthy adults and those with clinical conditions.
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"Science to the people!" has been one of the motivating cries behind the work we do at Posit Science--which makes it doubly rewarding to hear success stories from customers."

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Ultra mind solution

"Shopping Lists – Handy lists of everything you need to shop for, based on the recipes provided and including the foods you should enjoy and the foods you should stay away from.

1. Food Reintroduction Log – An important tool that will allow you to carefully track how your mind and body react to different foods as you reintroduce them – a critical step in determining the optimal diet to create your own UltraMind.
2. Helpful Trackers – A handy set of charts so you can track how much your mind, body and spirit improve as you progress through this program – it’s important for you to not only feel better, but to see how much progress you’ve made.
3. Handy Checklists – A series of checklists that will allow you to easily keep track of all the steps you should take during the preparation phase, the actual 6-week program itself, what to do afterward, and more, so you can track the progress you’ve made.
4. Relaxation Exercises – An extended set of relaxation exercises to help you de-stress and activate your relaxation response, a critical step toward achieving an UltraMind.
5. Testing Guide – For those of you who seek medical care, an important section that outlines a series of advanced tests that your doctor can order to help better pinpoint the underlying cause of your health problems.
6. Supplement Guide – One of the most useful tools in here, to help you organize what supplements you are supposed to take and when, in order to minimize any confusion."

By Dr. Hyman


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How to use the ultra mind solution

How To Fix Your Broken Brain - in depth 

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