{"id":94,"date":"2007-10-31T12:15:34","date_gmt":"2007-10-31T12:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brainybehavior.com\/blog\/?p=94"},"modified":"2007-10-31T12:39:10","modified_gmt":"2007-10-31T12:39:10","slug":"can-we-improve-our-brains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brainybehavior.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/can-we-improve-our-brains\/","title":{"rendered":"Can we improve our brains?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eqmfc69e3620001703\" ><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Mobile in post -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:320px;height:100px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0039142346952764\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1620587573\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n.eqmfc69e3620001703 {\r\nmargin: 5px; padding: 0px;\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.eqmfc69e3620001703 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.eqmfc69e3620001703 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.eqmfc69e3620001703 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.eqmfc69e3620001703 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.eqmfc69e3620001703 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n<p> I thought this was an interesting article. It has a lot of quotes from leading neuroscientists about the possibility of &#8220;training&#8221; our brains to improve them.<\/p>\n<table style=\"clear: left; border: 4px solid #e5e5e5; margin: 12px 0px; background: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0% 50%; font-family: arial; color: #333333; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"CM_CTB_Content_Wrap\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: url('http:\/\/clipmarks.com\/images\/source-bg.gif'); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/clipmarks.com\/clip-to-blog\/\" title=\"clipmarks' clip-to-blog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.clipmarks.com\/blog_icon\/b4c4a976-9413-4b9f-9af9-3a6a5973be61\/BE7199AD-9B23-4CED-9A37-235D1AED5A62\/\" style=\"border: medium none ; 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-moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><!-- CLIPPED FROM: http:\/\/www.sharpbrains.com\/research\/neuroscience-interview-series\/ -->Over the last year we have interviewed a number of leading?brain health and fitness scientists and practitioners worldwide to learn about their research and thoughts, and have news to report.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border: medium none ; margin: 4px 0px 8px; padding: 0px 8px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; text-align: left; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><!-- CLIPPED FROM: http:\/\/www.sharpbrains.com\/research\/neuroscience-interview-series\/ -->What can we say today that we couldn&#8217;t have said only 10 years ago? That what neuroscience pioneer Santiago Ramon y<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sharpbrains.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/cajal.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Santiago Ramon y Cajal\" id=\"image959\" align=\"right\" height=\"96\" \/> Cajal claimed in the XX century, &#8220;<em>Every man can, if he so desires, become the sculptor his own brain<\/em>&#8220;, may well become reality in the XXI. And influence Education, Health, Training, and Gaming in the process.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px\">\n<table style=\"padding: 0px; font-size: 11px; border-spacing: 0px\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 107px\" align=\"right\" width=\"107\"><a href=\"http:\/\/clipmarks.com\/share\/BE7199AD-9B23-4CED-9A37-235D1AED5A62\/blog\/\" title=\"blog or email this clip\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content75779.clipmarks.com\/images\/c2b-foot.png\" alt=\"blog it\" style=\"border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px\" border=\"0\" height=\"17\" width=\"107\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"taibd69e3620001799\" ><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Mobile in post -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:320px;height:100px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0039142346952764\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1620587573\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n.taibd69e3620001799 {\r\nmargin: 5px; padding: 0px;\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.taibd69e3620001799 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.taibd69e3620001799 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.taibd69e3620001799 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.taibd69e3620001799 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.taibd69e3620001799 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought this was an interesting article. 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