neuroscience – brains, learning and aging

http://www.newhorizons.org/neuro/front_neuro.html

Successful Aging of the Healthy Brain Marian Cleeves Diamond
Dr. Diamond shows us how to keep our brains active and healthy throughout our lifetime.
http://www.newhorizons.org/neuro/diamond_aging.htm

The Brain . . . Use It or Lose It Marian Cleeves Diamond
No matter what form enrichment takes, it is the challenge to the nerve cells that is important. Data indicate that passive observation is not enough; one must interact with the environment.
http://www.newhorizons.org/neuro/diamond_use.htm

Optimizing Memory in the Adult Brain for Effectiveness in a Multitasking Society Donalee Markus
The author is a psychologist who has worked for many years with Dr. Reuven Feuerstein in his pioneering “teaching intelligence” program. She describes new skills she has developed for improving memory in the adult and senior years.
http://www.newhorizons.org/neuro/markus.htm

Questions to Neuroscientists from Educators Dee Dickinson
Prepared for the Krasnough Institute, Johns Hopkins University.
http://www.newhorizons.org/neuro/dickinson_questions.htm

adult brain games from Science Learning