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Brain Training Web-based personalized training program Enhance memory and attention Improve your productivity Train your brain with 'serious fun' games Games selected to your cognitive profile Empower Your Brain Play brain training games to improve: memory concentration thinking speed Benefits at work, home, and school: Sherlock (TV series) Sherlock is a British television crime drama that presents a contemporary adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, it stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson. Nine episodes have been produced, the first three of which aired in 2010. Series two aired in 2012, and a third series aired in 2014. The third series has become the UK's most watched drama series since 2001.[1] Sherlock has been sold to over 200 territories.[2] The writers said that Freeman's casting developed the way in which Cumberbatch played Holmes.[11] The theme of "friendship" appealed to both Gatiss and Moffat.[24] Gatiss asserted the importance of achieving the correct tone for the character.
Brain Structures and Their Functions The nervous system is your body's decision and communication center. The central nervous system (CNS) is made of the brain and the spinal cord and the peripheral nervous system (PNS) is made of nerves. Together they control every part of your daily life, from breathing and blinking to helping you memorize facts for a test. Nerves reach from your brain to your face, ears, eyes, nose, and spinal cord... and from the spinal cord to the rest of your body.
Character Lab: Talks For Teachers Character Lab is a nonprofit co-founded by Dr. Duckworth on a mission to develop, disseminate, and support research-based approaches to character that enable kids to learn and flourish. Please visit www.characterlab.org or view the Character Lab "About Us" video to learn more. Talks for Teachers is an invitation-only series of talks for K-12 educators made possible by our collaboration with the Character Lab. This series was inspired by lectures written for teachers by psychologist and philosopher William James over a century ago. The talks for the 2013-14 year have been edited to produce the videos below:
Lateral Thinking Puzzles - Preconceptions Lateral thinking puzzles that challenge your preconceptions. 1. You are driving down the road in your car on a wild, stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop and you see three people waiting for the bus: 1. An old lady who looks as if she is about to die. 2. An old friend who once saved your life. 3. Everybody Jump What would happen if everyone on earth stood as close to each other as they could and jumped, everyone landing on the ground at the same instant? —Thomas Bennett (and many others) This is one of the most popular questions submitted to this blog. Your Brain Map: 84 Strategies for Accelerated Learning Khan Academy Rubiks Cube Solver Couldn't figure out how to solve your Rubik's Cube? Just set the colors of the mixed puzzle, hit the solve button and follow the steps leading to the solution. What can you do with this program?
CogniFit 8 Things About Concentrating “Music helps me concentrate,” Mike said to me glancing briefly over his shoulder. Mike was in his room writing a paper for his U.S. History class. On his desk next to his computer sat crunched Red Bulls, empty Gatorade bottles, some extra pocket change and scattered pieces of paper.
5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness Much of the brain is still mysterious to modern science, possibly because modern science itself is using brains to analyze it. There are probably secrets the brain simply doesn't want us to know. But by no means should that stop us from tinkering around in there, using somewhat questionable and possibly dangerous techniques to make our brains do what we want. We can't vouch for any of these, either their effectiveness or safety. All we can say is that they sound awesome, since apparently you can make your brain...
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