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The Program
Brain Sense
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3. WILL IT CURE ME?
Brain-Sense is not a panacea. I am detached, sometimes I slur, occasionally I bite my tongue or inadvertently spray my poor listeners when I speak too fast. Once in a while my left hand shakes, I perseverate and am far too quick to judge. I am hyper-focused, easily confused and extremely sensitive. I still cannot do my old job, am easily fatigued and a small field of double vision, balance, memory challenges and word-find issues are my constant companions. Yet I workout, I do film work and photography. I speak in public, I research, I design, I write.
Am I 100% of who I used to be? Of course not, but, I have surpassed my premorbid IQ and my cognitive abilities continue to improve dramatically. Remember not only will Brain Sense will help to repair damaged areas of your brain, but undamaged areas (diffuse challenges - as is often the case with ARCD), get stronger with practice and challenge.
4. WHY WILL IT WORK ?
Brain-Sense represents a "full court press" on your neurons. There is NO way that an awareness of these principles and a full engagement of the Brain-Sense program activities will not have a positive impact on your cognitive abilities. Our brain is constantly changing, molding and adapting, attempting to re-wire itself as a result of changes in our environment and in ourselves. How much attention we pay to this fact and how willing we are to incorporate these new experiences and challenges into our lives, will determine in large measure the scope and speed of our brain gains.
5. HOW DOES Brain-Sense DIFFER FROM OTHER BRAIN FITNESS OFFERINGS?
If you have researched this subject you know that a Brain Fitness Industry is emerging. As the scientific evidence continues to mount that cognitive training helps to mitigate the impact of ARCD (age related cognitive decline) and as millions of baby-boomers now face this likelihood - silver has begun to be spun into gold. The primary players in this arena are Posit Science Corporation, Sharp Brains and Lumosity. Posit and Lumosity both have excellent cognitive exercisers and they all purport to be the definitive experts.
However to me the importance of brain simulation is SECONDARY to your cardiovascular health. It does little good to stimulate the brain if the blood that goes there and how it gets there is compromised. So yes --absolutely yes stimulate the brain, but do so in concert with stimulating the body, eating right, sleeping and managing stress. And let us not forget about our spiritual and social needs they are all contributing factors to our neural well being.
So if you can afford to -- replace or augment Internet Journaling and Gaming as described in Brain Sense with the cognitive software offering of your choice. If you cannot -- go with Internet Journaling & Gaming as described in the program. But in either case DO NOT ignore the importance of all of the other elements.
The full integration of mind, body and spirit are instrumental to your brain's optimum health and intrinsic to Brain-Sense. In summary then, Brain-Sense differs from these other approaches in three ways :
1. it is holistic ; integrating mind, body and spirit activities in one program 2. it was written by a person who has had a brain injury and is enduring age related cognitive decline3. it is free 