Health and Wellbeing
Common Memory Myths
Find out if common myths about memory are true or false.
De-Age Your Brain
When it comes to keeping your mind sharp, researchers say use it or lose it.
Five Tools for Improving Your Memory
Here are five tools you should prepare and keep ready to use on memory jobs.
Intelligent Memory
Learn what "intelligent memory" means and why this skill is so important.
Jump Start Your Memory Performance Right Now
Learn the three basic memory skills to see immediate improvement in your memory performance.
Keep Active – Get Movin’ at 50 Plus
Free Online Seminar. Learn just how easy it is to become active and how some regular activities, like gardening, vacuuming or walking, can help you reach your fitness goals.
Medicines and You
Free Online Seminar. Become your own medication manager - in partnership with your doctor and pharmacist - and ensure that you use prescription drugs safely, and that they are effective for you.
Reduce Stress to Improve Memory
Find ways to minimize stress to improve brain health and memory ability.
Researching Your Health
Free Online Seminar. Taking charge of your own health means learning how to do research. In this AARP free online seminar, we’ll explore four web sites where research is reliable and easier.
Second Acts: Extreme Elders
Whether they’re tackling triathlons or climbing mountains, these athletes prove that the age of adventure is now.
Staying Sharp Booklets
Keep your brain in top condition with insights from the most recent advances in brain studies. Part of the "Staying Sharp" series.
Staying Sharp: Brain Workouts
How everyday activities we do for fun can keep our brains sharp as well.
Staying Sharp: Can You Train Your Brain?
Cognitive training games are touted as a way to get our aging brains back up to speed. But what exactly do they do for us?
Staying Sharp: Meditation - Not Just for Yogis
Meditation is being practiced in classrooms and boardrooms. Here’s why you might want to try it yourself.
Staying Sharp: The Sleep-Memory Connection
That part of the brain where memory is stored becomes highly active during sleep. Can getting more shut-eye help you learn?
Staying Sharp: Yet Another Reason to Shop
Who knew that something so much fun could be so good for your brain?
Staying Sharp: Your Brain on Music
Can adding a soundtrack to your life boost your mental power? Research is revealing some interesting possibilities.
Take Your Brain to Boot Camp
A 14-day plan to boost your memory.
The Many Faces of Power Learning
Howard Gardner’s "multiple intelligences" made the classic IQ test obsolete. Now he looks at how our brains improve with age.
The Neuroscience Behind Intelligent Memory
Gain a better understanding of the scientific underpinnings of memory, thinking, and learning.
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