Learn how you can participate in a study to determine the effectiveness of brain fitness training with older adults.

1. Improving your Brain Power Yes, It can be done!

2. I have a cousin named Tommy At aged 13 he was small. He was skinny. He would complain about it, but people would say, “Forget it Tommy. This is the body you were born with. You can’t change it.”

3. But Tommy had an idea He had heard that you can increase the size of your muscles with exercise. He heard that if you begin to exercise with weights, and you continue to add weights, your muscles will become larger.

4. So Tommy began to lift weights He started with low weights. He lifted weights several days a week. He began to become stronger. As he became stronger, he realized that he had to use heavier weights in order to keep improving. He realized that the more that he worked, the bigger his muscles became.

5. Tommy became a body builder.

6. Tommy proved several things He proved that muscles can grow larger with exercise. He proved that if you continued to increase your weights, your muscles would grow larger even faster. He proved that if you want to maintain your muscle size, you need to continue to use weights, only not as much as before.

7. Since 13, Tommy has always worked his muscles …Still, we only have to look at retired athletes to see that if you stop to exercise your muscles, they will start to get smaller. They will lose their strength.

8. What does that have to do with improving your brain?

9. Your brain is like your muscles You can make your brain stronger with brain exercises. The key to building the brain is in working at an increasingly higher rate. You can maintain the health of your brain by performing less vigorous brain training exercises, but you still must do some brain exercise.

10. Brain training will make your brain stronger

11. Do you want to give your brain a workout? San Diego Continuing Education has teamed with Posit Science to create a study which will investigate the effectiveness of the Posit Science Brain Fitness Program in improving the cognitive functioning of seniors.

12. The Program The PositScience Brain Fitness Program is robust! It lasts for 14 weeks Classes meet three times a week Class sessions last about two hours each day You must commit to the entire 14 week program

13. How is this program different? It uses the expertise of scientists from around the world It is based on research involving brain fitness The program focuses on reversing the 3 root problems of brain function decline associated with aging, which means that it is designed to…

15. Sharpen the processing accuracy

16. Stimulate the brain chemicals which control recording of information ** Information found on PositScience website: http://www.positscience.com/science/summary-information/how-it-works

17. SDCE will offer 2 brain fitness classes to use the PositScience program Joan Kroc Center: 6605 University Ave., SD Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays from 2:00 – 4:30 and Bayside Community Center: 2202 Comstock Ave., SD Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays from 12:30 – 3 Classes are set to begin the week of 2/2/10.

18. Important information about the program You do NOT need to understand how to use a computer. Skills are very basic, mainly using a computer mouse. You need a computer headphone to take part in the lessons. It is recommended that you get your own. There will be some basic headphones available to purchase in the classroom.

19. For More Information For more information contact Pat Mosteller (pmostell@sdccd.edu) or Mary Burns Prine (mprine@sdccd.edu)

20. What are you waiting for? Start today for a healthy tomorrow!

22. Who are the scientists behind PositScience?

23. Clinical results in healthy adults

24. Results with clinical conditionsDoes Brain Training Work? Hear from the BBC Can Brain Training keep your brain healthy? Also from BBC