2/17 Brain Speed

Welcome to Our Online Brain Fitness Class

Brain Speed Lesson

This week we learn about Brain Speed. While brain speed is one of the first cognitive abilities to decline as we age, it is also one of the easiest to improve through BHQ exercises and lifestyle choices. Our lesson this week will give you lots of help in speeding up your brain processing abilities. View the interactive lesson here.

Read 1: Brain speed is one of the more important topics that we discuss. Aging does have an impact on our brain processing speeds. For a nice introduction to brain speed, take a look at our weekly handout on brain speed. To help you understand the handout, we prepared a PowerPoint presentation with the facts. You can view that presentation here.

When you have completed the reading, take a quiz to see how you did.

View and listen: Click on the video at the right for a prerecorded presentation of this week's lesson.

Read 2: For more on this fascinating subject, read Brain Speed, the Basics, to help you understand your brain’s amazing potential.

After you've followed any of the links below to read a lesson or view a feature, you can use the drop down menu above (under BF Basics) to return to this week's entry (look for 2/17 Brain Speed ) and continue your lesson, or simply close (X-out of ) the lesson page and this one will pop back up.

The BrainHQ Connection

The BHQ Connection: Now explore the Brain Speed exercises on the BrainHQ website: Since you are a beginner in the BHQ class, you may not have seen all of the brain speed exercises yet. That’s fine, but go ahead and read about them all when you have time. It will help you to understand the exercises better when you do start them.

Click here to find and read about all of the Brain Speed exercises. Remember, you may not be familiar with all of the exercises mentioned yet! That’s okay, learning more about them will help you to understand why they are important to your brain health.

Did you enjoy how Debbie’s Power Points provided a visual presentation of each exercise last week? Below is a list of the Brain Speed exercises. Check them out to learn more about these exercises, how they work, and why they are important.

Just click on the links to view: Hawk Eye PPt Visual Sweeps PPt Sound Sweeps PPt Eye for Detail PPt Fine Tuning PPt

Zoom Session

Zoom Session: We will be having our online Zoom session this week, on Wednesday evening, Feb. 19, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. In the first half-hour we will answer questions about the exercises or BHQ website. Then, at 7:00 we will talk about the weekly lesson, share BHQ experiences, and review the Power Point presentations. We will be live at 6:30 for individual questions or to demonstrate, live, any exercise you may have questions about. Just follow the instructions on the Home Page or click here and scroll down to Weekly Zoom Sessions to learn how (there’s even a video to help you).

Here's the schedule of events and live links:

6:30 - 7:00 Q&A about exercises, websites or lessons

7:00 - 7:30 Basics Lesson on Brain Speed

7:30 - 8:00 Topics Lesson on New Ideas in Brain Speed and Learning

If it’s your first time participating in a Zoom session, you can try it by getting on the site early to see how easy it is to get it set up. We begin our first BHQ Lesson at 6:30, so try getting on at about 6:15-6:30 and call Pat (at the number below) if you have any trouble. You can participate by video and audio, or just listen in by phone. Please let us know if you need help!

Enjoy the lessons, and have a brain-healthy week!

Contact us

Need help? Contact us at:

Pat Mosteller (pmostell@sdccd.edu) Cell 619-818-3953 - Online classes

Mary Burns (mburns@sdccd.edu) - Online classes

Debbie Flores (dsflores@sdccd.edu) - Cell 619-608-9001 --Online classes & Wednesday AM and PM classes at the Kroc Center

Janet Blair ( blusdbits@gmail.com ) - St Pauls Plaza. Contact for Support and Lesson Review

Yael Lorberfeld (ylorberfeld@sdccd.edu) . Mondays at the Kroc Center, Wednesdays at the College Ave Senior Center (Temple Emanu-El), and Friday mornings at the La Jolla JCC.

Marilyn Kessler (marilynk@ifssd.org) - Mondays at the College Ave Senior Center (Temple Emanu-El)