| 单词 | brain gym |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbrain gym brain gym n. (also with capital initials) (a proprietary name for) a programme of physical (or occasionally mental) exercises intended to improve cognitive functioning; (also) a facility offering activities or equipment of a type intended to improve cognitive functioning. ΚΠ 1902 News-Democrat (Uhrichsville, Ohio) 20 May (advt.) The boy's brain ‘gym’. 1985 P. E. Dennison & G. E. Dennison Personalized Whole Brain Integration 59 For ‘brain gym’ we just have fun, moving the arms and legs in all positions and moving the eyes in all directions. 1987 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News 1a As for coast-to-coast brain gyms, he said, ‘I fear that people don't have the focus on improving their minds and intelligence that they do on their physical bodies.’ 1995 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 17 May 32 Use simple ‘brain gym’ exercises—like a cross-marching activity, left hand reaching across to right knee and vice versa—at least twice a day to wake up your right side of the brain. 2001 M. Chivers Pract. Strategies Living with Dyslexia vi. 43 It is claimed that Brain Gym can help students with dyslexia and dyspraxia by improving reading, writing, co-ordination and concentration. 2009 Wall St. Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 28 Mar. a1 Some scientists consider brain gyms simply the latest gimmick to trade on the public's fear of age-related dementia. < as lemmas |
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