It’s well known that exercising your body will help keep you healthier longer. In fact, an article at MayoClinic.com says regular physical activity can help prevent chronic health conditions, promote weight loss and better sleep, and improve your mood and energy level.

Now, think about how much better your brain would function if you applied the same theory to mental exercises! Just as we exercise our bodies to keep physically fit, we can exercise our minds to stay mentally fit, or so say the specialists at Posit Science.

Posit Science strives to help people flourish throughout their lives by providing effective, non-invasive tools that engage the brain’s natural plasticity to improve brain health. They’ve got a large and growing global team of more than 50 leading university-based researchers, staff scientists, and other specialists who collaborate on programs that improve the cognitive performance–and change the lives–of everyday people.

Based in San Francisco, Posit Science grew out of the pioneering work of neuroscientist Dr. Michael Merzenich. A member of the National Academy of Sciences and Francis A. Sooy Professor of the Keck Center at the University of California at San Francisco, Dr. Merzenich has a track record of turning neuroscience into practical tools that help people. His discoveries continue to change how scientists and the medical profession look at the brain.

Under the leadership of Dr. Merzenich and CEO Steven Aldrich, a team of scientists, researchers, programmers, and other experts are designing, testing, and refining drug-free programs to address cognitive issues related to healthy aging, as well as a broad range of other conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, and schizophrenia.

Essentially, Posit Science states, our eyes, ears, and other sensory organs are constantly sending information to our brain. Our brain then uses this information to construct experiences and memories, from the magnificent (a loved one’s face, a once-in-a-lifetime vacation, or a wedding proposal) to the mundane (an acquaintance’s name, a grocery list, or a routine drive to a nearby store). » Read more

In the near future, we’ll be bringing you interesting, entertaining, and sometimes off-the-wall stories, photos, videos, music, and works of art from around the internet. We hope to make eCycle Cafe a place where you’ll want to pull up a chair, and spend some time.

You might discover an up-and-coming alternative band from Illinois, or a hip-hop trio from Cali, or maybe rediscover an obscure, underground favorite from the Sixties. You might come across a fascinating article about civilian space travel, or a silly something on the travels of Hollywood space cadets. Maybe you’ll see an inspiring piece in our artist’s gallery, or decide to inspire others with your creations.

While the other pages of our website are devoted to the practical matters of recycling your printer cartridges, cell phones, and iPods, eCycle Cafe will be about anything and everything you tell us you want it to be (within the bounds of decency, of course). We hope that you’ll join us in making this page the place to be, by sharing your opinions, creations, and good sense of humor.

We’ll kick it off with this:

Can’t wait to hear from you.