Memory Training and Fluid Intelligence
Quick update: 2 very interesting news, 2 excellent blog carnivals. 1) Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software That Makes You Smarter (Wired). Thanks Senia! - “In a limited trial, he and his team...
View ArticleCognitive Training (Cogmed) Changes the Brain More Than We Thought
Cognitive Training Can Alter Biochemistry Of The Brain (Science Daily) - “Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institute have shown for the first time that the active training of...
View ArticleWorking Memory Training can Influence Brain Biochemistry
I wanted to alert you to a very interesting finding published in a recent issue of Science, one of the world’s leading scientific journals. The study was led by Dr. Torkel Klingberg and his colleagues...
View ArticleComparing Working Memory Training & Medication Treatment for ADHD
Working memory (WM) is the cognitive system responsible for the temporary storage and manipulation of information and plays an important role in both learning and focusing attention. Considerable...
View ArticleCognitive Training can Boost Sense of Control
Having a sense of control over one’s life may be one of the most crucial markers of successful aging. Aging individuals who feel in control seem to know more about their health, be more likely to take...
View ArticleMemory Training Reduces Brain Atrophy
Numerous studies show benefits of cognitive training in older adults, despite a recent study questioning their validity. The debate on the effects of specific cognitive interventions is not settled. A...
View ArticleDecember Update: Wishing You and Yours a Very Brain-Fit Decade
How can we help younger generations find the right path to lifelong brain health and performance — especially as they will live longer, and in more dynamic, complex environments? We created the Brain...
View ArticleTranscript: Dr. Gary Small on Enhancing Memory and the Brain
Below you can find the full transcript of our engaging Q&A session today on memory, memory techniques and brain-healthy lifestyles with Dr. Gary Small, Director of UCLA’s Memory Clinic and...
View ArticleMonitoring EEG Brain Activity to Personalize Memory Training
Sandia shows monitoring brain activity during study can help predict test performance (press release): “The team monitored test subjects’ brain activity while they studied word lists, then used the EEG...
View ArticleUpdate: Connecting technology, healthy living, healthcare, concussions, and...
Time for SharpBrains’ September 2012 eNewsletter, featuring leading-edge research and insights to help connect the dots among technology, healthy living, healthare, concussions, and–our...
View ArticleMatthew Barrett: Human memory is not a recording device
Matthew Barrett What excites you the most about your job? As a Professor and the founder of Brain Trainers Mental Fitness LLC, I love seeing how the right information can have a life-changing effect on...
View ArticleMust-read interview with George Rebok, PhD: Can cognitive training help aging...
Can Training Help Aging Brains? (WebMD): George Rebok, PhD, conducted one of the largest studies to date looking at how cognitive training affects older adults. Rebok, a professor at the Center on...
View ArticleMatthew Barrett: Human memory is not a recording device
Matthew Barrett What excites you the most about your job? As a Professor and the founder of Brain Trainers Mental Fitness LLC, I love seeing how the right information can have a life-changing effect on...
View ArticleMust-read interview with George Rebok, PhD: Can cognitive training help aging...
Can Training Help Aging Brains? (WebMD): George Rebok, PhD, conducted one of the largest studies to date looking at how cognitive training affects older adults. Rebok, a professor at the Center on...
View ArticleThe National Institute of Mental Health gives $2M grant to identify factors...
Understanding Individual Differences: UC Riverside psychology professor receives $1.9 million grant to study memory training (press release): “Aaron Seitz, a psychology professor at the University of...
View ArticleThe future (of Brain Health & Enhancement) is already here — it’s just not...
_____ “The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed” — William Gibson Last week we asked the question, Have you ever used–for yourself or for others–technologies or products that...
View ArticleTo maximize cognitive benefits, study suggests you exercise brain and body at...
___ Physical and mental multitasking may boost memory, study suggests (UCLA research alert): “Performing memory training exercises at the same time as pedaling a stationary bike led to better gains in...
View ArticleMonitoring EEG Brain Activity to Personalize Memory Training
Sandia shows monitoring brain activity during study can help predict test performance (press release): “The team monitored test subjects’ brain activity while they studied word lists, then used the EEG...
View ArticleUpdate: Connecting technology, healthy living, healthcare, concussions, and...
Time for SharpBrains’ September 2012 eNewsletter, featuring leading-edge research and insights to help connect the dots among technology, healthy living, healthare, concussions, and–our...
View ArticleThe National Institute of Mental Health gives $2M grant to identify factors...
Understanding Individual Differences: UC Riverside psychology professor receives $1.9 million grant to study memory training (press release): “Aaron Seitz, a psychology professor at the University of...
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