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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...

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Cognitive 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...

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Working 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...

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Comparing 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...

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Cognitive 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...

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Memory 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...

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December 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...

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Transcript: 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...

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Monitoring 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...

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Update: 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...

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Matthew 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...

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Must-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...

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Matthew 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...

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Must-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...

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The 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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The 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...

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To 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...

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Monitoring 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...

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Update: 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...

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The 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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