Posts Tagged ‘Barkley’
Brain Fitness Newsletter: Brain Awareness Week is March 10–16th
Here you are have the bi-monthly Digest of our 10 most Popular blog posts. (Also, remember that you can subscribe to receive our blog RSS feed, or to our newsletter at the top of this page if you want to receive this digest by email). First, an announcement: March 10–16th is Brain Awareness Week, an international…
Read MoreSelf-Regulation and Barkley’s Theory of ADHD
Barkley’s theory has been widely recognized as a significant advance in our thinking about ADHD that helps to organize a vast body of literature and clinical observations about the disorder.
Read MoreAttention deficits: drugs, therapy, cognitive training
Shelley launched a good discussion on The Neuroscience of ADHD in her blog, discussing the situation and providing a technical overview of drug-based interventions. Something I hadn’t heard is that “For example, babies born prematurely face a significantly greater risk of developing ADHD than full-term babies (socioeconomic status was controlled for).” Which helps me better…
Read MoreWorking Memory Training from a pediatrician perspective, focused on attention deficits
Today we interview Dr. Arthur Lavin, Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western School of Medicine, pediatrician in private practice, and one of the first providers of Cogmed Working Memory Training in the US (the program whose research we discussed with Dr. Torkel Klingberg and Dr. Bradley Gibson). Dr. Lavin has a long standing…
Read MoreCognitive Psychology readings
Kevin brings a new edition of the IQs Corner Headlines from the Brain and Mind Blogsphere. Worth reading if you are interested in cognitive and educational psychology. A few recent blog carnivals: the always great Tangled Bank (General Science), and new editions of Brain Blogging and Attention Deficit Disorder. Have a great celebration today!
Read MoreCogmed Working Memory Training
Notre Dame Professor Bradley Gibson, whom we interviewed a few months ago (see below) presented the results from his study recently at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD): University of Notre Dame Professor and Research Team are First in U.S. to Validate Breakthrough Study on the Effectiveness of Working Memory Training in Improving…
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