Posts Tagged ‘senior-citizens’
Neurotechnology Trends, and the Neurosoftware Market
The Neurotechnology Industry Organization (NIO) just announced the top ten emerging areas of neuroscience that will “impact the future of treatments for brain and nervous system”: Top 10 Neuroscience Trends in 2007. It provides superb food for thought. And some of them will sound familiar to readers of this blog: * 6. Normal brain aging gets…
Read MoreCognitive Fitness as a New Frontier of Fitness
Very good article in the LA Times today. Like a StairMaster for the brain: Can mental workouts improve the mind’s agility? Baby boomer concerns stimulate an industry expansion. The reporter, Melissa Healy, reviews the healthy aging segment in the Brain Fitness field. A few selected quotes: — “There is plausibility, both biological and behavioral, to…
Read MoreAlzheimer’s Disease: too serious to play with headlines
We just came across an article titled Best Computer Brain Games for Senior Citizens to Delay Alzheimer’s Disease. The headline makes little scientific sense-and we observe this confusion often. The article mentions a few programs we have discussed often in this blog, such as Posit Science and MindFit, and others we haven’t because we haven’t…
Read MoreMindFit, Posit Science, Happy Neuron
The Seattle Times has a good brief article today on Posit Science, Happy Neuron Games and us (they mention MindFit Brain Workout to “work on short-term memory, naming, divided attention, planning, hand-eye coordination and other cognitive measures.”). Check Is your brain ready for the challenge? ——— For the record (given a reader’s comment below I…
Read MoreMindFit and Posit Science in the Wall Street Journal’s “Putting Brain Exercises to the Test”
The Wall Street Journal has a great article today, Putting Brain Exercises to the Test (requires subscription), that compares 6 different computer-based brain exercise programs along ease-of-use, fun, and science behind. We at SharpBrains conducted a very similar exercise last year, coming to basically the same conclusions. The article compares Nintendo Brain Age, MyBrainBuilder, MyBrainTrainer,…
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