Study: Working memory training can improve fluid intelligence

By Alvaro Fernandez | June 14, 2011

Very inter­est­ing new study on com­put­er­ized cog­ni­tive train­ing (or brain train­ing), well sum­ma­rized in LA Times arti­cle Mem­o­ry train­ing improves intel­li­gence in some chil­dren, report says. Quote: The train­ing pro­gram used by Jaeg­gi and co-work­ers focused on ramp­ing up work­ing mem­o­ry: the abil­i­ty to hold in mind a hand­ful of infor­ma­tion bits briefly, and to update…

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Update: Live Well to 100 by Using Your Brain

By Alvaro Fernandez | November 30, 2009

Here you have the Novem­ber edi­tion of our month­ly newslet­ter cov­er­ing cog­ni­tive health and brain fit­ness top­ics. Please remem­ber that you can sub­scribe to receive this Newslet­ter by email, using the box at the top of this page. Liv­ing Well to 100 100 is the new 65: Why do some peo­ple live, and well, to 100? Researchers…

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Can Intelligence Be Trained? Martin Buschkuehl shows how

By Alvaro Fernandez | May 13, 2008 |

Today I had a great con­ver­sa­tion with Mar­tin Buschkuehl, one of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Michi­gan Cog­ni­tive Neu­roimag­ing Lab researchers  involved in the cog­ni­tive train­ing study that has received much media atten­tion (New York Times, Wired, Sci­ence News…) since late April, when the study was pub­lished at the Pro­ceed­ings of the Nation­al Acad­e­my of Sci­ences. Reference:…

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Beating forgetfulness and boosting the brain

By Alvaro Fernandez | July 25, 2007 |

Very good arti­cle in Mar­ket­Watch titled Beat­ing for­get­ful­ness and boost­ing the brain. Prob­a­bly the best we have seen so far pro­vid­ing an over­all indus­try per­spec­tive on a nascent field. I rec­om­mend read­ing the whole arti­cle, but here you have some teasers: “As boomers age, the dri­ve to cor­rect such dis­com­fort has impli­ca­tions for health and wellness,…

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