Update: From “Does Brain Training Work?” To How, When, for Whom It Can Work

Time for Sharp­Brains’ June 2012 eNewslet­ter, fea­tur­ing in this occa­sion sev­er­al arti­cles which, para­phras­ing hock­ey play­er Wayne Gret­zky, rein­force the need for every­one with a brain to “skate to where the (brain health) puck is going to be, not where it has been.”

Fea­tured Perspectives

• Why Being Young for Grade Increas­es Odds of ADHD Diag­no­sis and Stim­u­lant Med­ica­tion, by Dr. David Rabiner
• Does Brain Train­ing Work? Depends. Bet­ter Ques­tion is, How, When, for Whom Can Brain Train­ing Work?, by Alvaro Fernandez
• Max Your Work­ing Mem­o­ry with Brain Games and Teasers, by Dr. Pas­cale Michelon

New Research and Resources 

• Will EEG Data Analy­sis Help Diag­nose Autism?
• 11 Hours of Med­i­ta­tion Can Enhance Brain Con­nec­tiv­i­ty, Functioning
• Avail­able Now: All Record­ings of 2012 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Summit 

Final­ly, we are proud to share two new acco­lades we just received:

• “The Sharp­Brains Sum­mit is unique in its impres­sive abil­i­ty to unite a diverse col­lec­tion of cut­ting-edge thinkers in a “vir­tu­al” con­fer­ence that is shared glob­al­ly with­out a hitch. I am delight­ed and hon­ored to have been able to par­tic­i­pate in this Sum­mit since its incep­tion.” — Dr. Adam Gaz­za­ley, Direc­tor of the Neu­ro­science Imag­ing Cen­ter at UCSF
• “The Sharp­Brains Sum­mit pro­vides com­mon ground for prac­ti­tion­ers, sci­en­tists and indus­try lead­ers to work towards the com­mon goal of dri­ving brain health and fit­ness for­ward with a thought­ful, ana­lyt­i­cal and prac­ti­cal approach.   The vir­tu­al rela­tion­ships you can form through this con­fer­ence are price­less.” — Kate Sul­li­van, Direc­tor of the Brain Fit­ness Cen­ter at Wal­ter Reed Nation­al Mil­i­tary Med­ical Center

Have a great summer!