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Dr. C. Shawn Green on Training Conditions For Video Games to Result in Real Brain-based Benefits

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Dr. Green will dis­cuss the Train­ing Con­di­tions For Video Games to Result in Real Brain-based Ben­e­fits, at the upcom­ing 2012 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (June 7–14th, 2012).

Dr. C. Shawn Green is the Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor at Uni­ver­sity of Wis­con­sin-Madi­son. Dr. Green’s [Read more…] about Dr. C. Shawn Green on Train­ing Con­di­tions For Video Games to Result in Real Brain-based Benefits

January Newsletter: Let’s Talk Brain Fitness, Neuroplasticity and Cognitive Reserve

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Let us first announce an upcom­ing Vir­tu­al Book Club Dis­cus­sion focused on Brain Fit­ness, to take place on Mon­day March 14th in hon­or of Brain Aware­ness Week 2011 (March 14–20th). Let’s dis­cuss burn­ing issues togeth­er: Why care about neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty and the pos­si­bil­i­ties it offers to enrich our qual­i­ty of life? What does cog­ni­tive reserve research mean to the way we learn, work, play, live? What is Brain Train­ing — and what is not? All the con­ver­sa­tion be vir­tu­al, via social media tools. You can learn more here.

This edi­tion of Sharp­Brains month­ly eNewslet­ter brings many arti­cles on those top­ics. Enjoy! [Read more…] about Jan­u­ary Newslet­ter: Let’s Talk Brain Fit­ness, Neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty and Cog­ni­tive Reserve

Action Video Games Can Boost Brain Functions: But, Which Ones and for Whom?

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Play­ing action video games a lot can boost per­for­mance in a vari­ety of sen­so­ry, per­cep­tu­al, and atten­tion­al tasks, even in tasks very dif­fer­ent from the ones involved in the game play.

A recent study sug­gests that action video games improve a key aspect of deci­sion-mak­ing: [Read more…] about Action Video Games Can Boost Brain Func­tions: But, Which Ones and for Whom?