Cognitive Training and Brain Fitness Computer Programs: Interview with Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 8, 2006 |

Dr. Elkhonon Gold­berg is a clin­i­cal pro­fes­sor of neu­rol­o­gy at New York Uni­ver­si­ty School of Med­i­cine, and author of over 50 peer-reviewed papers. His areas of exper­tise include exec­u­tive func­tions, mem­o­ry, atten­tion deficit dis­or­der, demen­tia, trau­mat­ic brain injury, and oth­ers. Dr. Gold­berg was a stu­dent and close asso­ciate of the great neu­ropsy­chol­o­gist Alexan­der Luria. His…

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Brain Fitness Program: Cogmed Working Memory Training. And more…

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 7, 2006

Busy day today. And very fun. — Great chat with Rolf Hal­len­creutz, Chair­man of the Board of Cogmed Work­ing Mem­o­ry Train­ing pro­gram, RoboMemo-now only for kids with ADD/ ADHD‑, dis­cussing how work­ing mem­o­ry train­ing may influ­ence med­i­cine, edu­ca­tion, cor­po­rate train­ing, and health & well­ness in gen­er­al (Dear Skype: thanks one more help for con­tribut­ing to US-Sweden…

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Blog Carnivals, Thanksgiving and Mission Accomplishing

By Alvaro Fernandez | November 20, 2006 |

Big par­ty today. Car­ni­vals everywhere.  Car­o­line and I admit we are quite biased. We see the world through our own lens­es. Which, these days, means a lot of pas­sion for the sci­ence-based Brain Fit­ness Rev­o­lu­tion. We have been try­ing hard to com­bine fun brain teasers with seri­ous posts on how brain research is start­ing to…

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MindFit, IntelliGym, RoboMemo, Freeze-Framer

By Alvaro Fernandez | November 13, 2006

Mind­Fit, Intel­li­Gym, RoboMemo, Freeze-Framer? Is this a puz­zle? As you may have noticed, we just start­ed to offer through the web­site some of the Brain Fit­ness pro­grams we have been talk­ing about. For over a year we have been search­ing for best pro­grams world­wide, and here you have some of the pro­grams we have found.…

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Why do You Turn Down the Radio When You’re Lost?

By Caroline Latham | November 11, 2006 |

. You’re dri­ving through sub­ur­bia one evening look­ing for the street where you’re sup­posed to have din­ner at a friend’s new house. You slow down to a crawl, turn down the radio, stop talk­ing, and stare at every sign. Why is that? Nei­ther the radio nor talk­ing affects your vision. Or do they?

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Brain and Mind News: check these blogs

By Alvaro Fernandez | November 7, 2006 |

New issue of a fun way to look at Head­lines from the Brain and Mind Blog­sphere. Thanks to Kevin at his Intel­li­gent Insights on Intel­li­gence The­o­ries and Tests (aka IQ’s Cor­ner) blog. And the Encephalon #10 blog car­ni­val . Enjoy

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