Cognitive Neuroscience and ADD/ADHD Today

Some days ago we men­tioned atten­tion deficits and exec­u­tive func­tions, as part of a review of Cog­ni­tive Neu­ro­science and Edu­ca­tion. Let me explore that in more depth now, hav­ing just met a num­ber of very inter­est­ing researchers, doc­tors and experts at CHADD con­fer­ence, and wit­nessed the first baby steps of a com­ing rev­o­lu­tion. First, 3…

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Executive functioning and ADD/ADHD: is Brain Fitness coming here too?

Great day at CHADD today. Very good con­ver­sa­tions on Brain Fit­ness with Dr. Torkel Kling­berg and the Cogmed team, pedi­a­tri­cians such as Dr. Arthur Lavin, who was the first clin­i­cal provider of Cogmed Work­ing Mem­o­ry Train­ing in the US, and neu­rop­shy­chol­o­gist Dr. Sam Gold­stein-this con­ver­sa­tion around how biofeed­back devices can help golfers bet­ter man­age their…

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Executive functioning and ADD/ ADHD: is Brain Fitness coming here too?

Great day at CHADD today. Very good con­ver­sa­tions on Brain Fit­ness with Dr. Torkel Kling­berg and the Cogmed team, pedi­a­tri­cians such as Dr. Arthur Lavin, who was the first clin­i­cal provider of Cogmed Work­ing Mem­o­ry Train­ing in the US, and neu­rop­shy­chol­o­gist Dr. Sam Gold­stein-this con­ver­sa­tion around how biofeed­back devices can help golfers bet­ter man­age their…

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