Five quick brain teasers to flex those Attention and Working Memory mental muscles

By Caroline Latham | April 27, 2020

. Look­ing for some fun cog­ni­tive stim­u­la­tion to kick­start the week? Below you’ll find a few brain teasers to chal­lenge your atten­tion and your work­ing mem­ory–the abil­ity to keep infor­ma­tion in your mind while manip­u­lat­ing mul­ti­ple units of infor­ma­tion at the same time. Give them a try … they are not as easy as they may sound :-)

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Initial study finds promise and limitations in using virtual reality (VR) to treat ADHD

By Dr. David Rabiner | May 9, 2018

___ Giv­en the lim­i­ta­tions of exist­ing evi­­dence-based ADHD treat­ments, i.e., stim­u­lant med­ica­tion and behav­ior ther­a­py — research on nov­el inter­ven­tion approach­es con­tin­ues to be impor­tant. Cog­ni­tive train­ing is one such approach that has been sug­gest­ed as a poten­tial adjunct or even replace­ment for med­ica­tion treat­ment. While cog­ni­tive train­ing takes dif­fer­ent forms, e.g., com­put­er­ized atten­tion training,…

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Study: Early-childhood attention skills help predict long-term academic success better than IQ, socioemotional skills, or socioeconomic status

By Dr. David Rabiner | August 2, 2016

—– Which ear­ly child char­ac­ter­is­tics pre­dict long-term aca­d­e­m­ic achieve­ment and edu­ca­tion­al attain­ment? Research has focused on the role of ear­ly aca­d­e­m­ic skills, learn­ing enhanc­ing behav­iors, and socioe­mo­tion­al com­pe­ten­cies as pre­cur­sors of aca­d­e­m­ic suc­cess. Iden­ti­fy­ing the rel­a­tive con­tri­bu­tion of each to children’s long-term aca­d­e­m­ic achieve­ment is impor­tant as it can inform the skills on which early…

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#5. Five quick brain teasers for teens and adults to flex two key mental muscles: Attention and Working Memory

By SharpBrains | December 1, 2015 |

. Look­ing for some fun, and free, cog­ni­tive stim­u­la­tion? Here you have a few quick brain teasers to exer­cise your atten­tion and your work­ing mem­ory–the abil­ity to keep infor­ma­tion in your mind while manip­u­lat­ing mul­ti­ple units of infor­ma­tion at the same time. Giv­en them a try … they are not as easy as they may seem :-)

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Study: Neurofeedback brain training can complement ADHD stimulant medications

By SharpBrains | February 17, 2014

School-based brain train­ing shown to alle­vi­ate ADHD (The Boston Globe): “With more than one in 10 chil­dren diag­nosed with atten­tion deficit hyper­ac­tiv­i­ty dis­or­der, par­ents and doc­tors alike have been eager to find alter­na­tives to pre­scrip­tion stim­u­lant med­ica­tions like Rital­in or Adder­all. Some of these options include 

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Study: Emerging brain computer interface can monitor and train attention in unmedicated ADHD children

By SharpBrains | November 15, 2012

Train­ing pro­gram improved inat­ten­tive symp­toms in chil­dren with ADHD (Healio Pedi­atrics): “An 8‑week inter­ven­tion with a brain-com­put­er inter­­face-based atten­tion train­ing pro­gram sig­nif­i­cant­ly improved inat­ten­tive symp­toms asso­ci­at­ed with atten­­tion-deficit/hy­per­ac­­tiv­i­­ty dis­or­der in chil­dren aged 6 to 12 years, accord­ing to recent study results

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