Posts Tagged ‘brain-aging’
Can We Pick Your Brain re. Cognitive Assessments?
If you could, you would. You can, but prefer not to know it? More than any other organ, your brain is up to you. You are what you think, not just what you eat. Here’s some food for thought: Design your Mind Setting cognitive and behavioral goals raises challenging and worthy questions: What do you want from…
Read MoreNeurotechnology Trends, and the Neurosoftware Market
The Neurotechnology Industry Organization (NIO) just announced the top ten emerging areas of neuroscience that will “impact the future of treatments for brain and nervous system”: Top 10 Neuroscience Trends in 2007. It provides superb food for thought. And some of them will sound familiar to readers of this blog: * 6. Normal brain aging gets…
Read MoreFeed Your Brain with Fun Neuroscience
To all new readers-Welcome!. The Digg Tsunami has brought over 40,000 visitors so far…and it continues. We need to thank Andrey for his excellent technical work in helping us ride such a beautiful wave. Let me give you an overview of what you can find in our blog, bridging neuroscience research and brain health/ “brain exercise”…
Read MoreBuild Your Cognitive Reserve: An Interview with Dr. Yaakov Stern
Dr. Yaakov Stern is the Division Leader of the Cognitive Neuroscience Division of the Sergievsky Center, and Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York. Alvaro Fernandez interviews him here as part of our research for The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness book. Dr. Stern is one…
Read MoreCognitive Reserve and Lifestyle
In honor of the Week of Science presented at Just Science we will be writing about “just science”.Today, we will highlight the key points in an excellent review of cognitive reserve: Today, we will highlight the key points in an excellent review of cognitive reserve: Scarmeas, Nikolaos and Stern, Yaakov. Cognitive reserve and lifestyle. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 2003;25:625–33.The concept of cognitive reserve has been defined as the ability of an individual to tolerate progressive brain pathology without demonstrating clinical cognitive symptoms. Epidemiological evidence suggests that individuals with higher IQ, education, occupational achievement, or participation in intellectually and socially active lifestyles may result in both quantitatively more cognitive networks and qualitatively more functionally efficient networks resulting in more reserve.
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