Posts Tagged ‘brain-damage’
Stress and Neural Wreckage: Part of the Brain Plasticity Puzzle
Editor’s Note: Below you have a very insightful article on stress by Gregory Kellet, a researcher at UCSF. Enjoy! ———————————————- “My brain is fried, toast, frazzled, burnt out. How many times have you said or heard one version or another of these statements. Most of us think we are being figurative when we utter such phrases,…
Read MoreLooking inside the Brain: is my Brain Fit?
Today we have the pleasure to have Dr. Pascale Michelon, one of our new Expert Contributors, write her first article here. Enjoy, and please comment so we hear your thoughts and engage in a nice conversation. (Btw, if you notice some similarity between the colors in the fMRI scan below and the look & feel…
Read MoreMindFit, Posit Science, Happy Neuron
The Seattle Times has a good brief article today on Posit Science, Happy Neuron Games and us (they mention MindFit Brain Workout to “work on short-term memory, naming, divided attention, planning, hand-eye coordination and other cognitive measures.”). Check Is your brain ready for the challenge? ——— For the record (given a reader’s comment below I…
Read MoreCogmed, Freeze-Framer, IntelliGym, MindFit, Posit Science
We are spending more time talking to journalists these days. A frequent question we receive is, “OK, which computer-based programs do you consider to be Brain Fitness Programs, not just “games” for pure fun”?. Our answer: the rate of development of new programs by neuroscientists worldwide is really increasing, and there are already a few out there…
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