Posts Tagged ‘Brain-games’
The National Institute of Mental Health gives $2M grant to identify factors that make working memory training work (or not)
Understanding Individual Differences: UC Riverside psychology professor receives $1.9 million grant to study memory training (press release): “Aaron Seitz, a psychology professor at the University of California, Riverside and the director of the UCR Brain Game Center for mental fitness and wellbeing, and Susanne Jaeggi, an associate professor at the school of education at UC…
Read MoreThe debate continues: Review finds weak evidence standards behind commercially-available brain training programs
Brain Game Claims Fail A Big Scientific Test (NPR): “In October 2014, more than 70 scientists published an open letter objecting to marketing claims made by brain training companies. Pretty soon, another group, with more than 100 scientists, published a rebuttal saying brain training has a solid scientific base. “So you had two consensus statements, each…
Read MoreTo stimulate your brain, find new ways to challenge yourself every day
—– For Effective Brain Fitness, Do More Than Play Simple Games (The New York Times): “…Legions of baby boomers already use computers or apps to stimulate the brain, but they should be thought of as part of a larger engagement with the world…Finding new ways to challenge yourself every day, Mr. Rebok said, is a good…
Read MoreNike launches mental training app to help soccer players win the mental game
Nike Moves into Brain Training with Launch of Pro Genius (Creativity): “Nike has made its first move into the world of mental training with the launch of Pro Genius, a series of tools and techniques designed to help young soccer players develop the mental side of their game
Read MoreDr. Michael Merzenich: To harness Neuroplasticity for cognitive enhancement, we need to think “Fitness” more than “Games”
(Editor’s Note: In order to help readers familiarize themselves with the work and thinking of Dr. Michael Merzenich, one of the winners of the 2016 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for groundbreaking work on neuroplasticity, we are condensing and republishing the comprehensive conversation that Dr. Merzenich and Alvaro Fernandez had in 2009, in preparation for the inaugural…
Read MoreBrain training franchisor LearningRx settles FTC complaint about its marketing claims
LearningRx To Pay $200K For Allegedly Unproven Claims That Brain Training Can Improve Income, Treat Autism & ADHD (Consumerist): “The company behind the LearningRX “brain training” program has agreed to pay a $200,000 settlement and to stop making claims that its system is clinically proven to treat serious health conditions, or that it can
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