Posts Tagged ‘brain-neuroimaging’
January Newsletter: Let’s Talk Brain Fitness, Neuroplasticity and Cognitive Reserve
Let us first announce an upcoming Virtual Book Club Discussion focused on Brain Fitness, to take place on Monday March 14th in honor of Brain Awareness Week 2011 (March 14–20th). Let’s discuss burning issues together: Why care about neuroplasticity and the possibilities it offers to enrich our quality of life? What does cognitive reserve research…
Read MoreThe value of neuroimaging techniques (and what those squiggly lines mean)
The media regularly reports on findings based on neuroimaging studies, but rarely do they explain exactly what these techniques are, their benefits or what it’s like to actually participate in these types of studies. Today I’ll describe what a participant goes through when they volunteer for a cognitive neuroscience experiment using a neuroimaging technique called…
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