Cognitive Tests Help Determine who can Drive Safely after a Stroke

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | March 7, 2011 |

The same way a brain fit­ness soft­ware pro­gram can help increase dri­ving safe­ty for old­er adults, sim­ple cog­ni­tive tests may help deter­mine whether a per­son can dri­ve safe­ly after a stroke. A recent study ana­lyzed 30 pre­vi­ous stud­ies in which the par­tic­i­pants’ dri­ving skills after a stroke were test­ed in an on-road eval­u­a­tion. 1,728 individuals…

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Mental Health News: NYT, Mind Hacks

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 15, 2008

A few very inter­est­ing New York Times arti­cles over the last cou­ple of days, plus a great oppor­tu­ni­ty for clin­i­cians and researchers in Latin Amer­i­ca. — Well: When a Brain Sci­en­tist Suf­fers a Stroke “Dr. Tay­lor recounts the details of her stroke and the amaz­ing insights she gained from it in a riv­et­ing 18-minute video…

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Brain Fitness June Blog Carnival

By Alvaro Fernandez | June 18, 2007 |

   Wel­come to the June 18, 2007 edi­tion of brain fit­ness. We hope you will enjoy some of the great posts below! We are hap­py to see a broad­er inter­est in the top­ic since we launched the car­ni­val in Jan­u­ary-thanks to every­one involved.   Edu­ca­tion and Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment Brett Steen­barg­er presents a great 3‑part series titled Trade…

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