Quick brain teaser to workout your frontal lobes: Can you read this face?

By Caroline Latham | January 23, 2020

___ Dr. Elkhonon Gold­berg, in dis­cussing the human brain’s frontal lobes in his excel­lent book The Wis­dom Para­dox, high­lights that “exec­u­tive intel­li­gence” includes the abil­i­ty to “pen­e­trate oth­er people’s minds, and that starts with an inter­est in oth­er people’s minds.” And, what is a good win­dow to “pen­e­trate oth­er people’s minds” and iden­ti­fy oth­er peo­ple’s…

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12 quick brain puzzles to welcome a sharp new year

By Keith Perreur-Lloyd | January 10, 2020 |

___ Q: What is by far the most out­stand­ing and sur­pris­ing of all humankind’s suc­cess­es? A: Wak­ing up in the morn­ing. Q: Of our many tools, which is one of the most pow­er­ful, and yet the most pli­able? A: Sta­tis­tics. Q: Who insists that mind­less obe­di­ence is a sign of intel­li­gence? A: All of us…

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Tease your brain with the Hermann Grid illusion

By Caroline Latham | September 24, 2019

Here’s a beau­ti­ful exam­ple of the Her­mann Grid illu­sion in the real-world: You will notice faint white cir­cles appear where the hor­i­zon­tal and ver­ti­cal slats inter­sect in the win­dow frame (even if no white cir­cles are there at all!) Her­mann fer­ry port door grid illu­sion :) (?stan­bul) pic.twitter.com/SrnZup6UJ9 — Aysun Ülger (@aysun_ulger) Sep­tem­ber 3, 2019 The Her­mann Grid…

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New study reinforces need for proactive cognitive monitoring after heart surgery

By SharpBrains | October 26, 2018

___ Heart surgery: Does it impact cog­ni­tive abil­i­ty? (Med­ical News Today): “Almost 8 mil­lion peo­ple in the Unit­ed States under­go car­dio­vas­cu­lar surgery or oth­er relat­ed pro­ce­dures each year. Thanks to the steady improve­ments made by med­ical sci­ence, the pro­ce­dures are becom­ing ever safer and can give peo­ple a new lease of life. Aware of improve­ments in phys­i­cal health…

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Addressing aging-related cognitive decline via targeted training using visual sweeps: Key neurotech patent by Posit Science

By SharpBrains | May 15, 2017
visual sweeps

Today we are fea­tur­ing a 2012 patent by Posit Sci­ence Cor­po­ra­tion, the devel­op­er of Brain­HQ cog­ni­tive train­ing sys­tem. U.S. Patent No. 8,215,961: Cog­ni­tive train­ing using visu­al sweeps Assignee(s): Posit Sci­ence Cor­po­ra­tion Inventor(s): Michael M. Merzenich, Peter B. Delahunt, Joseph L. Hardy, Stephen G. Lis­berg­er, Hen­ry W. Mah­ncke Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Neu­rocog­ni­tive train­ing Issue Date: July 10, 2012…

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Train your brain to remember her name: Key patent for cognitive training system using face-name associations

By SharpBrains | May 8, 2017
face names

Today we are shar­ing a 2012 patent by Posit Sci­ence aimed at enhanc­ing cog­ni­tive abil­i­ty using face-name asso­ci­a­tions. U.S. Patent No. 8,197,258: Cog­ni­tive train­ing using face-name asso­ci­a­tions Assignee(s): Posit Sci­ence Cor­po­ra­tion Inventor(s): Peter B. Delahunt, Joseph L. Hardy, Hen­ry W. Mah­ncke, Shru­ti Gan­gad­har Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Neu­roCog­ni­tive Train­ing Issue Date: June 12, 2012 Sharp­Brains’ Take: The facial…

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