Posts Tagged ‘cognitive--disorders’
Study: Harnessing a virtual reality brain training game to diagnose mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
. Virtual reality brain training game can detect mild cognitive impairment, a condition that often predates Alzheimer’s disease (press release): “Geek researchers demonstrated the potential of a virtual supermarket cognitive training game as a screening tool for patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) among a sample of older adults… In an article published in the…
Read MoreStudy: Internet-based screening can help detect aging-related cognitive deficits
— We just came across a new and fascinating scientific paper, titled Development and evaluation of a self-administered on-line test of memory and attention for middle-aged and older adults, and published at Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. Here is the very readable abstract: “There is a need for rapid and reliable Internet-based screening tools for cognitive assessment in middle-aged and older adults.…
Read MoreDoes Brain Training Work? Depends. Better Question is, How, When, for Whom Can Brain Training Work?
You may have read a new wave of articles claiming that “brain training doesn’t work”, based on the recent research meta-analytic review Is Working Memory Training Effective? (Developmental Psychology, May 2012), whose abstract says: “It has been suggested that working memory training programs are effective both as treatments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other cognitive disorders in…
Read MoreStudy: Cognitive Training in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
We just came across a new scientific study on the value and limitations of cognitive training in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), based on a program of cognitive exercises provided by Lumos Labs (developers of lumosity.com). Study: Computerised Cognitive Training for Older Persons With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Study Using a Randomised Controlled Trial Design (Brain Impairment):
Read MoreBrain Failure and Brain Fitness: A Farewell to Dementia?
A dreaded diagnosis, that dimmed and dooming dilemma. Feared, sometimes fought, too often forgotten. It is the grayest, ghastliest elephant in the room: dementia. What is dementia? I, like many others who dedicate their professional efforts to its study and treatment, have no good answer. I believe we are lost in our lexicon, trying to…
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