Next: Scalable, medication-free relief of cognitive symptoms related to Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

By SharpBrains | April 29, 2016

———- At-Home Cog­ni­tive Reme­di­a­tion May Pro­vide Med­i­ca­­tion-Free Symp­tom Relief for Neu­ropsy­cho­log­i­cal Issues Asso­ci­at­ed with Mul­ti­ple Scle­ro­sis (press release): “Cog­ni­tive impair­ment is one of the core symp­toms of mul­ti­ple scle­ro­sis (MS)—and one of its most trou­bling con­cerns for many peo­ple with the con­di­tion. Now, a new study from NYU Lan­gone Med­ical Cen­ter may pro­vide hope for…

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Physical exercise as ADHD treatment: Necessary but not sufficient

By Dr. David Rabiner | June 5, 2014

— Can exer­cise reduce behav­ior prob­lems and enhance cog­ni­tion in chil­dren with ADHD? Results from mul­ti­ple stud­ies indi­cate that exer­cise mit­i­gates aging-relat­ed declines in cog­ni­tive func­tion­ing and that it may enhance cog­ni­tive func­tion­ing in old­er adults. Exer­cise has also been shown to be 

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Want to train your brain? Work as a physician, air traffic controller, financial analyst (or similar)

By SharpBrains | April 7, 2014

Men­tal­ly stim­u­lat­ing jobs keep your mind sharp post-retire­­ment (Tech Times): “If you want to stay sharp in your gold­en years, it’s best to get the hard yards in ear­ly — a new study has found that peo­ple with men­tal­ly demand­ing jobs fare bet­ter in the years after retirement.…Mental acu­ity and mem­o­ry reten­tion was found to be…

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Cognitive Training & Brain Teasers Can Increase Openness Among Older Adults

By SharpBrains | January 20, 2012

Brain Teasers Make Seniors More Open to New Ven­tures (med­page today): — ” A cog­ni­tive train­ing pro­gram that includ­ed Sudoku and cross­word puz­zles made old­er adults more open to new expe­ri­ences, accord­ing to a pre­lim­i­nary study.” — “Old­er adults under­go changes in per­son­al­i­ty, includ­ing shifts in open­ness or will­ing­ness to seek out new and cog­ni­tive­ly chal­leng­ing experiences.…

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Study Links Obesity and Cognitive Fitness — In Both Directions

By SharpBrains | August 26, 2011 |

Obe­si­ty linked to Cog­ni­tion (Health­Canal): — “Obese peo­ple tend to per­form worse than healthy peo­ple at cog­ni­tive tasks like plan­ning ahead, a lit­er­a­ture review has found, con­clud­ing that psy­cho­log­i­cal tech­niques used to treat anorex­i­cs could help obese peo­ple too.”

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