Study: Neonatal MRI scans of preterm children can help predict cognitive and academic problems, and guide early interventions

By SharpBrains | September 18, 2015

Pre­dict­ing future cog­ni­tion in preterm chil­dren with MRI (Oxford Uni­ver­si­ty Press blog): “In the wake of the devel­op­ment of advanced neona­tal inten­sive med­ical care, more and more chil­dren born preterm man­age to beat the pre­vi­ous­ly tough odds…While this is one of the suc­cess sto­ries of mod­ern med­i­cine, long-term fol­low-up of pre­­ma­­ture-born pedi­atric cohorts show that…Many children…

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New online cognitive self-assessment by Cogniciti (Baycrest): a thermometer for the mind?

By SharpBrains | May 27, 2014

Bay­crest mem­o­ry experts launch ‘ther­mome­ter’ for the mind (Press release): “Accord­ing to the test’s cre­ators, the major­i­ty of peo­ple will score in the nor­mal, healthy range for their age – which will help reas­sure the “wor­ried well”. For the small per­cent­age (approx­i­mate­ly 2 — 3%) that scores below aver­age for 

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