Posts Tagged ‘cognitive-simulations’
ETech09: on Life Hacking and Brain Training
Here you have the presentation I delivered on Tuesday at ETech 2009 (this year’s O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference): Emerging Research and Technology for Life Hacking/ Brain Training (click to open presentation in new window) Description: Life hacking. Brain training. They are one and the same. The brain’s frontal lobes enable our goal-oriented behavior, supporting executive…
Read MoreVideogames for Cognitive Training?
There were a few interesting research papers presented at the last American Psychological Association conventions around the theme: Playing Video Games Offers Learning Across Life Span, Say Studies — Skills Transfer to Classroom, Surgical Procedures, Scientific Thinking (press release). Probably the most interesting study was that of 303 laparoscopic surgeons, which “showed that surgeons who played…
Read MoreBrain Health: Physical or Mental Exercise?
Our fellow blogger Jeremy over at PsyBlog has written a thoughtful post comparing the value of a number of cognitive enhancing tools. His overall verdict? “The evidence for exercise boosting cognitive function is head-and-shoulders above that for brain training, drugs, nutritional supplements and meditation. Scientifically, on the current evidence, exercise is the best way to…
Read MoreNeurotechnology, Health and Brain Fitness News
Today we have a number of industry announcements: 1) New editions of these Blog Carnivals (collections of blog posts around specific topics) Encephalon (neuroscience) Grand Rounds (medicine) Education (guess!) Happiness 2) The Neurotechnology Industry Organization has launched a Neurotech Job Board dedicated to commercial neuroscience (mostly focused on clinical applications, like drugs and devices, not…
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