Testing and training cognitive ability: Key Neurotech Patent #16

By SharpBrains | February 20, 2017
training cognitive ability

Today we are fea­tur­ing a key 2003 patent assigned to Cog­nifit ltd — fas­ci­nat­ing to reflect how the brain train­ing field has evolved in 14 years! (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 6,632,174: Method and Appa­ra­tus for test­ing and train­ing cog­ni­tive ability…

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Study finds n‑back cognitive training can increase fluid intelligence (especially outside the USA)

By SharpBrains | August 12, 2014

Improv­ing flu­id intel­li­gence with train­ing on work­ing mem­o­ry: a meta-ana­ly­­sis (Psy­cho­nom­ic Bul­letin & Review): “…due to the broad inter­est in cog­ni­tive train­ing, lab­o­ra­to­ries around the world are inves­ti­gat­ing the effects of train­ing and trans­fer. In fact, the first study of n‑back train­ing on Gf (flu­id intel­li­gence) was con­duct­ed in Switzerland…and from our own expe­ri­ences conducting…

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Study: Music Training Can Enhance Verbal Intelligence and Executive Function

By SharpBrains | October 5, 2011 |

Very inter­est­ing new study pub­lished in Psy­cho­log­i­cal Sci­ence: Short-Term Music Train­ing Enhances Ver­bal Intel­li­gence and Exec­u­tive Func­tion. Abstract: Researchers have designed train­ing meth­ods that can be used to improve men­tal health and to test the effi­ca­cy of edu­ca­tion pro­grams. How­ev­er, few stud­ies have demon­strat­ed broad trans­fer from such train­ing to per­for­mance on untrained cog­ni­tive activities.…

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Executive Functions, Education and Alzheimer’s Disease

By Alvaro Fernandez | June 7, 2008 |

I just read a very inter­est­ing arti­cle in Newsweek: Exec­u­tive Func­tions: The School Skill That May Mat­ter More Than IQ. A few quotes: — “But recent advances in psy­chol­o­gy and brain sci­ence are now sug­gest­ing that a child’s abil­i­ty to inhib­it dis­tract­ing thoughts and stay focused may be a fun­da­men­tal cog­ni­tive skill, one that plays…

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Medicine 2.0 in action (blog carnival)

By Alvaro Fernandez | August 19, 2007 |

Wel­come to the August 19, 2007 edi­tion of med­i­cine 2.0. Med­i­cine 2.0? Yes, some pio­neers are already mak­ing good use of Web 2.0 tools to improve Med­i­cine in a new, col­lab­o­ra­tive way. This blog car­ni­val seems to me to be, in itself, liv­ing proof. Let’s see. You may won­der, what exact­ly is “Med­i­cine 2.0”? well, Constructive…

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