Gabrielle Giffords’ recovery and Cognitive Rehab Insurance Coverage Gap

By Alvaro Fernandez | August 11, 2011

Gif­fords’ recov­ery renews focus on cov­er­age gap for vet­er­ans (Mia­mi Her­ald): — “Doc­tors and reha­bil­i­ta­tion spe­cial­ists have learned a great deal from the treat­ment of trau­mat­ic brain injuries in com­bat vet­er­ans of Iraq and Afghanistan. One in five vet­er­ans of those wars has suf­fered some form of trau­mat­ic brain injury, most com­mon­ly con­cus­sions from road­side bombs.”…

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Brain Training News Digest

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | January 3, 2011 |

Here is a news digest on brain train­ing to start your stim­u­lat­ing New Year: Brain train­ing games: Do they work? This piece explores the world of com­put­er­ized brain train­ing soft­ware: Who uses them? Are they worth the expense? You can also check out Sharp­brains Pro­gram Eval­u­a­tion check­list to learn about the 10 ques­tions to ask when…

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Update: New Research, Resources, and Teasers for All

By SharpBrains | November 29, 2010

Every­one these days is talk­ing about edu­ca­tion and test­ing reform, but why is rel­e­vant brain research often ignored? Which organ if not the brain does the learn­ing and teach­ing part? Renowned edu­ca­tor and brain expert Dr. Robert Syl­west­er shares his rec­om­mend­ed Top Brain Books for Edu­ca­tors and Learn­ers to help inform the con­ver­sa­tion. A must read! Save the…

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Head Games and neuropsychological assessments

By Alvaro Fernandez | September 15, 2008

You may have seen this insigh­ful OpEd last Fri­day in the New York Times, by clin­i­cal neu­ropsy­chol­o­gist Ger­ald Tra­mon­tano: Head Games — “CHILDREN aged 5 to 18 suf­fer at least 96,000 sports-relat­ed con­cus­sions every year in the Unit­ed States, the Cen­ters for Dis­ease Con­trol and Pre­ven­tion esti­mates. Even more trou­bling, as many as 20 percent…

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