Posts Tagged ‘IMPACT-study’
The Benefits of a One-Time Cognitive Training Program Do Last but Wane Over Time
Do you remember the IMPACT study published in 2009? It was a randomized clinical trial with healthy older adults that compared a computer-based cognitive program that trains auditory processing (Brain Fitness Program, Posit Science) with educational video programs (control group). People who used the program improved in the trained tasks, which was not that surprising,…
Read MoreDoes cognitive training work? (For Whom? For What?)
The study shows how cognitive training work and for whom. Short-term improvements can be obtained for some specific cognitive skills by using a computerized training program.
Read MoreBrain Training: It Works, and It Doesn’t Work
The IMPACT study which we reported on in December 2007, funded by Posit Science, conducted by the Mayo Clinic and USC Davis, has just announced publication at the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Reference: — Smith et al. A Cognitive Training Program Designed Based on Principles of Brain Plasticity: Results from the Improvement in…
Read MoreBrain Games for Kids, Adults…and Chimps
Here are more brain games, cognitive fitness news for everyone.
Read MorePosit Science @ GSA: well-designed Brain Training Works
Newsweek’s Sharon Begley writes a great note on Brain Training: How It Works based on initial data presented at the Gerontological Society of America over the weekend. Some quotes: — With the nation’s 78 million baby boomers approaching the age of those dreaded “where did I leave my keys? moments, it’s no wonder the market…
Read MoreBrain Health Newsletter, March Edition
We have had another busy month behind us, and we’re looking forward to Brain Awareness Week March 12–18. Keep reading for the details (including a special offer in honor of Brain Awareness Week) … I. Press Coverage II. Events III. Program Reviews IV. New Offerings V. Website and Blog Summary. Set your DVRs – SharpBrains is coming to the small screen! Our television debut will be on CBS 13 West Sacramento’s “Good Day Sacramento†on Monday, March 12. La Opinion, the most prestigious Spanish-language paper in the US, featured SharpBrains in a recent article “Secreto para triunfar en los exámenes†(Secrets to Triumphing in Exams). Another great international publication was an article called “Training the Brain as Possible as Training the Body†in the prominent Arabic newspaper Annahar. And Mark Muckenfuss of The Press-Enterprise in Riverside writes in “Train Your Brain”: “I would tend to believe that still we underestimate the brain,” says Fernandez, whose background is in educational training and marketing. He notes that recent studies have shown when a brain is injured by a stroke, “those mental structures recreate themselves (with exercise). It means to me there are a lot of things we could really do and many times we are not aware of them. We cannot promise to people you will only keep getting better until you are 200 years old. But I think people still underestimate how flexible the brain really is.”
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