Posts Tagged ‘information-age’
Distracted in the Workplace? Interview with Maggie Jackson around brain health at work
Today we continue the conversation with Maggie Jackson, author of Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age. You can read part 1 here. Q — In your Harvard Management Update interview, you said that “When what we pay attention to is driven by the last email we received, the trivial and the…
Read MoreThe Overflowing Brain: Most Important Book of 2008
We have tracked for several years the scientific studies published by Torkel Klingberg and colleagues, often wondering aloud, “when will educators, health professionals, executives and mainstream society come to appreciate the potential we have in front of us to enhance our brains and improve our cognitive functions?” Dr. Klingberg has just published a very stimulating…
Read MoreTorkel Klingberg helps with Overflowing Brain & Information Overload
Karolinska Institute’s Dr. Torkel Klingberg has just released in the US his excellent book The Overflowing Brain: Information Overload and the Limits of Working Memory The title was first released in Sweden with great success, and our co-founder Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg gave a Foreword to the new US edition. Dr. Klingberg will be writing an…
Read MoreMobile Brain Training, Scientific Learning, and More News
Some recent brain training and health news: 1) A Promising Debut for Computerized Therapies 2) Fitness protects brain in Alzheimer’s patients 3) Brain Fitness Program Classic comes to Mac 4) Posit Science gains ownership of Scientific Learning (NSDQ: SCIL) BrainConnection. 5) Brain training on your mobile 6) You must remember this: how the mind works Here you…
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