Posts Tagged ‘Memory-Training’
The National Institute of Mental Health gives $2M grant to identify factors that make working memory training work (or not)
Understanding Individual Differences: UC Riverside psychology professor receives $1.9 million grant to study memory training (press release): “Aaron Seitz, a psychology professor at the University of California, Riverside and the director of the UCR Brain Game Center for mental fitness and wellbeing, and Susanne Jaeggi, an associate professor at the school of education at UC…
Read MoreMust-read interview with George Rebok, PhD: Can cognitive training help aging brains?
Can Training Help Aging Brains? (WebMD): George Rebok, PhD, conducted one of the largest studies to date looking at how cognitive training affects older adults. Rebok, a professor at the Center on Aging and Health at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, talks about the study findings, commercially available brain training, and what he recommends…
Read MoreMatthew Barrett: Human memory is not a recording device
What excites you the most about your job? As a Professor and the founder of Brain Trainers Mental Fitness LLC, I love seeing how the right information can have a life-changing effect on people. Please tell us about your interest in applied brain science. What areas are you most interested in? What motivated you to pursue…
Read MoreUpdate: Connecting technology, healthy living, healthcare, concussions, and the Brain
Time for SharpBrains’ September 2012 eNewsletter, featuring leading-edge research and insights to help connect the dots among technology, healthy living, healthare, concussions, and–our protagonist–the brain. — Technology & the Brain: Is the Internet making us dumber? (Nope, just different) Increasing cognitive loads on miners’ brains: good example of where society is heading Brain fitness meets HRV and…
Read MoreMonitoring EEG Brain Activity to Personalize Memory Training
Sandia shows monitoring brain activity during study can help predict test performance (press release): “The team monitored test subjects’ brain activity while they studied word lists, then used the EEG (electroencephalography) to predict who would remember the most information. Because
Read MoreTranscript: Dr. Gary Small on Enhancing Memory and the Brain
Below you can find the full transcript of our engaging Q&A session today on memory, memory techniques and brain-healthy lifestyles with Dr. Gary Small, Director of UCLA’s Memory Clinic and Center on Aging, and author of The Memory Bible. You can learn more about his book Here, and learn more about upcoming Brain Fitness Q&A Sessions Here. Perhaps…
Read More