Posts Tagged ‘Memory-Training’
Memory Training and Fluid Intelligence
Quick update: 2 very interesting news, 2 excellent blog carnivals. 1) Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software That Makes You Smarter (Wired). Thanks Senia! — “In a limited trial, he and his team were able to make 34 test subjects significantly better at answering IQ test questions after training them on a completely separate memory task”
Read MoreImproving Driving Skills and Brain Functioning- Interview with ACTIVE’s Jerri Edwards
Today we are fortunate to interview Dr. Jerri Edwards, an Associate Professor at University of South Florida’s School of Aging Studies and Co-Investigator of the influencial ACTIVE study. Dr. Edwards was trained by Dr. Karlene K. Ball, and her research is aimed toward discovering how cognitive abilities can be maintained and even enhanced with advancing age.…
Read MoreThe Brain Fitness Program DVD (Michael Merzenich)
The most popular question we got when we announced that PBS had a great special on Brain Fitness Program and Neuroplasticity in December was, when will the DVD be available? Well, finally here it comes. You can click on the image or the title to go over to PBS shop to learn more and buy it.…
Read MorePhysical and Mental Exercise: Why Pitch One Against the other?
Reader Theresa Cerulli just forwarded this Letter to the Editor that she had sent to the New York Times and went unpublished. The letter addresses the OpEd mentioned here (pitching physical vs. mental exercise), and refers to the Cogmed working memory training program, whose results have been studied in multiple papers published in top medical…
Read MoreBrain Fitness Program and Neuroplasticity @ PBS
Here are some programs on brain fitness and neuroplasticity. The Brain Fitness Program is based on the brain’s ability to change and adapt, even rewire itself.
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…
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