Posts Tagged ‘mindset’
Online Brain Fitness Gym
See our second press release below, and visit our Press Room for the great press we are starting to get about our brain fitness gym. Special Offer: For a limited time, you can receive a complimentary copy of our Brain Fitness 101 e‑Guide: Answers to your Top 25 Questions, written by Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg and Alvaro…
Read MoreHello: may we ask…
…a few questions: how did you find us, what we are doing well, what we can do better? We have just found out that more than 600 people are receiving our feeds, but we only know-and just a bit- the 50–60 who leave comments and link to us. We enjoy having so many readers not just in the…
Read MoreTop 10 Brain Teasers and Games, with a neuroscience angle
No matter what we are reading or doing, there is always the need to take a little break and challenge our minds (and to learn a bit about how our brains work).… If you care for Brain Fitness Programs, check out MindFit for an overall mental workout, IntelliGym for basketball game-intelligence, RoboMemo for working memory training, Freeze-Framer for stress management and peak performance.
Read MoreCogmed Working Memory Training (RoboMemo) Founder: Award for Dr. Torkel Klingberg
We want to congratulate Dr. Torkel Klingberg on receiving the Philip’s Nordic Prize for his research on working memory training for children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).The prize recognizes outstanding research in the field of neuropsychiatry and was presented by the Norwegian royal princess Märtha Louise at the Rikshospital in Oslo, Norway.… More than 80 percent of children who have completed Cogmed’s intensive five-week program have demonstrated dramatic and lasting improvements to their attention, impulse control and problem solving skills.
Read MoreNeuroscience Interview Series: on learning and “brain gyms”
Given that we are getting new readers let’s re-introduce our Neuroscience Interview Series. If you click on the category (in the right bar) that says Neuroscience Interview Series, you will find the updated list of interviews we have conducted (and also some that we have found elsewhere, such as the one with Posit Science’s Dr.…
Read MoreCogmed, Freeze-Framer, IntelliGym, MindFit, Posit Science
We are spending more time talking to journalists these days. A frequent question we receive is, “OK, which computer-based programs do you consider to be Brain Fitness Programs, not just “games” for pure fun”?. Our answer: the rate of development of new programs by neuroscientists worldwide is really increasing, and there are already a few out there…
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