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Quick brain teaser to prove the limits of multitasking

August 21, 2020 by Dr. Pascale Michelon

How often do you dis­cuss office gos­sip via chat while par­tic­i­pat­ing in a Zoom meet­ing? Or read a great arti­cle while talk­ing on the phone with a client? Or, wait, think about work prob­lems while help­ing your child with homework?

Yup, it is not easy to stay focused and be tru­ly pro­duc­tive. [Read more…] about Quick brain teas­er to prove the lim­its of multitasking

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Filed Under: Brain Teasers, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: attention, attentional focus, Brain Teasers, brain-teaser, cognitive-abilities, cognitive-stimulation, multitasking, quick brain teaser

Can trained older brains outperform untrained younger ones at demanding cognitive tasks? Quick answer: YES

August 27, 2019 by SharpBrains

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Online brain games can extend in-game ‘cog­ni­tive youth’ into old age (Sci­ence News):

“A Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia, Irvine-led study has found that online brain game exer­cis­es can enable peo­ple in their 70s and even 80s to mul­ti­task cog­ni­tive­ly as well as indi­vid­u­als 50 years their junior. This is an increas­ing­ly valu­able skill, giv­en today’s dai­ly infor­ma­tion onslaught, which can divide atten­tion and be par­tic­u­lar­ly tax­ing for old­er adults [Read more…] about Can trained old­er brains out­per­form untrained younger ones at demand­ing cog­ni­tive tasks? Quick answer: YES

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Peak Performance, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: aging effects, brain training, Brain-Fitness, Brain-games, cognition, cognitive cost, cognitive-control, cognitive-measures, Cognitive-Training, human cognition, Lumosity, multitasking, neurotechnologies, online-brain-games, practice effects, task-switching

Finally, growing awareness of chemotherapy-induced cognitive deficits

May 29, 2014 by SharpBrains

fog brainBrain activ­i­ty changes seen after chemo (Reuters):

“For some women with breast can­cer, changes in brain activ­i­ty while mul­ti­task­ing could explain “chemo brain” – reduced men­tal func­tion­ing that many expe­ri­ence after chemother­a­py, Bel­gian researchers say. “Cog­ni­tive com­plaints of peo­ple increase with chemother­a­py and [Read more…] about Final­ly, grow­ing aware­ness of chemother­a­py-induced cog­ni­tive deficits

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain-activity, breast cancer, chemo-brain, chemotherapy, cognitive complaints, cognitive risks, mental-performance, multitasking

Use and misuse of ADHD drugs and nootropics among teenagers and toddlers

May 19, 2014 by SharpBrains

Human-brain-pillsRital­in may pose brain risks for young peo­ple with­out ADHD, study shows (Fox News):

“Smart” drugs, like Rital­in, also known as nootrop­ics, are known to increase a person’s atten­tion span, mem­o­ry and abil­i­ty to stay alert. As a result, they have become increas­ing­ly abused by stu­dents seek­ing an extra edge in their stud­ies. Accord­ing to a report from The Part­ner­ship at Drugfree.org and the MetLife Foun­da­tion, approx­i­mate­ly 1.3 mil­lion Amer­i­can teenag­er [Read more…] about Use and mis­use of ADHD drugs and nootrop­ics among teenagers and toddlers

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Filed Under: Attention & ADD/ADHD Tagged With: Adderall, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, increase attention span, increase memory, methylphenidate, multitasking, nootropics, prefrontal-cortex, Ritalin, short-term-memory, smart drugs

Study: Well-targeted brain training videogame can lead to real-life benefits

September 6, 2013 by SharpBrains

Brain_Training_videogameA Mul­ti­task­ing Video Game Makes Old Brains Act Younger (The New York Times):

“Brain sci­en­tists have dis­cov­ered that swerv­ing around cars while simul­ta­ne­ous­ly pick­ing out road signs in a video game can improve the short-term mem­o­ry and long-term focus [Read more…] about Study: Well-tar­get­ed brain train­ing videogame can lead to real-life benefits

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Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Brain-Training, cognitive-abilities, cognitive-control, cognitive-enhancement, multitasking, NeuroRacer, videogame

Brains shape technology as technology shapes brains

November 9, 2012 by SharpBrains

Is Your Brain Being Wired By Tech­nol­o­gy? (Cen­ter for Brain­Health at UT-Dallas):

“…Research shows we are exposed to three times more infor­ma­tion today as com­pared to four decades ago. This infor­ma­tion over­load leads to more mul­ti­task­ing and forces us to push our brain to do things it was not built to do. Tech­nol­o­gy is allow­ing us, push­ing us to [Read more…] about Brains shape tech­nol­o­gy as tech­nol­o­gy shapes brains

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Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain, information-overload, multitasking, technology

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