Posts Tagged ‘neuropsychological’
Rethinking Alzheimer’s Prevention and Treatment: The Cognitive Shop/ Brain Fitness Center
Editor’s note: Kenneth S. Kosik, MD, and Ellen Clegg, authors of a recent book on Alzheimer’s Disease prevention and treatment, forcefully propose a new framework and model for brain care: What about setting up “cognitive shops” as “a sort of one-stop shopping for everything from Alzheimer’s disease prevention to guided care for mild or moderate…
Read MoreNeeded: funding for innovative research on slowing cognitive decline via cognitive training
I was really interested in the recent critique of the BBC brain training experiment by Dr. Elizabeth Zelinski. I think Owens et al (2010) was a critical piece of research which was not conducted in the right way and was focusing on the wrong sample population. I totally agree with the comments by Dr. Zelinski…
Read MoreUpdate: Public Libraries as Health Clubs for the Brain
Here you have the July edition of our monthly newsletter covering cognitive health and brain fitness topics. Please remember that you can subscribe to receive this Newsletter by email, using the box at the top of this page. Public libraries have long offered the public more than books. And now, recent demographic and scientific trends are…
Read MoreThe Best Memory Tests: Mini-Mental and Beyond (Alzheimer’s Action Plan)
The Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s Disease Action Plan — The Experts’ Guide to the Best Diagnosis and Treatment for Memory Problems, recently released in paperback. Dr. Murali Doraiswamy, one of the authors and leading Alzheimer’s expert.
Read MoreMindfulness Meditation for Adults & Teens with ADHD
Mindfulness meditation training may be a beneficial complementary treatment approach for adolescents and adults with ADHD.
Read MoreSalon.com on Brain Fitness: Tree or Forest?
Salon.com published yesterday a thought-provoking article focused on Posit Science’s Brain Fitness Program, titled Buff Up Your Brain, that combined a) some pretty good analysis and great points about that specific program and justifiable (to a point) criticism of the commercial tone of a recent PBS Special, with b) the error of confusing a tree…
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