Study: Physically-active video games (‘exergames’) boost cognition more than physical activity alone

By SharpBrains | May 5, 2017

— Active gam­ing is good for brain health and mem­o­ry, finds study (Uni­ver­si­ty of Man­ches­ter release): “Video games which involve phys­i­cal activ­i­ty sig­nif­i­cant­ly boost our brain health as we get old­er, accord­ing to new research led by Uni­ver­si­ty of Man­ches­ter experts. Study authors Dr Emma Stan­more and Joseph Firth say sys­tems that use phys­i­cal activity…

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Research on ‘Chemo Brain’: MRI Shows Brain Changes After Chemotherapy

By SharpBrains | November 17, 2011 |

‘Chemo Brain’: MRI Shows Brain Changes After Chemother­a­py (Med­scape): — “Breast can­cer sur­vivors who have been treat­ed with chemother­a­py show sig­nif­i­cant changes in brain activ­i­ty, mea­sured by func­tion­al mag­net­ic res­o­nance imag­ing (fMRI), accord­ing to a study pub­lished in the Novem­ber issue of the Archives of Neu­rol­o­gy.” — “The find­ing val­i­dates patients’ claims of reduced cog­ni­tive func­tion after…

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