Posts Tagged ‘Neurosoftware’
Neurotechnology Trends, and the Neurosoftware Market
The Neurotechnology Industry Organization (NIO) just announced the top ten emerging areas of neuroscience that will “impact the future of treatments for brain and nervous system”: Top 10 Neuroscience Trends in 2007. It provides superb food for thought. And some of them will sound familiar to readers of this blog: * 6. Normal brain aging gets…
Read MoreBrain Fitness Software and Training Games
Unless you have been living in a cave, you have read by now multiple articles about the brain training and brain exercise craze: sudoku, Nintendo BrainAge, multiple online games, software like MindFit and Posit Science… If you are looking for some fun mental stimulation now, here you have our selection of Brain Teasers. Now, how…
Read MoreAre there herbal and vitamin supplements that will protect my memory?
Omega‑3 and omega‑6 fatty acids found in cold-water fish may be helpful to long term brain health.Folic acid may also be helpful to both cognitive function and hearing.Ginkgo biloba and DHEA do not appear to help your brain.There is still more research to be done and never dismiss the placebo effect!Omega‑3 fatty acids found in cold-water fish such as mackerel, herring, salmon, and tuna look more promising. Giuliano Fontani’s work at the University of Siena in Italy associated omega‑3 supplementation with improved attentional and physiological functions, particularly those involving complex cortical processing.
Read MoreBrain Training and SharpBrains in the news
Several recent stories on brain training and SharpBrains: 1) New brain games may improve mind fitness by Kevin Kosterman (U of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s Advance-Titan) “Anytime we learn, we are training, changing, our brain,” Fernandez said. “The three key core elements for effective brain exercise are novelty, variety and constant challenge, similar to increasing the level…
Read MoreCognitive Reserve and Lifestyle
In honor of the Week of Science presented at Just Science we will be writing about “just science”.Today, we will highlight the key points in an excellent review of cognitive reserve: Today, we will highlight the key points in an excellent review of cognitive reserve: Scarmeas, Nikolaos and Stern, Yaakov. Cognitive reserve and lifestyle. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 2003;25:625–33.The concept of cognitive reserve has been defined as the ability of an individual to tolerate progressive brain pathology without demonstrating clinical cognitive symptoms. Epidemiological evidence suggests that individuals with higher IQ, education, occupational achievement, or participation in intellectually and socially active lifestyles may result in both quantitatively more cognitive networks and qualitatively more functionally efficient networks resulting in more reserve.
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