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Your comments on cognitive training, Posit Science, Alzheimer’s Australia, gerontology, games

October 3, 2008 by Alvaro Fernandez

I have fall­en behind on answer­ing a few excel­lent recent com­ments ‑on cog­ni­tive train­ing over­all, Posit Sci­ence and Alzheimer’s Aus­tralia, geron­tol­ogy and the brain, the val­ue of videogames‑, so let me address them here:

1) Nicks says (Brain Fit­ness Pro­grams For Seniors Hous­ing, Health­care and Insur­ance Providers: Eval­u­a­tion Checklist)

“This report is inter­est­ing and it address­es many very impor­tant ques­tions that cog­ni­tive neu­ropsy­chol­o­gists, such as myself have. I feel that many of the prod­ucts on the mar­ket now make claims which are gen­er­al­ly unsubstantiated.

I find it con­cern­ing that many of these pro­grammes have been mar­ket­ed to tar­get old­er adults in par­tic­u­lar with­out mak­ing any spe­cif­ic state­ment on whether the activ­i­ties are ben­e­fi­cial and have been sup­port­ed with empir­i­cal research.

i have recent­ly con­duct­ed a cog­ni­tive inter­ven­tion study which used a large array of out­come mea­sures which focus on [Read more…] about Your com­ments on cog­ni­tive train­ing, Posit Sci­ence, Alzheimer’s Aus­tralia, geron­tol­ogy, games

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Alzheimers, Alzheimers-Australia, Assisted-Living, brain, cognitive, cognitive-assessments, Cognitive-Training, crossword-puzzle, Dakim, Dakim-mPower, Games-for-Health, gerontology-and-brain, heathcare, insurance, MCI, memory-enhancement, mental-gymnastic, mild-cognitive-impairment, MindFit, neuroplasticity, neuropsychologists, Posit-Science, Posit-Science-Insight, Posit-Science-Program-Classic, Prevent-Alzheimers, Serious-Games, Susan-Greenfield, videogames

Posit Science Program Classic and InSight: Alzheimer’s Australia

September 24, 2008 by Alvaro Fernandez

Brain-fit­ness plan can improve mem­o­ry (Syd­ney Morn­ing Her­ald), reports on the recent endorse­ment of Posit Sci­ence’s pro­grams (Posit Sci­ence Pro­gram Clas­sic, focused on audi­to­ry pro­cess­ing train­ing, and Posit Sci­ence Cor­tex™ with InSight™, on visu­al pro­cess­ing). Quotes: [Read more…] about Posit Sci­ence Pro­gram Clas­sic and InSight: Alzheimer’s Australia

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: ACTIVE, Alzheimers, Alzheimers-Association, Alzheimers-Australia, Art-Kramer, auditory-processing, Brain-fitness-plan, Brain-Resource, Brain-Training, cognitive-assessments, cognitive-reserve, CogState, dementia, endorsement, improve-brain-functioning, improve-driving-skills, improve-memory, Jerri-Edwards, libraries, mentally-active, Nintendo-Brain-Age, nintendo-brain-training, nursing-homes, posit-science-brain-fitness-program, Posit-Science-Cortex-with-InSight, Posit-Science-Program-Classic, visual-processing, Yaakov-Stern

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