Why Brain Training Can Help Older Drivers

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | November 10, 2010

A study just pub­lished in the Jour­nal of the Amer­i­can Geri­atric Soci­ety has been much pub­li­cized recent­ly (see for instance, this L.A. Times arti­cle). The study showed that a com­put­er-based brain train­ing pro­gram suc­ceed­ed in reduc­ing at-fault car crash­es for old­er dri­vers. The effects of the train­ing last­ed over 6 years. This result made the news…

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Maximize the Cognitive Value of Your Mental Workout

By Alvaro Fernandez | February 21, 2008 |

Phys­i­cal fit­ness. Cognitive/ brain fit­ness. Both require nov­el­ty, vari­ety and chal­lenge. Pro­fes­sor Schlo­mo Breznitz, a sci­en­tif­ic and busi­ness leader in the cog­ni­tive fit­ness field, explains why, elo­quent­ly, below. Per­haps “we want change” real­ly means “we need change”. Enjoy! ———————— Why are every­day life chal­lenges not suf­fi­cient to keep our brains fit? – By Prof. Shlomo…

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Neuroscience for lawyers and leaders

By Alvaro Fernandez | May 3, 2007 |

Stephanie, our lawyer-blog­ger friend, alert­ed us of 2 great arti­cles co-authored by her and Dr. Jef­frey M. Schwartz, a research psy­chi­a­trist at the School of Med­i­cine at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia at Los Ange­les and one of the world’s lead­ing experts in neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty. We high­ly rec­om­mend them for lawyers, busi­ness pro­fes­sion­als, and lead­ers in general.…

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