Combined tDCS neurostimulation and cognitive training found to improve working memory among older adults–especially those with lower starting capacity

By SharpBrains | October 25, 2022

Giv­ing mem­o­ry a lift: Can games and brain stim­u­la­tion do it? (Med­ical­New­sTo­day): A person’s work­ing mem­o­ry may decline with age or if they have demen­tia, Parkinson’s dis­ease, or have had a stroke. When this occurs, the loss can affect their day-to-day qual­i­ty of life, turn­ing even sim­ple tasks into often-demor­­al­iz­ing challenges.

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Next in mental health, substance abuse: Preventive interventions to strengthen working memory

By SharpBrains | October 8, 2014

— Strong work­ing mem­o­ry puts brakes on prob­lem­at­ic drug use (Med­ical Xpress): “Ado­les­cents with strong work­ing mem­o­ry are bet­ter equipped to escape ear­ly drug exper­i­men­ta­tion with­out pro­gress­ing into sub­stance abuse issues…Most impor­tant in the pic­ture is exec­u­tive atten­tion, a com­po­nent of work­ing mem­o­ry that involves a per­son­’s abil­i­ty to 

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