Posts Tagged ‘teens’
Brain Teaser to test your pattern recognition and other cognitive skills: The Empty Triangle
Please enjoy this fun brain teaser, provided by puzzle master Wes Carroll. The Empty Triangle: Question: Which number should be placed in the empty triangle?
Read MoreStudy: Raising a teen with ADHD adds significant stress to parents–especially to mothers
Numerous studies have established that parents of children with ADHD experience more stress in their parenting role than other parents. Although it is reasonable to expect that this would also be true for parents of adolescents with ADHD, this issue
Read More23. Quick brainteaser to test your cognitive skills…and biases
— Brain teaser: Please consider Linda, a 31-year-old woman, single and bright. When she was a student, in high school and in college too, she was deeply involved in social justice issues, and also participated in environmental protests. Which is more probable about Linda’s occupation today?
Read MoreNew Study shows Teens with ADHD helped by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
In a recent issue of Attention Research Update I reviewed a study of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for adults with ADHD that yielded encouraging findings. Promising findings of this approach for adults raises the question of whether CBT could also be helpful for teens with ADHD. Developing effective nonmedical interventions for teens with ADHD is important…
Read MoreMichael Merzenich on Brain Training, Assessments, and Personal Brain Trainers
Interview with Dr. Michael Merzenich, Emeritus Professor at UCSF, a leading pioneer in brain plasticity research. In the late 1980s, Dr. Merzenich was on the team that invented the cochlear implant. In 1996, he was the founding CEO of Scientific Learning Corporation (Nasdaq: SCIL), and in 2004 became co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Posit Science. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1999 and to the Institute of Medicine this year. He retired as Francis A. Sooy Professor and Co-Director of the Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience at the University of California at San Francisco in 2007. You may have learned about his work in one of PBS TV specials, multiple media appearances, or neuroplasticity-related books.
Read MoreAAA to deploy Brain Fitness Software DriveSharp to Assess and Train Older Driver’s Brains
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety just started to recommend a new driver safety program called DriveSharp (see AAA and Posit Release Program to Improve Drivers’ Minds), developed by Posit Science. DriveSharp is a computerized cognitive assessment and training tool based on Karlene Ball’s research on older adults’ cognitive fitness and driving. In the press…
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