Posts Tagged ‘Visual-Awareness’
First Book Review is in…Two Stethoscopes Up!
The San Francisco Chronicle brings two great pieces today — including an excellent review of our new Book! Is Your Brain A Couch Potato? (online book review) “At 165 pages, we’re talking a short, sweet, entertaining read of a complex topic, with timely (written in 1/09) reviews of 21 top technology products, as well as…
Read MoreAllstate: Can we improve Driver Safety using Posit Science InSight?
Insurance company Allstate and brain fitness software developer Posit Science just announced (see press release Protecting Pennsylvania Drivers, One Brain at a Time) a very intelligent initiative: Video exercises aid driving skills (Chicago Tribune) -“Allstate, which called the Posit program “potentially the next big breakthrough in automobile safety,” said it expects its software exercises to…
Read MoreDriveFit (CogniFit); Brain Fitness Program for Driving
Driving as Next Brain Fitness Application? Last month, at the MIT/ SmartSilvers event where we presented our Brain Fitness Market Report, we discussed what specific applications, beyond the current emphasis on healthy aging, might take computerized cognitive training to a new level.  Assessing and improving driving skills would be a top candidate, given both the well-defined…
Read MorePosit Science & InSight for Visual Processing
Posit Science Corporation announced today, at the annual International Long Term Care Insurance Conference, the launch of a new program called  InSight™ for visual processing training. We have not yet had the chance to analyze the program, but several pertinent open questions posed by Alvaro last month to Posit Science representatives (see Posit Science Brain Fitness Program 2.0: Open…
Read MoreBrain Health/ Brain Training News
Roundup of interesting news in this emerging field: 1) Brain Health Leaders Team Up to Prevent Crashes. 2) Adults Improve Critical Professional and Personal Skills Through New Cognitive Training Program. 3) Nature Neuroscience Podcast and London Taxi Drivers. 4) What Have You Changed Your Mind About, lately?. 5) The 2008 Mind & Life Summer Research Institute…
Read More“Tis better to give than receive”: oxytocin and dopamine
Jeffrey Gonce, a Psychology teacher at Red Land High School (West Shore School District, PA) just asked his students to “complete a project describing a recent brain (or genetic) study that affects behavior.” Â The students could opt to post their articles online, and Jeffrey was kind enough to send us a link to read the…
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