Comments on: Looking inside the Brain: is my Brain Fit? http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/23/looking-inside-the-brain-is-my-brain-fit/ Your Brain Fitness Center Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:20:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: First Carnival of Tech — Technology Matter http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/23/looking-inside-the-brain-is-my-brain-fit/#comment-144643 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:21:08 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/23/looking-inside-the-brain-is-my-brain-fit/#comment-144643 [...] Alvaro Fernandez presents Looking inside the Brain: is my Brain Fit? posted at SharpBrains, saying, “Neuroimaging technologies 101″ [...] [...] Alvaro Fernandez presents Looking inside the Brain: is my Brain Fit? posted at SharpBrains, saying, "Neuroimaging technologies 101" [...]

]]> by: Alvaro http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/23/looking-inside-the-brain-is-my-brain-fit/#comment-139043 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:48:08 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/23/looking-inside-the-brain-is-my-brain-fit/#comment-139043 Thank you, Chris! Thank you, Chris!

]]> by: Chris http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/23/looking-inside-the-brain-is-my-brain-fit/#comment-138507 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:58:51 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/23/looking-inside-the-brain-is-my-brain-fit/#comment-138507 Neuroimaging is such an essential part of modern medicine today, your website is bringing much needed attention to this area. Neuroimaging is such an essential part of modern medicine today, your website is bringing much needed attention to this area.

]]> by: bennie http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/23/looking-inside-the-brain-is-my-brain-fit/#comment-131987 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:01:35 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/23/looking-inside-the-brain-is-my-brain-fit/#comment-131987 Hi, Your article was included in the First Carnival of Tech at http://www.technologymatter.com/2008/02/first-carnival-of-tech.html. Thanks! Hi, Your article was included in the First Carnival of Tech at http://www.technologymatter.com/2008/02/first-carnival-of-tech.html.
Thanks!

]]> by: Grand Rounds: Volume 4, No. 19 // Emergiblog http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/23/looking-inside-the-brain-is-my-brain-fit/#comment-127070 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:34:39 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/23/looking-inside-the-brain-is-my-brain-fit/#comment-127070 [...] Alvaro at the always educational Sharp Brains submits a post looking at how neuroimaging and the brain reserve theory support the value of education, lifelong learning and stimulating hobbies in Looking Inside the Brain: Is My Brain Fit? A second post examines the promising, but unproven, value of neurofeedback for kids with ADHD: How Strong Is the Research Support for Neurofeedback Treatment in Attention Deficits? [...] [...] Alvaro at the always educational Sharp Brains submits a post looking at how neuroimaging and the brain reserve theory support the value of education, lifelong learning and stimulating hobbies in Looking Inside the Brain: Is My Brain Fit? A second post examines the promising, but unproven, value of neurofeedback for kids with ADHD: How Strong Is the Research Support for Neurofeedback Treatment in Attention Deficits? [...]

]]> by: Pascale Michelon http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/23/looking-inside-the-brain-is-my-brain-fit/#comment-125693 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:43:10 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/23/looking-inside-the-brain-is-my-brain-fit/#comment-125693 Hi Joshua, I agree with your comment. Neurogenesis and the like is really hard to measure in humans. Small and colleagues (2007) used MRI to try to estimate the effect of physical activity on neurons formation (which contributes to cognitive reserve). However, they again used a proxy as they could not directly count the new neurons... Hi Joshua,
I agree with your comment. Neurogenesis and the like is really hard to measure in humans. Small and colleagues (2007) used MRI to try to estimate the effect of physical activity on neurons formation (which contributes to cognitive reserve). However, they again used a proxy as they could not directly count the new neurons...

]]> by: Joshua http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/23/looking-inside-the-brain-is-my-brain-fit/#comment-125489 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:06:41 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/23/looking-inside-the-brain-is-my-brain-fit/#comment-125489 Really looking inside the brain? The studies cited all use proxies for cognitive reserve (e.g. years of education), but these indirect measures crudely approximate the brain effects of such lifetime experiences. We really need neuroimaging techniques capable of directly measuring the expression of neural networks associated with cognitive reserve. We would then be in a position to prospectively test the effects of activities purported to increase reserve. Really looking inside the brain?

The studies cited all use proxies for cognitive reserve (e.g. years of education), but these indirect measures crudely approximate the brain effects of such lifetime experiences. We really need neuroimaging techniques capable of directly measuring the expression of neural networks associated with cognitive reserve. We would then be in a position to prospectively test the effects of activities purported to increase reserve.

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