Cognitive Health and Training News

By Alvaro Fernandez | February 28, 2008

Sev­er­al recent news (includ­ing video of our recent pan­el dis­cus­sion): 1) Study Finds Improved Cog­ni­tive Health among Old­er Amer­i­cans (Jour­nal of the Alzheimer’s Asso­ci­a­tion) — “Soci­etal invest­ment in build­ing and main­tain­ing cog­ni­tive reserve through for­mal edu­ca­tion in child­hood and con­tin­ued cog­ni­tive stim­u­la­tion dur­ing work and leisure in adult­hood may help lim­it the bur­den of demen­tia among…

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Preventive Medicine for Brain Health

By Dr. Simon Evans | February 27, 2008

Giv­en the cur­rent polit­i­cal cli­mate, we are pleased to host this thought-pro­­vok­ing arti­cle by 2 of our Expert Con­trib­u­tors. Dear Mr or Mrs Next Pres­i­dent: how can you help our minds take bet­ter care of our brains? ————– Ask Not What The Health Sys­tem Can Do For You…  – By Simon J. Evans, PhD and Paul…

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More on Neurofeedback’s Brain Training Value

By Alvaro Fernandez | February 24, 2008 |

(Note: neu­ro­feed­back is a form of biofeed­back that mea­sures brain waves and that, accord­ing to prac­ti­tion­ers, pro­vides good “brain train­ing” for spe­cif­ic clin­i­cal con­di­tions). A few weeks ago Dr. David Rabin­er wrote a great post on How Strong is the Research Sup­port for Neu­ro­feed­back in Atten­tion Deficits?, con­clud­ing that — “It is for these rea­sons that…

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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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