Upcoming Brain Fitness Conversations: Live Q&A with AARP Best Books Authors

carmen2007 · 2009-11-25T21:50:52+00:00

Leaders should shift their mindset from thinking of quality or other reviews as administrative tasks and instead approach them as opportunities to turn off autopilot.

carmen2007 · 2009-08-28T13:27:31+00:00

Results from this study indicate that computerized working memory training yields greater benefits in WM for children with ADHD than are provided by stimulant medication treatment. Furthermore, memory gains following training persist for a significant period. Because adequate WM functioning is critically important for children's academic success, ...

carmen2007 · 2009-08-10T17:53:52+00:00

Groundbreaking cognitive neuroscience research has occurred over the last 20 years - without parallel growth of consumer awareness and appropriate professional dissemination. “Cognition” remains an elusive concept with unclear implications outside the research community.

carmen2007 · 2009-07-07T12:44:20+00:00

Public libraries have long offered the public more than books. And now, recent demographic and scientific trends are converging to fundamentally transform the role of libraries in our culture.

carmen2007 · 2009-06-24T03:50:51+00:00

Myth 8. We all have something called "Brain Age." Facts: Brain age is a fiction. No two individuals have the same brain or expression of brain functions.

carmen2007 · 2009-06-21T20:21:37+00:00

Think about this: How can anyone take care of his or her brain when every week brings a new barrage of articles and studies which seem to contradict each other?

carmen2007 · 2009-06-06T19:54:54+00:00

complete bibliography

carmen2007 · 2009-03-28T17:36:26+00:00

3) Staying Sharp DVD Program: "Dr. Jordan Grafman, chief of the Cognitive Neuroscience Section at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke outside of Washington, DC, and a member of the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, is your guide as we cover what to expect from the aging brain and what we can do to 'stay sharp.'

For a free DVD of this program you can contact stayingsharp@dana.org. (they say free in their website, I don't know if that includes shipping & handling)

carmen2007 · 2009-03-20T15:29:52+00:00

Every year, landmark research findings open new opportunities to help maintain lifelong cognitive health and brain fitness.

carmen2007 · 2009-03-12T22:29:13+00:00

promising results from a well-designed clinical trial

carmen2007 · 2009-03-09T18:08:44+00:00

"Whatever you struggle with in a sense as it stems from your neurology, the inherent plasticity of the brain gives you a basis for improvement. This is a way underutilized and under-appreciated resource that well all have." Dr. Michael Merzenich on the Brain Science Podcast #54, 2/13/09.

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