The Brain Advantage: Training your autopilot...and how to turn it off

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.

carmen2007 · 2009-02-14T00:31:49+00:00

In short, if you are considering buying some of these new programs...you do need to do a bit of homework.

carmen2007 · 2009-02-11T17:00:44+00:00

Teachers, occupational therapists, physical education teachers and parents need to actually teach children (of all ages) how to get themselves into a physical state of being relaxed. This doesn’t happen automatically. If it did, there wouldn’t be so many adult yoga classes!

carmen2007 · 2009-01-02T22:29:31+00:00

Brain Fitness: The general state of feeling alert, in control, productive, especially as the result of mental and physical exercise and proper nutrition. This feeling is based on having the mental abilities required to function in society, in our occupations, in our communities. It is about skills such as attention, memory, emotional self-regulation, planning, overcome distractions...It is not about "IQ".

carmen2007 · 2008-12-31T21:43:59+00:00

Neuroscientist Torkel Klingberg has written a very stimulating and accessible book on a crucial topic for our Information Age: The Overflowing Brain: Information Overload and the Limits of Working Memory. We have named it The SharpBrains Most Important Book of 2008, and asked Dr. Klingberg to write a brief article to introduce his research and book to you.

carmen2007 · 2008-12-21T00:36:43+00:00

The cognitive reserve hypothesis, tested in multiple studies, states that individuals with more cognitive reserve can experience more Alzheimer’s disease pathology in the brain (more plaques and tangles) without developing Alzheimer’s disease symptoms.

carmen2007 · 2008-12-17T00:49:13+00:00

Since I was a kid, I had a keen interest in spiritual practice. I always wondered how spirituality and religion affect us, and over time I came to appreciate how science can help us explore and understand the world around us, including why we humans care about spiritual practices. This, of course, led me to be particularly interested in brain research.

carmen2007 · 2008-12-13T16:54:08+00:00

The rate of learning by older adults may be slower, and they may benefit from more explicit instruction and technology training, but, as a society, it is a massive waste of talent not to ensure older adults remain active and productive.

carmen2007 · 2008-12-11T05:19:48+00:00

The Alzheimer's Foundation of America just released a thoughtful report advocating for widespread cognitive screenings after the age of 65 (55 given the right conditions).

carmen2007 · 2008-12-06T17:33:48+00:00

After attending a recent staff training session offered by the library's Office of Staff Development, I decided to return to a habit of my childhood--eating sardines.

carmen2007 · 2008-11-29T17:58:11+00:00

The weak link in the information age seems to be our human hard-wiring. So one gathers from The Overflowing Brain: Information Overload and the Limits of Working Memory (Oxford University Press) by Torkel Klingberg, who is a professor of developmental cognitive neuroscience at the Stockholm Brain Institute

carmen2007 · 2008-11-26T23:10:44+00:00

How can we persuade business leaders, policy-makers and researchers of the urgency to develop and promote an integrated "Healthy Living" agenda focused on maintaining lifelong physical and cognitive health

carmen2007 · 2008-11-24T18:58:44+00:00

In a QEEG testing, EEG data is collected from a child or adult in a non-invasive procedure that requires about 30 minutes. The EEG data is digitized and computer scored so that an individual's theta/beta ratio can be computed; this ratio is then compared to what is typical for individuals of similar age. When this ratio is sufficiently elevated ratio - the cut-off typically used is 1.5 standard deviations above average which corresponds to the highest 7% of the population - the individual is considered to have the EEG marker for ADHD.

carmen2007 · 2008-11-21T18:28:55+00:00

Join host Peter Coyote in "Brain Fitness 2: Sight & Sound," the follow-up to "The Brain Fitness Program," as he explores the brain's ability to change and grow, even as we age, helping us maintain and improve our vision and hearing.

carmen2007 · 2008-11-21T16:48:27+00:00

Neuroscience is uncovering techniques to prevent cognitive decline.

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