We have been busy lately! At the beginning of June, we hosted a webinar with Dr. Sean Rourke about HIV-Related Cognitive Decline. Before Father’s Day, we delved into Men’s Health Week.  Two weeks ago, we launched our ThinkFood Recipe of the Week program, the culmination of many months of preparation and collaboration with 50 top [...]

Ed. Note: this article originally appeared on Dr. Merzenich’s blog On The Brain on August 11, 2008. It references an article by Nicholas Carr, who has recently tackled the topic in greater depth in a new book The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. In light of the recent book release, we thought [...]

We all know people with reputations for thriving under pressure.  As the stakes rise, so does their performance.  Sports offer some of the most vivid examples of this tendency, with athletes like Kobe Bryant always seeming to make the big play and others…not. These stone-cold superstars are genetic anomalies.  While most of us mere mortals [...]

I had two recent experiences that had me wondering about the importance of evidence in marketing of products. The first experience was in the checkout line at the local grocery store.  There was a display of “Neuro” branded products, e.g., Neuro Gasm, Neuro Bliss, Neuro Sleep.  These products are bit of a mixture of science, [...]

I just read a fascinating article describing a brain-powered robot created by a team of Northeastern University students.  Their device captures signals produced in the visual cortex of the brain caused by looking at different parts of a computer screen.  When a person directs her gaze at the top left corner of the screen, for [...]

Ed. Note: this article originally appeared on Dr. Merzenich’s blog On The Brain on June 13, 2009. Millions of individuals (2% of humankind) are plagued by continuous sounds generated in their skulls, not coming from the real world. Because these ringing or roaring sounds are inescapable and because they strongly influence emotional-control processes in the brain, they [...]

Technology has been called out on the carpet in recent articles about contributing to the decline of our a number of brain functions. We need not be so fast to judge … we have many examples of technology’s value, too.

 I walked by the Books, Inc store in San Francisco’s Marina district a couple of weeks ago, and saw this brain book bonanza in the window display! I asked the clerk about it and he said there was a lot of demand for books about the brain and mind, and especially, how to keep it [...]

There was a research study published recently by Nielsen, the market research firm who tracks media consumption.  They found that in in the last five years, the number of seniors 65 and older actively using the Internet has increased by more than 55 percent to 17.5 million in November 2009.  On average, this age group spent over [...]

You probably know by now that here at Posit Science we build clinically proven brain fitness programs so people can give their brains the best, most effective workouts possible. But we also know that brain training is just one piece of the puzzle. Diet, physical exercise, social activities, and other things all play a role [...]