We’ve all been there: you’re having a casual, run-of-the-mill conversation, and all of a sudden you just… can’t… quite… think of… the… umm… hoo boy. At this point, you may try to make a joke to play off the situation, and if you’re of a certain age, that joke probably involves the phrase “senior moment” [...]

1. Brain Scans Show that Being Bilingual Can Ward Off Alzheimer’s Effects
2. How the Brain Develops a Second Language
3. The Second Language Brain Debate

Is there really anything more interesting to talk about than music? Personally, I can’t think of anything else I would rather occupy my thoughts and conversations with. That’s probably because for me, music connects to everything worth caring about in the first place: culture, technology, and language. Mark Richardson, one of my favorite modern writers [...]

1. Music and the Brain: Further Evidence on The Power of Sound
2. Tinnitus, Music, and Brain Plasticity
3. Top 12 Brain-Based Reasons Why Music as Therapy Works

It is said that every major war produces a “signature injury.” Society always feels the loss of those who die in battle, but the way most of us experience war is through the surviving veterans who come home and bring with them a new set of medical, scientific, and moral challenges. In World War II, [...]

1. A Fun, Challenging Game – For A Good Cause!
2. Saluting our Soldiers Series: Part 2 – TBI, The “Signature Injury” of a Generation
3. BBC Study on Brain Training in Nature Magazine: BBC Brain Training Program Does Not Work

Of all the issues around brain development, the most interesting to me has always been that of language learning- especially relating to second language learning. It probably has to with my background: my Dad is from Iran, and in my early childhood I spoke Farsi with him and English with my Mom. Eventually, though, my [...]

1. How the Brain Develops a Second Language
2. Bilingualism and Brain Plasticity
3. Brain Scans Show that Being Bilingual Can Ward Off Alzheimer’s Effects

As someone with a deep interest in music, I’ve often wondered about that age-old question: where does music come from? It’s become a cliché for musicians to wax philosophical about how their creative impulses come from “deep within” or that improvisation is a way of expressing their “true self”, but good luck getting anything more [...]

1. The Arts and The Brain, Part II
2. Predicting the Future
3. Music and the Brain: Further Evidence on The Power of Sound

For all of us here at Posit Science and, I would imagine, to most of the people who follow the neuroscience behind brain training, the concept of brain plasticity is extremely liberating. The old guard notion of a “hard-wired” brain with little capability of changing beyond puberty has given way to a complete rethinking of [...]

1. Brain Plasticity Inc. to Receive $3.65 Million Funding for Schizophrenia & Stroke Research
2. Our Brain Awareness Session on Brain Plasticity & Brain Fitness with Dr. Michael Merzenich
3. Kids, TV, Video Games, and Attention

The evidence in favor of brain training just keeps rolling in: even a small amount of brain training in brain fitness software like InSight or DriveSharp can cut the crash risk of older driver’s in half. Don’t believe me? Check at this recent study presented at this year’s annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board [...]

1. New Study Shows: Posit Science Brain Training Reduces Crash Risk in Older Adults by 50%
2. Live Blogging the SharpBrains Summit – Day 1
3. DriveSharp: Proven To Help Keep You Safe On The Road

“No man fully capable of his own language ever masters another.” George Bernard Shaw said that, and as someone who aims to learn as many languages as one lifespan permits, I am delighted to report that the findings of cognitive and linguistic research have actually demonstrated au contraire. Take this Dartmouth College study from way [...]

1. The Second Language Brain Debate
2. Bilingualism and Brain Plasticity
3. It’s Called Generalization (A Conversation With My Sister)

It turns out Posit Science doesn’t just help people recover from debilitating conditions, but actually has the potential to produce superhuman athletes. Take Dave Demko, the professional skiing competitor who has used our programs (along with rigorous physical exercise and training) to beat people more than half his age (just enter his name in the [...]

1. Posit Science training programs provide many real-world benefits
2. Giving Health Advice for Older People? Don’t Forget the Brain!
3. The Best Gift You Can Give

…so just what *is* “fun,” anyway? It’s a question I find myself returning to again and again and I believe it’s one of fundamental importance to the products we design here at Posit Science. The exercises in our software help strengthen the brain, but only if our customers commit to playing them. By itself, the [...]

1. Gaming for Good: How Can We Play with a Purpose?