I couldn’t resist sharing with you a piece from NPR’s health blog called “Why Bacon Is a Gateway Meat for Vegetarians.” And it involves the brain… so read on! According to Johan Lundstrom from the Monell Chemical Senses Center, bacon has a very fundamental appeal for humans. First, Lundstrom explains that the high fat and [...]

1. Junk Food and Addiction – How Cheesecake and Bacon are Like Heroin and Cocaine
2. Your Brain in Love: Part 5 – No Room for Romance? Try Music Instead… but not Junk Food
3. The Brain and Emotional Control

This past weekend the New York Times continued its coverage of the Boomers reaching retirement age. Interestingly, they tracked down and profiled the first boomer (at least one of the early ones) to reach retirement age; click the link to read more about this generation and one of its first born, Aloysius Nachreiner. Oliver Sacks [...]

1. Person of the Year
2. The Ultimate D.I.Y. Project
3. New Web Resource: “About the Brain”

Time Magazine got it wrong.  Naming Mark Zuckerberg “Person of the Year” is okay but a better choice would have been the first Boomer to turn 65 in 2011.  That person, whomever he or she may be, is literally at the forefront of a tsunami that will change our world. NPR reported this morning that [...]

1. Boomer Coverage, Continued
2. The Coming Costs of Alzheimer’s
3. Why isn’t brain health top of mind?

This year, to celebrate the holidays, the Posit Science team went bowling! I won’t say who the highest and lowest scorers were… but feel free to guess. Happy Holidays from all of us at Posit Science!! The money folks! Stasia & Mark keep the books straight & up-to-date. CEO Steven & VP Marketing Sharon Graphics [...]

1. Posit Science Holiday Party – With Pictures!
2. Holiday Break + Customer Support
3. Unplugging For Brain Science

A few days ago, the New York Times reviewed what looks to be both a beautiful and fascinating book for brain fans:  Portraits of the Mind:  Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century.  This is an art book featuring images of the brain, its neurons and structures along with commentary from neuroscientists and [...]

1. Brain Book Bonanza!
2. Men’s Brains vs. Women’s Brains: Social Implications of Neuroimaging (Part 2 of 2)
3. Learning, Thinking, Feeling: People vs. Animals

This holiday season, Posit Science is partnering with OneSight for the second year in a row, to help people get the vision care and eyeglasses they need! A percent of all purchases will be donated to OneSight.

1. Helping OneSight Deliver Vision Care and Eyeglasses to People in Need
2. Posit Science Giving Back – Eyeglass Donation Drive
3. Having Correctly Prescribed Glasses Improves Quality of Life

Barbara Strauch, author of The Secret Life of the Grown Up Brain, spoke this week at Stanford.  Strauch is the health/medical science editor for The New York Times and when she writes on brain topics, the articles consistently skyrocket to the top of the “Most E-mailed List.”  I attended her lecture at the Center for [...]

1. The Surprising Talents of the Middle Aged Mind
2. For Middle-Aged Women, a Drink a Day Keeps the Doctor Away?
3. Less Meat in Middle Age, Better Memory When You’re Older?

Back in June, we launched our Thinkfood Recipe of the Week program, to bring a brain healthy recipe to your inbox each week. Today we are pleased to announce that the physical cookbook is here and available for purchase on our website and on Amazon.com! ThinkFood is a cookbook  that features brain-healthy recipes. We know [...]

1. Announcing ThinkFood: a Brain Healthy Cookbook and Recipe of the Week Program!
2. The Story of Thinkfood
3. Thinkfood+Fitness: Curry Grilled Corn Soup & Cardio Boost

Five neuroscientists are on a rafting trip in Utah… does this sound the beginning of a joke?  It’s not.  The New York Times published an interesting article on a group of neuroscientists who want to understand how our use of digital devices affects how we think and behave.  The neuroscientists were also trying to understand [...]

1. Convergence = Computer Science + Entertainment + Brain Science
2. Technology – Brain’s Friend or Foe?
3. Posit Science Participating in the SharpBrains Summit in January

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 [...]

1. The Thinkfood Cookbook Is Here!
2. The Story of Thinkfood
3. Thinkfood+Fitness: Curry Grilled Corn Soup & Cardio Boost