UFOV Training Reduces Medical Expenditures

At the Transportation Research Board annual meeting last year I attended a talk by Dr. Fredric Wolinsky of the University of Iowa. Along with his colleagues, he conducted an analysis of participants in the ACTIVE clinical trial, the largest study of cognitive training performed to date. He found that people who had done ten hours [...]

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Posted February 16, 2010 by Peter under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain exercise, DriveSharp, Exercise, InSight, Neuroscience, Posit Science software, Processing speed, Research studies

Soccer Juggling, Brain Training and A Challenge

Learning a new skill, like juggling a soccer ball, takes focus and practice … what new skill have you tried recently to push your mind?

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Posted February 8, 2010 by Steven under Brain exercise, Brain plasticity, Physical exercise, Processing speed

Live Blogging the SharpBrains Summit – Day 2

11:05 am: This session has now concluded. That is the end of my blogging from the Sharp Brains summit. All the best, Peter.
11:04 am: Dr. Stern believes that improving executive functioning performance with training can increase cognitive reserve. Improving cognitive reserve may delay or reverse the effects of aging.
10:56 am: Now speaking is Dr. Yaakov [...]

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Posted January 19, 2010 by Peter under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain exercise, Brain plasticity, InSight, Memory, Neuroscience, Processing speed, Research studies

Live Blogging the SharpBrains Summit – Day 1

1:38 PM: That’s it for our live blog today- Peter Delahunt will start the live blogging tomorrow morning at 8 AM for Day 2 coverage.  We hope you enjoyed the live blog and that you’ll be back tomorrow!
1:35 PM: Elkhonon Goldberg is the Chief Scientific Advisor to SharpBrains. He begins by discussing the role of [...]

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Posted January 18, 2010 by Karen under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain Fitness Marketing, Brain Fitness Program, Brain exercise, Brain plasticity, DriveSharp, Driving, Driving safety, Exercise, InSight, Memory, Neuroscience, Posit Science software, Processing speed, Research studies

More Good News: Brain Training Cuts Crash Risk in Half

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 [...]

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Posted January 15, 2010 by Cyrus under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain exercise, Brain plasticity, DriveSharp, Driving, Driving safety, Exercise, InSight, Posit Science software, Processing speed, Research studies

Traffic… Why It’s Hard to Drive

I’ve been reading a fascinating book called Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt.  He writes about many of the challenges that driving presents to the brain.  In one section he quotes a survey of a road in Maryland where information is presented to the driver every two feet (think of traffic signs, road markings, stoplights, street names… not [...]

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Posted January 15, 2010 by Steven under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain exercise, DriveSharp, Driving, Driving safety, Exercise, Posit Science software, Processing speed

How the Brain Develops a Second Language

“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 back [...]

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Posted December 21, 2009 by Cyrus under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain Fitness Program, Brain exercise, Brain plasticity, Memory, Processing speed, Research studies

It’s Called Generalization (A Conversation With My Sister)

{Editor’s note: this is excerpted from a real conversation JP had with his sister, speaking about their mother.}
Sis: “You never said anything about her having more energy.”
Me: “What are you talking about?”
Sis: “You said it was brain fitness software, that it was going to improve her ability to focus and remember [...]

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Posted December 17, 2009 by JP under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain Fitness Program, Brain exercise, Brain plasticity, Memory, Processing speed, Research studies

A Posit-Powered Skiing Champion

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 [...]

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Posted December 14, 2009 by Cyrus under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain Fitness Program, Brain exercise, Brain plasticity, Exercise, InSight, Physical exercise, Posit Science software, Processing speed

The Best Gift You Can Give

The holidays are rapidly approaching, and if you’re like me, you may still be struggling with deciding what ‘perfect gift’ you should give your mate or aunt or sister that could really mean something for them.  In the Land of Plenty, it is sometimes hard to determine what those individuals that [...]

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Posted December 11, 2009 by Dr. Merzenich under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain Fitness Program, Brain exercise, Brain plasticity, DriveSharp, Exercise, InSight, Memory, Posit Science software, Processing speed