“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 [...]

{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 more.”

My son Jackson is playing soccer for Red Star and has started learning to juggle the ball.  It has been a long time since I played soccer so I thought it would be fun to learn along with him. When we started, we  were getting 1 or 2 juggles before the ball hit the ground, [...]

Studies have shown that nursing home residents in the United States and other industrialized countries have rates of vision problems that are 3 to 15 times higher than community-dwelling older adults. About one-third of these vision problems can be attributed to improperly prescribed glasses. Dr. Cynthia Owsley of the University of Alabama wondered if improving [...]

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 [...]

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 we love can really [...]

Posit Science is participating in the inaugural SharpBrains Summit next month. The conference is the first global and virtual conference devoted to Innovation and Technology for Lifelong Cognitive Health and Performance. On January 18th, I am speaking on a panel about applying brain plasticity to improve driving safety. On January 19th, Posit Science co-founder Dr. [...]

If you’ve ever dabbled in neuroscience (or work at a neuroscience-based company, like I do) you may have come across the story of “H.M.” H.M. was a man who had brain surgery in the 1950s to stop severe seizures. The surgeon ended up removing large pieces of H.M.’s brain. The result: far fewer seizures, and [...]

Throughout my own exploration of health and well being I have tried a lot of things in my search for balance and quality of life. My current focus is accepting a healthy outlook on life and being a better person. With the full catastrophe of work, commute, family life (3 kids), and the general day-to-day, [...]

An article from Glamour Magazine’s February 2008 issue talks about 5 secrets of your brain.  These ‘secrets’ are just some of the content neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt, Ph.D., coauthor of Welcome to Your Brain speaks about in her book. While I question whether any of them are really a ‘secret’, I do find Secrets #2 and [...]