This week I’m posting a favorite brain-related TED video each day. In this eye-opening 4 minute talk from TED 2008, biochemist Gregory Petsko argues that between now and 2050, we’ll see an epidemic of neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, as the world’s population ages.

This week something really neat is happening in Long Beach, California. It’s the annual TED Conference- a meeting of some of the world’s great minds of science, technology, design, and entertainment. While not all of us are able to attend the very exclusive TED Conference, we can all benefit from the wonderful videos they post [...]

Over a recent long weekend I participated in a 4-day camp that teaches children with disabilities how to ride a bike. One of the participants in this camp was my son Daniel, who is six and has autism. The bi-annual camp was put together through a partnership between the Sonoma State Kinesiology department and United [...]

One of the reasons I like working at Posit Science is that they are committed to being a corporation that gives back to the community and the world at large. In November, the company donated $1 million worth of software to over 500 public libraries in Massachusetts. During the month of December, for every purchase [...]

A few months ago, my 6-year-old daughter was in the hospital. Her hospital roommate was a two-year-old girl with brain cancer. I talked to this girl’s mother, and as it turned out, she had done everything she knew how to do to raise her daughter in an especially healthy environment. She and her husband had [...]

Recently Alvaro Fernandez of SharpBrains interviewed Dr. Michael Merzenich about his thoughts on a variety of topics, from safe driving to personal brain trainers to lifelong cognitive vitality. They also discussed Dr. Merzenich’s vision of a future filled with personal brain trainers and and improved cognitive assessments. You can read the full article (and a [...]

Brain fitness programs are moving from an invention to an innovation.

Lately I’ve been really interested in the role of brain development and function in criminal behavior–both for “minor” crimes like drug possession and more serious felonies. It’s a controversial topic that has the potential to shake our judicial and prison systems to the core. If someone’s brain is  “wired” to believe a certain criminal activity [...]

Posit Science is taking a short break for the holidays- but we’ll be updating the blog in the New Year when we’re back from a much-needed rest. Our offices will be closed from December 24, 2009 to January 1, 2010. We’ll be back at work on the 4th of January at full speed ahead. Of [...]

At the holidays, we like to get together as a company to play some games and share in some fun. Of course, learning to play new and challenging games can be good for your brain, so that was an added bonus of our billiards and foosball party. We thought it would be fun to share [...]