Auto Insurance, Driving Safely and Saving Money

Insurance companies have the capability to offer brain performance improvement software, DriveSharp, that increases safety and reduces costs. What’s in the way of offering it to everyone?

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Posted January 14, 2011 by Steven Aldrich under DriveSharp, Driving, Driving safety, Neuroscience

New Study Shows: Posit Science Brain Training Reduces Crash Risk in Older Adults by 50%

A long-term research study followed over 900 older adults for five years and saw those who trained with Posit Science’s speed-of-processing technology reduced at-fault crash by 50%.

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Posted November 5, 2010 by Steven Aldrich under DriveSharp, Driving, Driving safety, Neuroscience, Processing speed

Giving Health Advice for Older People? Don’t Forget the Brain!

Last week I wrote about some very healthy, happy centenarians and talked about a recent study on people aged 100+ that found some commonalities across those living long and well. Today I saw that Dr. Mark Lachs has just come out with a new book called Treat Me, Not My Age which purports to give [...]

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Posted October 27, 2010 by Karen Merzenich under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain exercise, Brain Fitness Program, DriveSharp, InSight, Memory, Neuroscience, Physical exercise, Processing speed, Research studies

Don’t Relax Too Much! Why Retirement May Be Bad For Your Brain

A study showing that people who retire earlier have lower performance on cognitive tests. This is another piece of evidence that leading a brain-healthy lifestyle improves cognitive abilities later in life.

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Posted October 14, 2010 by Steven Aldrich under Alzheimer's disease, Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain Fitness Program, DriveSharp, InSight, Neuroscience, Physical exercise

DriveSharp: Proven To Help Keep You Safe On The Road

Our eyes take in a lot of information from the world, but limitations in brain processing means that we can only pay attention to a small portion of it. As a consequence we often fail to notice important information that is clearly in our field of view because our attention is focused elsewhere. One compelling [...]

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Posted August 30, 2010 by Peter Delahunt under Brain exercise, Brain plasticity, DriveSharp, Driving, Driving safety, Neuroscience, Processing speed, Research studies

Auto Insurance Companies, Brain Performance, and Driving Safely

Improving the speed and accuracy of processing what you see is gaining traction thanks to insurance carriers and increasing public awareness.

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Posted August 12, 2010 by Steven Aldrich under DriveSharp, Driving, Driving safety, Neuroscience, Processing speed, Research studies

Four Steps to Enhance Your Driving Wellness

Ed. note: Today we are pleased to present a guest post from Beth Tracton-Bishop, Ph.D, a gerontologist with The Hartford Advance 50 Team and an expert on aging and driver safety. Click on her name above for a full biography. Have you ever heard of the phrase “driving wellness”? It’s a relatively new term that takes [...]

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Posted July 22, 2010 by Beth Tracton-Bishop under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain exercise, DriveSharp, Driving, Driving safety, Posit Science software, Processing speed

Evaluating Brain Fitness Programs – Which Should I Choose?

The brain fitness market has expanded rapidly in recent years, and there is now a large selection of computer and on-line brain training exercises to choose from. At one end of the spectrum are games that are purely for entertainment purposes. At the other end are exercises that have been scientifically validated in clinical trials. [...]

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Posted May 4, 2010 by Peter Delahunt under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain exercise, Brain Fitness Marketing, Brain Fitness Program, Brain plasticity, DriveSharp, Driving, InSight, Neuroscience, Research studies

I Train To…

Depending on where you live, you may have seen our new commercial on TV. We are really proud of it- because it reminds people that among other benefits, Posit Science programs are clinically proven to help people improve their memory and auditory processing, cut crash risk in half, and protect health-related quality of life for [...]

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Posted March 16, 2010 by Karen Merzenich under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain exercise, Brain Fitness Marketing, Brain Fitness Program, DriveSharp, InSight, Memory, Posit Science software, Processing speed, Research studies

The Importance of Knowing–and Listening To–Your Customer

Learn the way your customers will shop, buy, and use your products … and keep listening for feedback.

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Posted February 22, 2010 by Steven Aldrich under DriveSharp, Driving safety, Odds and Ends