Ed. note: Today we are pleased to present a guest post from Dr. G, aka M. A. Greenstein, Ph.D. Dr. G is an internationally recognized speaker, coach, and researcher of visual culture and neurosomatics.  Click on her name above for a full biography.

With the ever increasing research buzz on brain fitness, and especially “novel” mental [...]

1. Brain Plasticity Cuts Both Ways: How Does Technology Affect The Brains of Children?
2. The Second Language Brain Debate
3. Your Brain On Jazz

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 [...]

1. Live Blogging the SharpBrains Summit – Day 1
2. UFOV Training Reduces Medical Expenditures
3. The Best Gift You Can Give

I’ve never really been a “beach person” when it comes to vacations.  For me, a great vacation is about going to new places and immersing myself in different cultures.   Experiencing a new language, finding new ways of seeing, and pushing culinary boundaries are my idea of good fun.  Yes, I’ve gotten lost, had to rely [...]

1. A Brain that Keeps on Teaching: H.M.’s Story
2. The “Second Brain”
3. Move Aside, Drugs: Non-invasive Brain Therapies

It has become clear over the last few years that one of the many benefits of regular physical exercise is a better functioning brain. In a recent review paper Erickson and Kramer (2009) noted the following:

People who exercise regularly have larger volumes of grey matter in important regions of the [...]

1. Move Aside, Drugs: Non-invasive Brain Therapies
2. UFOV Training Reduces Medical Expenditures
3. A Posit-Powered Skiing Champion

Of all the issues around brain development, the most interesting to me has always been that of language learning- especially relating to second language learning. It probably has to with my background: my Dad is from Iran, and in my early childhood I spoke Farsi with him and English with my Mom. Eventually, though, my [...]

1. How the Brain Develops a Second Language
2. Bilingualism and Brain Plasticity
3. Loss of Smell May Predict Alzheimer’s

There are three trends driving convergence of entertainment of computer science and entertainment. The first is the customers’ expectation is that content will follow the customer across multiple devices. The second is creators, the people and companies who produce the content, are becoming a much broader group. And the third is the canvas, as the underlying technology being used for the creation of the entertainment experience, is broadening the interactions consumers can have with content.

1. Posit Science Holiday Party – With Pictures!
2. Posit Science Giving Back – Eyeglass Donation Drive
3. Holiday Break + Customer Support

Does thinking burn calories? I’ve often wondered about that, and today I came across a Q&A article in New Scientist on that very topic. According to behavorial neuroscientist Ewan McNay, who has conducted research in this area,
“A rough calculation suggests that thinking hard about a task for 30 minutes might burn about 1/30th of a [...]

1. Bringing Brain Health To Your Thanksgiving Table

About the Brain is a new section on the Posit Science website that’s chock-full of great information about the brain and brain fitness.
You can choose from these areas of interest:

Brain Facts helps you understand how your brain and brain plasticity work. It answers all kinds of questions, like “Are crosswords really good for your [...]

1. The Tipping Point?
2. UFOV Training Reduces Medical Expenditures
3. Move Aside, Drugs: Non-invasive Brain Therapies

As someone with a deep interest in music, I’ve often wondered about that age-old question: where does music come from? It’s become a cliché for musicians to wax philosophical about how their creative impulses come from “deep within” or that improvisation is a way of expressing their “true self”, but good luck getting anything more [...]

1. Tinnitus, Music, and Brain Plasticity
2. Criminality, the Brain, and Brain Plasticity

Posit Science is dependent upon many, many relationships inside and outside of the company.

1. The Importance of Knowing–and Listening To–Your Customer