I recently read an article in the New York Times that made me think about some issues around how medical testing works. The article talked about a randomized, controlled study that aimed to prevent strokes by implanting a stent into the brain. One group received the stent surgery, while the control group received no surgical [...]
Tags: ACTIVE study, evidence-based medicine, IMPACT study, medical evidence, non-invasive treatment, scientific evidence, side effects, stent, stroke
Posted September 12, 2011 by Karen Merzenich under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Neuroscience, Posit Science software, Research studies
Ed. Note: we are live blogging selected sessions of this year’s SharpBrains Virtual Summit: Retooling Brain Health for the 21st Century. 2:05 PM: The session has wrapped up. We’ll be back tomorrow for one more session, “From Lab to Marketplace: How Science Reaches Users” at 8:30 AM. 2:02 PM: Dr. Wilson introduces Sophia Vinogradov, who [...]
Tags: ACTIVE study, Adam Gazzaley, attention, brain training, daphne bavelier, driving training, IMPACT study, jerri edwards, sharpbrains, sharpbrains summit, sophia vinogradov, video games
Posted March 31, 2011 by Karen Merzenich under Neuroscience
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%.
Tags: ACTIVE study, brain training, crash risk, DriveSharp, elderly drivers, motor vehicle collision, MVC, speed of processing, UFOV, useful field of view
Posted November 5, 2010 by Steven Aldrich under DriveSharp, Driving, Driving safety, Neuroscience, Processing speed
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.
Tags: ACTIVE study, cognitive decline, cognitive performance, david snowdon, IMPACT study, improve brain, improve memory loss, memory loss, nun study, Retirement
Posted October 14, 2010 by Steven Aldrich under Alzheimer's disease, Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain Fitness Program, DriveSharp, InSight, Neuroscience, Physical exercise
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 [...]
Tags: ACTIVE study, brain fitness, brain training, Fredric Wolinsky, medical expenditures, Medicare, scientific studies, University of Iowa
Posted February 16, 2010 by Peter Delahunt under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain exercise, DriveSharp, Exercise, InSight, Neuroscience, Posit Science software, Processing speed, Research studies
In my view the most impressive outcome from a cognitive training study is the 51% reduction in at-fault crash rates found in the ACTIVE study. ACTIVE is an acronym for Advanced Cognitive Training in the Independent and Vital Elderly. It is the largest clinical trial to examine the effects of cognitive training with almost 3000 [...]
Tags: ACTIVE study, crash risk, DriveSharp, InSight, safer driving, The Eye and the Auto, visual processing
Posted October 29, 2009 by Peter Delahunt under DriveSharp, Driving, Driving safety, InSight, Neuroscience, Research studies
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