Study: Every Hour of TV Watched Shortens Your Life by 22 Minutes

An Australian study recently released a shocking finding: every hour of television a person watches shortens their life by an average of 22 minutes. Looking at the behavior of 11,000 participants, the Queensland scientists found that people who watched around 6 hours of TV each day lived an average of almost 5 years less than [...]

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Posted August 17, 2011 by Karen Merzenich under Physical exercise, Research studies

Our Brain Awareness Session on Brain Plasticity & Brain Fitness with Dr. Michael Merzenich

A few days ago, we hosted a Q&A session on Facebook about brain plasticity and brain fitness with Posit Science founder Dr. Michael Merzenich. For those who missed the discussion and prefer to read it in transcript form, I’ve re-posted it here. Question: I would love to know what Dr. Merzenich thinks about brain plasticity [...]

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Posted April 21, 2011 by Marghi Merzenich under Autism, Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain exercise, Brain Fitness Program, Brain plasticity, Exercise, InSight, Memory, Neuroscience, Physical exercise, Posit Science software, Processing speed, Research studies

Dog Owners Excel in Physical and Cognitive Fitness

I have a dog named Easy. He’s quite handsome, as you can see in this picture. According to a new study, he might also be my “secret weapon” to healthier living–as long as I walk him on a regular basis. In the study, researchers from Michigan State University investigated whether walking a dog is a [...]

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Posted April 18, 2011 by Marghi Merzenich under Exercise, Neuroscience, Physical exercise, Research studies

Boomer Coverage, Continued

This past weekend the New York Times continued its coverage of the Boomers reaching retirement age. Interestingly, they tracked down and profiled the first boomer (at least one of the early ones) to reach retirement age; click the link to read more about this generation and one of its first born, Aloysius Nachreiner. Oliver Sacks [...]

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Posted January 5, 2011 by Sharon Delman under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain plasticity, Neuroscience

Person of the Year

Time Magazine got it wrong.  Naming Mark Zuckerberg “Person of the Year” is okay but a better choice would have been the first Boomer to turn 65 in 2011.  That person, whomever he or she may be, is literally at the forefront of a tsunami that will change our world. NPR reported this morning that [...]

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Posted December 29, 2010 by Sharon Delman under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain exercise, Exercise, Physical exercise

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

A New Age of Centenarians

I just found out that more than half of babies born in developed countries today will live to be more than 100 years old. That’s a lot of centenarians. Apparently, with each passing year humankind (in rich countries, at least) gains an average of 3 months of extra life expectancy, thanks to medical advances. As [...]

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Posted April 7, 2010 by Marghi Merzenich under Neuroscience, Research studies

Music Has Charms to Soothe a Savage Brain

Is there really anything more interesting to talk about than music? Personally, I can’t think of anything else I would rather occupy my thoughts and conversations with. That’s probably because for me, music connects to everything worth caring about in the first place: culture, technology, and language. Mark Richardson, one of my favorite modern writers [...]

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Posted March 31, 2010 by Cyrus Hedayati under Brain exercise, Brain plasticity, Neuroscience, Research studies

Tips for Growing Brains, Behaviors and Ideas!

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” [...]

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Posted March 17, 2010 by M.A. Greenstein under Brain plasticity, Neuroscience, Odds and Ends, 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