The Posit Science Blog » jerri edwards http://www.positscience.com/blog The brain, brain fitness, and Posit Science Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:01:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Live Blogging the SharpBrains Summit: “Beyond the Con­tro­versy: Defin­ing ‘Brain Train­ing’ and Its Appli­ca­tions” http://www.positscience.com/blog/2011/03/31/live-blogging-the-sharpbrains-summit-beyond-the-con%c2%adtro%c2%adversy-defin%c2%ading-brain-train%c2%ading-and-its-appli%c2%adca%c2%adtions/ http://www.positscience.com/blog/2011/03/31/live-blogging-the-sharpbrains-summit-beyond-the-con%c2%adtro%c2%adversy-defin%c2%ading-brain-train%c2%ading-and-its-appli%c2%adca%c2%adtions/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:52:59 +0000 Karen Merzenich http://www.positscience.com/blog/?p=2955

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 [...]

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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 [...]

by Karen Merzenich
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 Explaining Brain Plasticity One City At A Time http://www.positscience.com/blog/2010/05/19/explaining-brain-plasticity-one-city-at-a-time/ http://www.positscience.com/blog/2010/05/19/explaining-brain-plasticity-one-city-at-a-time/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 15:27:03 +0000 Steven Aldrich http://www.positscience.com/blog/?p=1278

On the road in Tampa to explain brain fitness.

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On the road in Tampa to explain brain fitness.

by Steven Aldrich
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 Want to Live Longer? Keep Driving! http://www.positscience.com/blog/2010/02/04/want-to-live-longer-keep-driving/ http://www.positscience.com/blog/2010/02/04/want-to-live-longer-keep-driving/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:00:26 +0000 Peter Delahunt http://www.positscience.com/blog/?p=706

Recently Dr. Jerri Edwards of the University of South Florida published a paper showing that older adults who cease driving have higher mortality rates.1 You might think this can be easily explained by the fact that unhealthy people are more likely to cease driving. However, Dr. Edwards used an analytical method to take into account [...]

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Recently Dr. Jerri Edwards of the University of South Florida published a paper showing that older adults who cease driving have higher mortality rates.1 You might think this can be easily explained by the fact that unhealthy people are more likely to cease driving. However, Dr. Edwards used an analytical method to take into account [...]

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 Live Blogging the SharpBrains Summit – Day 1 http://www.positscience.com/blog/2010/01/18/live-blogging-the-sharpbrains-summit/ http://www.positscience.com/blog/2010/01/18/live-blogging-the-sharpbrains-summit/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:19:52 +0000 Karen Merzenich http://www.positscience.com/blog/?p=546

1:38 PM: That’s it for our live blog today- Peter Delahunt will start the live blogging tomorrow morning at 8 AM for Day 2 coverage.  We hope you enjoyed the live blog and that you’ll be back tomorrow! 1:35 PM: Elkhonon Goldberg is the Chief Scientific Advisor to SharpBrains. He begins by discussing the role [...]

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1:38 PM: That’s it for our live blog today- Peter Delahunt will start the live blogging tomorrow morning at 8 AM for Day 2 coverage.  We hope you enjoyed the live blog and that you’ll be back tomorrow! 1:35 PM: Elkhonon Goldberg is the Chief Scientific Advisor to SharpBrains. He begins by discussing the role [...]

by Karen Merzenich
©2012 The Posit Science Blog. All Rights Reserved.
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  3. Why Would An Older Driver Run A Red Light?