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

UFOV Training Reduces Medical Expenditures

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 [...]

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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