Brain Plasticity Inc. to Receive $3.65 Million Funding for Schizophrenia & Stroke Research

This week, we learned that Brain Plasticity Inc. (BPI), a new “technology incubator”, has received $3.65 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct research on software-based programs. They have been awarded $3 million to work on creating and testing a cognitive program for people with schizophrenia, as well as $650,000 for people [...]

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Posted August 19, 2010 by Karen Merzenich under Brain exercise, Brain plasticity, Neuroscience, Research studies

BBC Study on Brain Training in Nature Magazine: BBC Brain Training Program Does Not Work

The BBC did a study that showed that their attempt to create cognitive improvement was unsuccessful … but failed to mention that Posit Science products work.

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Posted April 19, 2010 by Steven Aldrich under Benefits of Brain Fitness, Memory, Processing speed, Research studies