I recently read about a study that had some good news in it for me–researchers recently found that people, especially men, who actively watch or participate in sports and cultural activities are happier and healthier than those who stay at home. As an avid participant in athletics (softball, basketball, and golf), watcher of sports (season [...]

1. Life Gets Better After Age 50 (Really!)
2. Traumatic Brain Injury: It’s More Common, More Frightening, and More Preventable Than You Think
3. Learning, Thinking, Feeling: People vs. Animals

This past Super Bowl weekend, I wrote about some interesting connections between neuroscience and football, including a variety of statistics and opinions about brain injuries and football. Now that football season is over, I’ve noticed an increasing number of headlines about brain injuries in hockey players. Recent research in Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) found [...]

1. Traumatic Brain Injury: It’s More Common, More Frightening, and More Preventable Than You Think
2. Gray Matter on the Gridiron – What Does Neuroscience Have to Do with Football?
3. Brain Trauma and Lou Gehrig’s Disease

We’re learning more about the long-term impact of brain injury and the importance of reducing the potential for repeated head injuries within a short time frame. Here are some concrete steps to take.

1. Biomarkers and Brain Injury
2. Traumatic Brain Injury & the Military
3. Saluting our Soldiers Series: Part 2 – TBI, The “Signature Injury” of a Generation

Learning a new skill, like juggling a soccer ball, takes focus and practice … what new skill have you tried recently to push your mind?

1. Soccer, Juggling, and Plasticity
2. A Posit-Powered Skiing Champion
3. Liveblogging “HIV-Related Cognitive Decline: Can Brain Training Help?” – Webinar with Dr. Sean Rourke

My son Jackson is playing soccer for Red Star and has started learning to juggle the ball.  It has been a long time since I played soccer so I thought it would be fun to learn along with him. When we started, we  were getting 1 or 2 juggles before the ball hit the ground, [...]

1. Soccer Juggling, Brain Training and A Challenge
2. A Posit-Powered Skiing Champion
3. Brain Plasticity Cuts Both Ways: How Does Technology Affect The Brains of Children?

It turns out Posit Science doesn’t just help people recover from debilitating conditions, but actually has the potential to produce superhuman athletes. Take Dave Demko, the professional skiing competitor who has used our programs (along with rigorous physical exercise and training) to beat people more than half his age (just enter his name in the [...]

1. Posit Science training programs provide many real-world benefits
2. Giving Health Advice for Older People? Don’t Forget the Brain!
3. The Best Gift You Can Give