A few days ago, the New York Times reviewed what looks to be both a beautiful and fascinating book for brain fans:  Portraits of the Mind:  Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century.  This is an art book featuring images of the brain, its neurons and structures along with commentary from neuroscientists and [...]

1. Brain Book Bonanza!
2. Men’s Brains vs. Women’s Brains: Social Implications of Neuroimaging (Part 2 of 2)
3. Learning, Thinking, Feeling: People vs. Animals

Five neuroscientists are on a rafting trip in Utah… does this sound the beginning of a joke?  It’s not.  The New York Times published an interesting article on a group of neuroscientists who want to understand how our use of digital devices affects how we think and behave.  The neuroscientists were also trying to understand [...]

1. Convergence = Computer Science + Entertainment + Brain Science
2. Technology – Brain’s Friend or Foe?
3. Posit Science Participating in the SharpBrains Summit in January

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 [...]

1. Brain Plasticity Cuts Both Ways: How Does Technology Affect The Brains of Children?
2. Research and the Media – Reading Between the Lines
3. Tinnitus, Music, and Brain Plasticity

Technology has been called out on the carpet in recent articles about contributing to the decline of our a number of brain functions. We need not be so fast to judge … we have many examples of technology’s value, too.

1. Brain Plasticity Cuts Both Ways: How Does Technology Affect The Brains of Children?
2. A Friend Who Is Still With Me
3. Men’s Brains vs. Women’s Brains: Social Implications of Neuroimaging (Part 1 of 2)

There are three trends driving convergence of entertainment of computer science and entertainment. The first is the customers’ expectation is that content will follow the customer across multiple devices. The second is creators, the people and companies who produce the content, are becoming a much broader group. And the third is the canvas, as the underlying technology being used for the creation of the entertainment experience, is broadening the interactions consumers can have with content.

1. Unplugging For Brain Science
2. Brain-to-Computer Chip to Treat Neurological Disorders
3. Posit Science Holiday Party – With Pictures!

For all of us here at Posit Science and, I would imagine, to most of the people who follow the neuroscience behind brain training, the concept of brain plasticity is extremely liberating. The old guard notion of a “hard-wired” brain with little capability of changing beyond puberty has given way to a complete rethinking of [...]

1. Brain Plasticity Inc. to Receive $3.65 Million Funding for Schizophrenia & Stroke Research
2. Our Brain Awareness Session on Brain Plasticity & Brain Fitness with Dr. Michael Merzenich
3. Kids, TV, Video Games, and Attention

Posit Science is participating in the inaugural SharpBrains Summit next month. The conference is the first global and virtual conference devoted to Innovation and Technology for Lifelong Cognitive Health and Performance. On January 18th, I am speaking on a panel about applying brain plasticity to improve driving safety. On January 19th, Posit Science co-founder Dr. [...]

1. Posit Science and the Sharp Brains Summit
2. SharpBrains Innovation Awards and Posit Science Technology
3. Live Blogging the SharpBrains Summit – Day 1