Clinical Collaborators & University Partners

What matters most to us here at Posit Science is that BrainHQ truly works to improve brain health and fitness. We’re confident it does just that, because leading researchers from around the world have tested (and continue to test) the BrainHQ exercises and technologies in rigorous clinical trials and publish the results in science journals. In these studies, they have shown remarkable benefits for memory, brain speed, quality of life, and even personal safety. Many of these researchers and studies are listed below. 

Karlene Ball, Ph.D. University of Alabama, Birmingham

• Long-term effects of cognitive training on everyday functional outcomes in older adults.
• Effects of cognitive training interventions with older adults: a randomized controlled trial
• Speed of processing training protects self-rated health in older adults: enduring effects observed in the multi-site ACTIVE randomized controlled trial
• Transfer of a speed of processing intervention to near and far cognitive functions
• Speed-of-processing and driving simulator training result in improved driving performance
• The impact of speed of processing training on cognitive and everyday functions
• The ACTIVE cognitive training interventions and the onset of and recovery from suspected clinical depression
• Identifying crash involvement among older drivers: agreement between self-report and state records
• Does Cognitive Training Improve Internal Locus of Control Among Older Adults?
• Can high-risk older drivers be identified through performance-based measures in a Department of Motor Vehicles setting?
• Visual processing impairment and risk of motor vehicle crash among older adults
• Exploratory study of incident vehicle crashes among older drivers
• Relation of useful field of view and other screening tests to on-road driving performance
• Cumulative meta-analysis of the relationship between useful field of view and driving performance in older adults: current and future implications
• Predictors of driving exposure and avoidance in a field study of older drivers from the state of Maryland
• Age and visual search: expanding the useful field of view
• Alabama Senior Driver Study

Deborah Barnes, Ph.D. University of California at San Francisco

• Computer-Based Therapy for Mild Cognitive Impairment: results from a pilot randomized, controlled trial

Morris Bell, Ph.D. Yale University, Yale School of Medicine

• The AD-AChEI Study

Jimmy Choi, Psy.D. Yale University, Yale School of Medicine

• The AD-AChEI Study

Jerri Edwards, Ph.D. University of South Florida

• Speed-of-processing and driving simulator training result in improved driving performance
• Transfer of a speed of processing intervention to near and far cognitive functions
• Can high-risk older drivers be identified through performance-based measures in a Department of Motor Vehicles setting?
• Cumulative meta-analysis of the relationship between useful field of view and driving performance in older adults: current and future implications
• Predictors of driving exposure and avoidance in a field study of older drivers from the state of Maryland
• The impact of speed of processing training on cognitive and everyday functions
• Brain Fitness in Parkinson's Disease

John Gabrieli, Ph.D. Stanford University

• Computer-Based Therapy for Mild Cognitive Impairment: results from a pilot randomized, controlled trial

Adam Gazzaley, Ph.D. University of California at San Francisco

• The influence of perceptual training on working memory in older adults

Teri Henderson, M.S.W. University of Toronto, Gilda's Club Toronto

• Brain-Plasticity-Based Cognitive Training in Cancer Survivors with Self-Reported Memory Impairment

Joel Kramer, Ph.D. University of California at San Francisco

• Computer-Based Therapy for Mild Cognitive Impairment: results from a pilot randomized, controlled trial

Melissa Kreze University of Buffalo

• Cognitive Training for Tinnitus

Thomas Novack, Ph.D. University of Alabama at Birmingham

• Useful field of view after traumatic brain injury
• UFOV performance and driving ability following traumatic brain injury

Susan Pressler, R.N., D.N.S. University of Michigan

• Brain Fitness for Improved Quality of Life in Chronic Heart Failure

Daniel Roenker, Ph.D. University of Western Kentucky

• Transfer of a speed of processing intervention to near and far cognitive functions
• Age and visual search: expanding the useful field of view
• Can high-risk older drivers be identified through performance-based measures in a Department of Motor Vehicles setting?
• Speed-of-processing and driving simulator training result in improved driving performance
• Visual processing impairment and risk of motor vehicle crash among older adults
• Useful field of view after traumatic brain injury
• Cumulative meta-analysis of the relationship between useful field of view and driving performance in older adults: current and future implications.
• Predictors of driving exposure and avoidance in a field study of older drivers from the state of Maryland.

Karen Seal, M.D., M.P.H. University of California at San Francisco

• Cognitive Training for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Glenn E. Smith, Ph.D. Mayo Clinic

• A cognitive training program based on principles of brain plasticity: results from the Improvement in Memory with Plasticity-based Adaptive Cognitive Training (IMPACT) study.

David E. Vance, PhD University of Alabama at Birmingham

• Improving Cognitive Speed of Processing in Adults Aging with HIV
• Predictors of driving exposure and avoidance in a field study of older drivers from the state of Maryland

Fred Wolinsky, Ph.D. University of Iowa College of Public Health

• Speed of processing training protects self-rated health in older adults: enduring effects observed in the multi-site ACTIVE randomized controlled trial
• The effects of the ACTIVE cognitive training trial on clinically relevant declines in health-related quality of life
• The ACTIVE cognitive training trial and health-related quality of life: protection that lasts for 5 years
• The ACTIVE cognitive training interventions and the onset of and recovery from suspected clinical depression
• Speed of processing training protects self-rated health in older adults: enduring effects observed in the multi-site ACTIVE randomized controlled trial
• Does Cognitive Training Improve Internal Locus of Control Among Older Adults?
• The ACTIVE cognitive training trial and predicted medical expenditures.

Kristine Yaffe, M.D. University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco VA Medical Center

• A cognitive training program based on principles of brain plasticity: results from the Improvement in Memory with Plasticity-based Adaptive Cognitive Training (IMPACT) study.

Elizabeth Zelinski, Ph.D. University of Southern California

• A cognitive training program based on principles of brain plasticity: results from the Improvement in Memory with Plasticity-based Adaptive Cognitive Training (IMPACT) study.