Barbara Strauch, author of The Secret Life of the Grown Up Brain, spoke this week at Stanford. Strauch is the health/medical science editor for The New York Times and when she writes on brain topics, the articles consistently skyrocket to the top of the “Most E-mailed List.” I attended her lecture at the Center for…
Our eyes take in a lot of information from the world, but limitations in brain processing means that we can only pay attention to a small portion of it. As a consequence we often fail to notice important information that is clearly in our field of view because our attention is focused elsewhere. One compelling…
Improving the speed and accuracy of processing what you see is gaining traction thanks to insurance carriers and increasing public awareness.
Ed. note: Today we are pleased to present a guest post from Chelsea Travers, a communications representative from CareMeridian who is educating the public about traumatic brain injury.Click on her name above for a full biography. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is all too commonly associated with modern warfare, particularly the War on Terror. Many veterans…
Published research shows improvement in visual working memory by training with InSight’s SweepSeeker exercise.
You can decide how to react to situations … the brain is much more connected to your emotional responses than you realize.
I had two recent experiences that had me wondering about the importance of evidence in marketing of products. The first experience was in the checkout line at the local grocery store. There was a display of “Neuro” branded products, e.g., Neuro Gasm, Neuro Bliss, Neuro Sleep. These products are bit of a mixture of science,…
Ed. Note: this article originally appeared on Dr. Merzenich’s blog On The Brain on June 13, 2009. Millions of individuals (2% of humankind) are plagued by continuous sounds generated in their skulls, not coming from the real world. Because these ringing or roaring sounds are inescapable and because they strongly influence emotional-control processes in the brain, they…
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.
We are so excited to be sponsoring a webinar entitled HIV-Related Cognitive Decline: Can Brain Training Help? The webinar will be held this Thursday, June 10, from 1-2 PM Pacific time. Our esteemed host will be Sean Rourke, PhD, a professor in the department of psychiatry and neuroscience at the University of Toronto. He specializes…