A controlled scientific study (Improvement in Memory with Plasticity-based Adaptive Cognitive Training; the IMPACT Study) conducted in 487 healthy adults...
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Miscarriage of justice?
February 23, 2009
I was dismayed by the recent 9th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals rejection of a California law requiring that violent...
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A holiday present
February 16, 2009
The following comments were written by Meghan Lil, who I knew as a darling, sassy little lass, 8 or 9...
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Living longer (if you’re a rat). Part 2
February 10, 2009
In a yesterday's blog, we discussed a study that provided powerful evidence that losing your driver’s license shortens your life....
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Brain health and driving
February 9, 2009
In a January 30th article in the Journal of Gerontology, a very distinguished University of South Florida team led by...
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PTSD and the Purple Heart
February 7, 2009
Several weeks ago, the Army formally responded to a recommendation from a military psychologist that soldiers suffering from PTSD be...
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Helping the troops
November 25, 2008
It was distressing to read last week about a careful scientific meta-analysis of more than 1800 studies of the nature...
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Going googly
August 11, 2008
In the July-August issue of the Atlantic Monthly, Nicolas Carr asks us the interesting question: "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"...
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