"Strange Son", by Portia Iversen is a personal account of a very special individual (the...
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My own experiences at “brain fitness” exercises.
I was just training in BrainHQ this morning. Because I have been working on the development...
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More, better, quicker. New middle/high school computer-based language training programs
I attended a scientific meeting a few years ago in which Bill Jenkins, the program...
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Brain plasticity-based “cognitive training” elevates BDNF
Serum BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophin factor) has been repeatedly shown to be lower than normal in...
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The price we pay
A study in an issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine focussed on...
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A recommended book about “neuro-plasticity”
The Brain That Changes Itself (2007) by Normal Doidge, M.D. This interesting book chronicles some...
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Studies of identical twins can provide good answers
In another entry related to the neuroscience of aging, I cited a study by Heflin...
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For “chemobrain” et alia: think “brain fitness training”
If you have this personal history of cancer and chemo- or radiation-therapy, or know someone...
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