I have earlier described evidence from a large British study that identified a positive impact of the moderate consumption of...
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Brain Awareness Week
March 16, 2009
Remind yourself this week that you have a brain. It`s officially Brain Awareness Week, which is an acknowledgment that many...
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The IMPACT study; a gold-standard trial that shows that Posit Science’s ‘Brain Fitness Program’ works as advertised.
February 24, 2009
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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