Many of you may have seen this program. At last count, it has been shown several thousand times. Almost every...
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Poky young brains speed up
May 3, 2008
An important recent study reported by scientists from Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Cornell and Rutgers universities (Gaab N, Gabrieli JD, Deutsch...
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A fourth misconception about getting older: If we fix memory, it’s clear sailing.
May 2, 2008
Before I talk about this misconception, if you're new to this argument I ask you to go back and start...
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COMING SOON: A Brave New World of Brain-Like Computers
May 1, 2008
On Monday, I spent several hours at a Los Angeles meeting interviewing Jeff Hawkins in front of an audience of...
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Growing up and living with schizophrenia
April 30, 2008
I recently read Elyn Saks personal account of her life with schizophrenia (<em>The Center Cannot Hold</em>, Hyperion:New York) and found...
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A third misconception about cognitive losses in aging
April 29, 2008
Several months ago, I promised you a "TOP TEN LIST" OF "Misconceptions, by scientists and the public, about the neurological...
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Big Brains in Oregon
April 27, 2008
This past weekend I visited two outstanding programs in Portland designed to inform Oregon educators (and through them, school-age children)...
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An Insight for Successful Aging
April 25, 2008
Many of you may not be aware that Posit Science has launched another wonderful suite of brain fitness exercises, for...
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