News tagged with cognitive training
Hitachi unveils headset to study brain activity
A Japanese research team on Wednesday unveiled a headset they say can measure activity in the brain and could be used to improve performance in the classroom or on the sports field.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Memory training not best bet for reducing 'senior moments'
Trying to stave off senior moments with memory drills and similar brain-boosting activities? A new evidence review suggests that these specific training regimes are not any better than simple conversations ...
Jan 19, 2011 |
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New treatment succeeds in reducing panic and anxiety (w/ Video)
A new treatment program teaches people who suffer from panic disorder how to reduce the terrorizing symptoms by normalizing their breathing.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 17, 2010 |
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Strength training for seniors provides cognitive function, economic benefits: study
A one-year follow-up study on seniors who participated in a strength training exercise program shows sustained cognitive benefits as well as savings for the healthcare system. The research, conducted at the Centre for Hip ...
Dec 13, 2010 |
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How video games stretch the limits of our visual attention
They are often accused of being distracting, but recent research has found that action packed video games like Halo and Call of Duty can enhance visual attention, the ability that allows us to focus on relevant visual information. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 18, 2010 |
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Brain training reverses age-related cognitive decline: study
Specialized brain training targeted at the regions of a rat's brain that process sound reversed many aspects of normal, age-related cognitive decline and improved the health of the brain cells, according to a new study from ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 20, 2010 |
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Regular aerobic exercise is good for the brain, scientists say
Regular exercise speeds learning and improves blood flow to the brain, according to a new study led by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine that is the first to examine these relationships in a ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Study: Brain games don't make you smarter
(AP) -- People playing computer games to train their brains might as well be playing Super Mario, new research suggests.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 20, 2010 |
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Experiment shows brief meditative exercise helps cognition
Some of us need regular amounts of coffee or other chemical enhancers to make us cognitively sharper. A newly published study suggests perhaps a brief bit of meditation would prepare us just as well.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 14, 2010 |
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Can Memory Be Improved? A Meta-Analysis Suggests It Does
A meta-analysis published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics by Swiss investigators B. Metternich and associates indicates the effectiveness of non pharmacological interventions on memory complaints.
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Weight training improves cognitive function in seniors
Weight-bearing exercises may help minimize cognitive decline and impaired mobility in seniors, according to a new study conducted by the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility at Vancouver Coastal Health and the University of ...
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Study shows link between working memory and reactive parenting
Any parent knows that sometimes maintaining your cool with misbehaving children is a challenge. We all have times when we get frustrated or angry and lash out at someone without thinking. A new study by psychologists at ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Cognitive behavior therapy helps older adults with anxiety reduce worry, improve mental health
Older adults with generalized anxiety disorder who received cognitive behavior therapy had greater improvement on measures of worry, depression and mental health than patients who received usual care, according to a study ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Can mental training games help prevent Alzheimer's?
Loss of thinking power is a fear shared by many aging baby boomers. That fear has resulted in a budding industry for brain training products - exercises such as Brain Age, Mindfit and My Brain Trainer - which in 2007 generated ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Computer exercises improve memory and attention
Study results to be published in the April 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society show that computerized brain exercises can improve memory and lead to faster thinking.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 11, 2009 |
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