10/28/2009 - 3:42pm

Brain Training May Help The Blind-Sighted To See

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research have found that brain training may help people who are blind due to injury to the brain region responsible for vision, gain some vision.

Patients whose primary visual cortex has been damaged through a stroke or trauma cannot consciously see, but at some level their brains are still processing their visual environment. Through brain training, these patients may regain some conscious awareness of what their minds can see.

09/09/2009 - 2:30pm

BBC Conducting Largest Ever Test of Brain Training

The BBC will be launching an experiment designed by Prof.  Clive Ballard of Kings College, London and the director of research at the UK Alzheimer’s Society and Dr. Adrian Owen of the Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Cambridge, to test whether brain training actually works.

07/01/2009 - 8:39am

Practice Makes….Happy

Neurology research in recent years has shown that our brains can change, and in fact they are constantly being transformed by what we do, what we eat and even what we think.

There are laboratories and scientists that are examining and measuring human happiness. They want to find out what things make people happy. And there haven't been too many surprises in that research is showing that happiness is really within us and not what is on the outside.

03/09/2009 - 4:16pm

Reversing Age-Related Cognitive Decline

I’ve noticed that as people begin to experience age-related cognitive decline, they naturally start wondering about how much of it is normal and how much is reversible. Well, the bad news is that it’s inevitable and perfectly normal, and the good news is that you can do something about it.

12/10/2008 - 2:52am

The Best Time to Start Brain Training

Many people wonder if there is an optimal age to begin brain fitness training.

I think that it’s never too early to start a brain fitness program. It is better to be proactive than reactive, and you don't have to wait for the first signs of age-related cognitive decline in order to start your mental workouts.