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Landmark Study Shows Benefits of BrainHQ Training Last 10 Years
I am incredibly excited to announce that the scientists who ran the ACTIVE trial have reported that certain types of brain training—including one of the exercises in BrainHQ from Posit Science—can...
View ArticleBrain Science Podcast: Dr. Merzenich Talks with Ginger Campbell …
We are big fans of Ginger Campbell, MD’s Brain Science Podcast series – she features fascinating neuroscience luminaries in her in-depth, hour-long interviews, including Norman Doidge, Jeff Hawkins,...
View ArticleWhy Does Brain Speed Matter, and What Can I Do to Improve It?
I just saw an article in Scientific American about why brain speed is important, how it decays as we age, and what the effects are on daily life over time. But this is nothing new: we have been talking...
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Controversial Facebook Research Shows …
Recently news of a controversial Facebook research study came out, and it upset many people. For the study, researchers had manipulated people’s Facebook feeds to show them either more happy stories or...
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Hey Lucy – You Already Use Way More Than 10% of Your Brain!
By now, you may have seen commercials or trailers for a new summer blockbuster movie Lucy, starring Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman. The premise of the movie is that the title character, played...
View ArticleVideo: Michael Merzenich in Conversation with the Dalai Lama
Of all the neuroscientists in the world, who had the honor of sharing the stage with the Dalai Lama last week? Our co-founder and chief scientist, Dr. Michael Merzenich, was chosen for a very special...
View ArticlePodcast: Highlights from “Neuroplasticity and Healing” Summit …
Did you miss the “Neuroplasticity and Healing” Summit with the Dalai Lama, Dr. Michael Merzenich, Dr. Edward Taub, and Norman Doidge? Or did you find the video feed a bit lengthy and hard to...
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Why Are People Left Handed?
Today is International Left Handers Day – so we thought we’d look into the question: why are people left handed? How is your dominant hand determined, and what are the evolutionary advantages or...
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This Is Your Brain on Music (Infographic)
We get a lot of questions about music and the brain. We recently found this great infographic on music and the brain from the University of Florida, and wanted to share. Enjoy! The post This Is Your...
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Never Stop Learning!
As an occasional substitute teacher, Sara Bell likes to make the most of her time with students by implementing a unique, school-approved lesson plans. As a part-time teacher and a full-time partner at...
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Why Do We Play, and What’s It Good For?
I really enjoyed this video featuring the work of Jaak Panksepp, who studies the brain science of playing. Why do we like to play? What part of the brain is involved? Why is play important for our...
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What Happens When Your Brain Doesn’t Sleep?
We have reported before about how important sleep is for good brain function and long-term cognitive health, as well as some proven ways to improve your sleep. But what happens when your brain doesn’t...
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FTC Takes Action on Brain Training
There are quite a few brain-training programs around, and it can take an expert to figure out which ones actually work. Unfortunately, too many programs have little or no science backing up their...
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Why Can’t Our Brains Figure Out Magic Tricks?
As intellectually mature adults, we know that when we see a magic trick successfully pulled off, it’s not really magic that gets us, but some sort of trick that makes us think we’re seeing something...
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It’s the Simple Stuff That Makes You––And Your Brain––Happy
Sometimes when we want to change our mood, we overlook the small stuff and focus on the big stuff. Instead of looking at what’s simple and right in front of us, we tend to look beyond into the...
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Dr. Michael Merzenich Wins the 2016 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
Posit Science’s very own Dr. Michael Merzenich has been awarded the 2016 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for his work in discovering adult brain plasticity and applying its principles to improve the human...
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A Criticism Of Brain Training – And An Answer To It
An interesting paper came across my radar week – “Placebo effects in cognitive training” published in PNAS (with a paywall, unfortunately). In this paper, the authors investigate the effect that...
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Reward Circuits of the Teenage Brain Activated by Peers
It’s no secret that teenagers are influenced by their peers. Now, a new study conducted by researchers at UCLA’s Ahmanson–Lovelace Brain Mapping Center looked specifically at how teen brains reacted to...
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The Exploring Versus the Exploiting Brain
In a new study published in Psychological Science, neuroscientists Moshe Bar, director of the Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center at Bar-Ilan University and a professor at Harvard Medical School...
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This Is Your Brain On… Kitten Pics?
The advent and widespread adoption of the Internet has led to something those early web developers probably never imagined: a massive proliferation of baby animal pictures, videos, and memes. If you...
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