Cognitive Reserve and Lifestyle
Update: we now have an in-depth interview with Yaakov Stern, leading advocate of the cognitive reserve theory, and one of the authors of the paper we review below: click on Build Your Cognitive...
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Reminder: 60 or so science bloggers are celebrating the Week of Science presented at Just Science, from Monday, February 5, through Sunday, February 11. We will be writing about “just science” this...
View ArticleBrain Training with Cognitive Simulations
Today we will continue our review of the benefits of brain training for specific occupations: in this case, pilots and basketball players. The lessons can be relevant not only for corporate training...
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Memory training and attention deficits: interview with Notre Dame’s Bradley...
Professor Bradley Gibson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at University of Notre Dame, and Director of the Perception and Attention Lab there. He is a cognitive psychologist...
View ArticleHeart Rate Variability as an Index of Regulated Emotional Responding
Continuing with the theme of a Week of Science sponsored by Just Science, we will highlight some of the key points in: Appelhans BM, Luecken LJ. Heart Rate Variability as an Index of Regulated...
View ArticleInformation Overload? Seven Learning and Productivity Tips
We often talk in this blog about how to expand fundamental abilities or cognitive functions, like attention, or memory, or emotional self-regulation. Think of them as muscles one can train. Now, it is...
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Top 7 Brainteasers for Job Interviews and Brain Challenge
A recent CNN article explains well why a growing number of companies use brainteasers and logic puzzles of a type called “guesstimations” during job interviews: - “Seemingly random questions like these...
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Calm raises $75 million, expands into corporate mental health and wellness
Calm Meditation App Hits $2 Billion Value With Lightspeed, Goldman Backing (Bloomberg News): Calm, maker of a meditation, sleep and relaxation app, doubled its valuation to $2 billion after raising...
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