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Neuroscience
"Can Video Games Fend Off Mental Decline?"
An informative, good read:
"Can Video Games Fend Off Mental Decline?"
by Clive Thompson
The New York Times Sunday Magazine
26 October 2014
read the full feature article here
Website for Akili, mentioned in the piece: Akili
- Cognitive Decline
A report from the BBC: Brain function can start declining 'as early as age 45' BBC 5 January 2012 Last updated at 20:08 ET [snip] "The brain's ability to function can start to deteriorate as early as 45, suggests a study in the British Medical...
- Military Traumatic Brain Injury And Rehabilitation
An interesting feature article in tomorrow's New York Times Sunday Magazine: The Sergeant Lost Within By DANIEL BERGNER Published: May 25, 2008 "Roadside bombs have caused hundreds of dire brain injuries to soldiers in Iraq. One of them is Shurvon...
- The Brain Game
Today's Sunday Morning on CBS has as one of its features a report about mental-gym approaches and video games designed to try to keep the functioning of the aging brain as healthy as can be. The piece includes an interview with the founder of Posit...
- Memory: In Search Of What's Lost
From tomorrow's New York Times Sunday Magazine:In Search of Lost Time By CATHRYN JAKOBSON RAMIN The New York Times Published: December 5, 2004 A few months ago, as I trudged down the stairs of my office building, deep in my thoughts, I noticed...
- Are You Interruptible?
Great story in Sunday’s New York Times about people who are trying to be more productive despite the prevalence of interruptions such as email, IM, and the myriad electronic documents we have open at any one time. Apparently the best solution is to...