Friday, December 31, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
SharpBrains update: December Update: Wishing You and Yours a Very Brain-Fit Decade
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Dear ,How can we help younger generations find the right path to lifelong brain health and performance - especially as they will live longer, and in more dynamic, complex environments? We created the Brain Health across the Lifespan series to curate reliable sources of information, and this month you can check out Top 10 Resources to Better Understand the Teenage Brain.
Featured December Articles
- Top 10 Resources to Better Understand the Teenage Brain.
- Cognitive Training Can Reduce Brain Atrophy and Boost Sense of Control
- Can Resistance Training Protect the Brain?
- Literacy Re-wires the Brain
- The Ten Habits of Highly Effective Brains
- 10 Brain Tips To Teach and Learn
- Debunking 10 cognitive/ brain fitness myths
- Using Brain Plasticity to help Children with Learning Disabilities
- Test your Reaction Time
- A Brain Game to Tease your Frontal Skills
- Top Ten Brain Teasers and Games for Kids and Adults alike
To Access these Articles and Teasers at SharpBrains.com, click HERE
Wishing You and Yours a Very Brain-Fit Decade,,
- The SharpBrains Team
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Saturday, December 25, 2010
Friday, December 24, 2010
Test your Reaction Time
Reaction time is the time it takes to react to something. It can be considered as an index of your speed of processing: It shows how fast you can execute the mental operations needed by the task at hand.
Reaction Time is a basic measure used in many psychology studies. Participant are most often asked to push a button when done with the task, which can be as varied as detecting an object, memorizing a word, or identifying an emotion. As brain processing is quite fast, reaction times are usually measured in milliseconds (a thousandth (1/1000) of a second).
What is your average Reaction Time? Ready to try? Click here to start. Fun twist: Try before and after your Christmas dinner!
Merry Christmas from the SharpBrains Team
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
NIMH top 10 for 2010@NIMHgov, 12/23/10 8:05 PM
Mental Health NIMH (@NIMHgov) 12/23/10 8:05 PM Director's Blog: NIMH's Top 10 Research Events and Advances of 2010 - http://go.usa.gov/rrR #nimhgov |
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Research byte: Population clocks model of motor timing (Buonomano & Laje, 2010)
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Buonomano and Laje (2010) have presented an interesting description of a population clocks model to explain motor timing. The article is a hard read....and if it is too difficult, just do what I did....enjoy the lovely graphic figures. Seriously...this is an important contribution to understanding motor timing in motor performance. I will need to digest it more than once. Probably the most useful aspect of the article is the nice intro overview of the various theoretical models that have been advanced to explain the human brain clock.
The PDF article includes highlights and notes as per the IQs Reading blog feature.
The article will be added to the Key Research Articles section of this blog.
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Genetic cause of severe impulsivity?@PsyPost, 12/23/10 3:09 PM
PsyPost.org (@PsyPost) 12/23/10 3:09 PM Genetic variant that can lead to severe impulsivity identified: A multinational research team led by scientists ... http://bit.ly/gjcyWq |
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Four New Speakers Confirmed — 2011 SharpBrains Summit
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iPost: NYTimes: In Map of Brain Junction, Avenues to Answers
In Map of Brain Junction, Avenues to Answers
Researchers have identified the components of a critical part of the brain's architecture: the synapse, or junction where one neuron makes a connection with another.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
iPost: Top 10 Resources to Better Understand the Teenage Brain— Brain Health Series Part 2
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iPost. And more free online articles@psypress, 12/21/10 8:40 AM
Psychology Press (@psypress) 12/21/10 8:40 AM Who's interested in the Cognitive Neuroscience of #Language? 2 free articles until 1 Jan 2011 http://goo.gl/8z1Q0 |
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iPost: free online articles@psypress, 12/21/10 3:29 AM
Psychology Press (@psypress) 12/21/10 3:29 AM 10 cog. & exp. #psychology articles to read from QJEP, Cognition & Emotion, Cognitive Neuropsychology jnls + more! http://goo.gl/fQfDU |
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
NYTimes: Early Tests for Alzheimer’s Pose Diagnosis Dilemma
THE VANISHING MIND: Early Tests for Alzheimer's Pose Diagnosis Dilemma
Since there is no treatment, doctors wonder if they should tell people, years earlier, that they have the disease, or a good chance of getting it.
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Friday, December 17, 2010
Traumatic Brain Injury: Defining Best Practice--New Text
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impost: Top 10 Psych studies from 2010 courtesy SharpBrains
Alvaro Fernandez (@AlvaroF) 12/17/10 11:14 AM Top 10 Psychology Studies from 2010: David DiSalvo, a science and technology writer whose posts we share with yo... http://bit.ly/ifMuzY |
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
iPost: PEBS Neuroethics Roundup from JHU Guest Blogger
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iPost: Announcing the 2011 SharpBrains Summit: 23 Confirmed Speakers
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Research byte: Multiple-sensory integration and IQ
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Enhanced cognitive control in fighter pilots
Neuropath Learning (@NeuropathLrng) 12/15/10 2:22 PM Tests reveal that fighter pilots have greater cognitive control than the rest of us and brain scans reveal that... http://fb.me/DeKfE37r |
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Institute for Applied Psychometrics (IAP) main office
Have made some recent changes in the home office of IAP. Here is an updated picture. One can never have enough screens active--there are five in total..can you find the fifth? Also, one can not work without a good big cup of strong coffee in a mug from the Directors favorite coffee house (second office)---Caribou coffee.
This is the g-factor of IAP and IQ's Corner, the ICDP, and the Tic Toc Brain Talk blogs.
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Cognitive Behaviour Theraphy (CBT) Across Cultures: Challenges and Possibilities
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Monday, December 13, 2010
iPost: PEBS Neuroethics Roundup from JHU Guest Blogger
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Sunday, December 12, 2010
Institute for Applied Psychometrics (IAP) new logo
Many thanks to my great son-in-law, Anthony, who did all the design work. He does great work. It is personal XMAS present to me...and it will be treasured for a long time.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
iPost@NeuroscienceNew, 12/10/10 7:23 PM
Neuroscience News (@NeuroscienceNew) 12/10/10 7:23 PM World's First Basic Research Institute for Childhood Neurological Diseases Opens in Houston http://is.gd/iwGKP #neuroscience #houston |
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Friday, December 10, 2010
iPost. Sharp Brains frontal lobe challenge
Alvaro Fernandez (@AlvaroF) 12/10/10 10:08 AM A Brain Game to Tease your Frontal Skills: The frontal lobes of the brain (in blue here) have been compared to a... http://bit.ly/igOEO2 |
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Thursday, December 09, 2010
iPost: Brain Injury Association of America launches new web site
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Wednesday, December 08, 2010
iPost: Reading and brain plasticity
Alvaro Fernandez (@AlvaroF) 12/8/10 6:24 AM Using Brain Plasticity to help Children with Learning Disabilities: Did you read The Brain That Changes Itself: ... http://bit.ly/eswXGH |
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Monday, December 06, 2010
iPost: Free download of articles@psypress, 12/6/10 4:29 AM
Psychology Press (@psypress) 12/6/10 4:29 AM Our 2 most downloaded articles from 'Cognitive Neuroscience' are free to view - both on #consciousness http://goo.gl/tNgnW |
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Sunday, December 05, 2010
Interesting baby biological clock research
Neuroscience (@Neuro_science) 12/5/10 12:17 PM Babies' biological clocks dramatically affected by birth light cycle - EurekAlert (press release) http://bit.ly/dY4arj |
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NYTimes: Destination: LAPTOPISTAN
From The New York Times:
Destination: LAPTOPISTAN
The cafe is a place to go when working at home no longer works, where entrepreneurs and creative types can toil in solitude, together.
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Saturday, December 04, 2010
iPost: Journal of Neurology, Vol. 257, Issue 12 - New Issue Alert
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The clinical spectrum of late-onset Alexander disease: a systematic literature review Pietro Balbi, Silvana Salvini, Cira Fundarò, Giuseppe Frazzitta, Roberto Maestri, Dibo Mosah, Carla Uggetti & GianPietro Sechi Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Post infectious CNS disorders: towards a unified approach Marc Gotkine, Peter G. E. Kennedy & Israel Steiner Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Right hemisphere dysfunction and emotional processing in ALS: an fMRI study A. Palmieri, M. Naccarato, S. Abrahams, M. Bonato, C. D'Ascenzo, S. Balestreri, V. Cima, G. Querin, R. Dal Borgo, L. Barachino, C. Volpato, C. Semenza, E. Pegoraro, C. Angelini & G. Sorarù Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Impairment of sensory-motor integration in patients affected by RLS Vincenzo Rizzo, I. Aricò, G. Liotta, L. Ricciardi, C. Mastroeni, F. Morgante, R. Allegra, R. Condurso, P. Girlanda, R. Silvestri & A. Quartarone Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Urodynamic analysis in multiple system atrophy: characterisation of detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia Frédéric Bloch, Bertrand Pichon, Anne-Marie Bonnet, Jacques Pichon, Marie Vidailhet, Emmanuel Roze & Michel Perrigot Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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The effect of dopamine replacement therapy on haptic sensitivity in Parkinson's disease Kuan-yi Li, Kristen Pickett, Igor Nestrasil, Paul Tuite & Jürgen Konczak Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Late-onset Leber hereditary optic neuropathy mimicking Susac's syndrome Stefano Zoccolella, Vittoria Petruzzella, Francesco Prascina, Lucia Artuso, Francesca Pacillo, Rosa Dell'Aglio, Carlo Avolio, Nicola Delle Noci, Marcella Attimonelli & Luigi Maria Specchio Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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The new Alzheimer's criteria in a naturalistic series of patients with mild cognitive impairment S. Galluzzi, C. Geroldi, R. Ghidoni, B. Paghera, G. Amicucci, M. Bonetti, O. Zanetti, M. Cotelli, M. Gennarelli & G. B. Frisoni Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Myasthenia gravis: a changing pattern of incidence I. Casetta, E. Groppo, R. De Gennaro, E. Cesnik, L. Piccolo, S. Volpato & E. Granieri Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Glatiramer acetate exposure in pregnancy: preliminary safety and birth outcomes Heidi J. Salminen, Helen Leggett & Mike Boggild Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Factors associated with long-term functional outcomes and psychological sequelae in Guillain–Barre syndrome F. Khan, J. F. Pallant, L. Ng & A. Bhasker Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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CHMP2B mutations are rare in French families with frontotemporal lobar degeneration Mustapha Ghanim, Léna Guillot-Noel, Florence Pasquier, Ludmila Jornea, Vincent Deramecourt, Bruno Dubois, Isabelle Le Ber & Alexis Brice Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Involvement of the human ventrolateral thalamus in olfaction S. Zobel, T. Hummel, J. Ilgner, A. Finkelmeyer, U. Habel, D. Timmann, J. B. Schulz & M. Kronenbuerger Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Cerebral infarction in acute anemia Chung-Fen Tsai, Ping-Keung Yip, Chao-Ching Chen, Shin-Joe Yeh, Shih-Tze Chung & Jiann-Shing Jeng Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Spectrum of movement disorders in encephalitis U. K. Misra & J. Kalita Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Functional outcome and quality of life 5 and 12.5 years after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage Paut Greebe, Gabriël J. E. Rinkel, Jeannette W. Hop, J. M. Anne Visser-Meily & Ale Algra Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Putaminal abnormality on 3-T magnetic resonance imaging in early parkinsonism-predominant multiple system atrophy Jee-Young Lee, Ji Young Yun, Chae-Won Shin, Han-Joon Kim & Beom S. Jeon Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Writing errors as a result of frontal dysfunction in Japanese patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Sachiko Tsuji-Akimoto, Shinsuke Hamada, Ichiro Yabe, Itaru Tamura, Mika Otsuki, Syoji Kobashi & Hidenao Sasaki Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Cortical excitability in very mild Alzheimer's disease: a long-term follow-up study J. Olazarán, J. Prieto, I. Cruz & A. Esteban Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Pain and autonomic dysfunction in patients with sarcoidosis and small fibre neuropathy M. Bakkers, C. G. Faber, M. Drent, M. C. E. Hermans, S. I. van Nes, G. Lauria, M. De Baets & I. S. J. Merkies Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
Letter to the Editors
Amyloid myopathy: a therapeutic trial for the rare and underdiagnosed myopathy with bortezomib Kensuke Shiga, Reiko Mizutani, Reina Isayama, Chihiro Shimazaki, Takahiko Tokuda & Masanori Nakagawa Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Unilateral cerebral hemisphere oedema as a peri-ictal phenomenon Camille Carroll, Konrad Krolikowski, William Mukonoweshuro, Jonathan Jones & C. Oliver Hanemann Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Multiple cerebral cavernous malformations and a novel CCM3 germline deletion in a German family Chi-un Choe, Florence Riant, Christian Gerloff, Elisabeth Tournier-Lasserve & Michael Orth Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Severe encephalopathy and polyneuropathy induced by dichloroacetate Dieta Brandsma, Thomas P. C. Dorlo, John H. Haanen, Jos H. Beijnen & Willem Boogerd Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Salt-free diet and pregnancy-related central pontine myelinolysis: "To diet or not?" Panos Ioannidis, George Balamoutsos & Dimitris Karacostas Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy related vasculitis: successful treatment with azathioprine Sebastian Luppe, Samar Betmouni, Neil Scolding & Alastair Wilkins Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Primary cerebral lymphomatoid granulomatosis as an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in AIDS Jaime Gonzalez-Valcarcel, Iñigo Corral, Carmen Quereda, Araceli Alonso-Canovas, Maria Aparicio Hernandez, Alicia de Felipe Mimbrera & Mercedes GarcÃa Villanueva Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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Hanging leg syndrome following traumatic nerve injury David P. Breen, David Thomas, Amit J. Shah, Taysir I. Bukhari & Paul Molyneux Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
Pioneers in Neurology
Korbinian Brodmann (1868–1918) Régis Olry Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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News on multiple sclerosis: induction of immune tolerance, a biomarker for predicting disease activity, and CSF ferritin levels Michael Strupp Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
Medical Progress in the Journal of Neurology
Neuromuscular disorders and 2010: recent advances Anna Sarkozy & Hanns Lochmüller Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
Erratum
Erratum to: The status of olfactory function and the striatal dopaminergic system in drug-induced parkinsonism Tommaso Bovi, Angelo Antonini, Sarah Ottaviani, Angela Antonioli, Maria Paola Cecchini, Vincenzo Di Francesco, Maria Antonietta Bassetto, Mauro Zamboni, Antonio Fiaschi, Giuseppe Moretto, Andrea Sbarbati, Francesco Osculati & Michele Tinazzi Abstract Full text HTML Full text PDF
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