Virtual brain fitness book club@AlvaroF, 1/31/11 3:37 PM

Alvaro Fernandez (@AlvaroF) 1/31/11 3:37 PM Announcing the (we hope) largest #brain #book discussion via #Twitter (#sbm14), in honor of Brain Awareness Week: http://tinyurl.com/sbm14

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Taxonomy of metacognition@psypress, 1/31/11 10:58 AM

Psychology Press (@psypress) 1/31/11 10:58 AM Free sample chapter from The Taxonomy of #Metacognition by Pina Tarricone for everyone! Download it here: http://goo.gl/QlM0v

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New era of brain research@Neuro_science, 1/28/11 9:36 PM

Neuroscience (@Neuro_science) 1/28/11 9:36 PM Study Suggests Researchers Are Entering A New Era Of Advances In Brain Research http://sns.ly/qjbmy4

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iPost: Brain Imaging and Behavior, Vol. 5, Issue 1 - New Issue Alert

Thursday, January 27 Dear Valued Customer, We are pleased to deliver your requested table of contents alert for Brain Imaging and Behavior. Good news: now you will find quick links to the full text of the article in PDF or HTML. Choose your preferred format and access the article with only one click! Volume 5 Number 1 is now available on SpringerLink Register for Springer's email services providing you with info on the latest books in your field. ... More! In this issue: Original Research fMRI memory assessment in healthy subjects: a new approach to view lateralization data at an individual level Maria Strandberg, Christina Elfgren, Peter Mannfolk, Johan Olsrud, Lars Stenberg, Danielle van Westen, Elna-Marie Larsson, Ia Rorsman & Kristina Källén Abstract    Full text HTML    Full text PDF Original Research Pontocerebellar contribution to postural instability and psychomotor slowing in HIV infection without dementia Edith V. Sullivan, Margaret J. Rosenbloom, Torsten Rohlfing, Carol A. Kemper, Stanley Deresinski & Adolf Pfefferbaum Abstract    Full text HTML    Full text PDF Original Research Association cortex hypoperfusion in mild dementia with Lewy bodies: a potential indicator of cholinergic dysfunction? Tamara G. Fong, Sharon K. Inouye, Weiying Dai, Daniel Z. Press & David C. Alsop Abstract    Full text HTML    Full text PDF Original Research Failure of repetition suppression and memory encoding in aging and Alzheimer's disease Maija Pihlajamäki, Kelly O'Keefe, Jackie O'Brien, Deborah Blacker & Reisa A. Sperling Abstract    Full text HTML    Full text PDF Original Research Alternation learning in pathological gamblers: an fMRI Study Pinhas N. Dannon, Tammar Kushnir, Anat Aizer, Ruth Gross-Isseroff, Moshe Kotler & David Manor Abstract    Full text HTML    Full text PDF Original Research Neural correlates of impulsivity factors in psychiatric patients and healthy volunteers: a voxel-based morphometry study Athene K. W. Lee, Matthew Jerram, Carl Fulwiler & David A. Gansler Abstract    Full text HTML    Full text PDF Original Research MTHFR 677C>T effects on anterior cingulate structure and function during response monitoring in schizophrenia: a preliminary study Joshua L. Roffman, David G. Brohawn, Jesse S. Friedman, Kara A. Dyckman, Katharine N. Thakkar, Yigal Agam, Mark G. Vangel, Donald C. Goff & Dara S. Manoach Abstract    Full text HTML    Full text PDF Request a free sample copy

iPost: Encephalon carnival: Psychology-neuroscience roundup

The Encephalon carnival is back!

Blog carnivals are an effort to streamline the blogosphere's massive resources through timely and topical online magazines. Encephalon is one such rotating carnival, featuring the blog's best neuroscience and psychology writing.

The 83rd edition, published today, is well worth checking out. There's something for everyone, whether it's Neuroanthropology's look at prodromal psychosis, Dr. Shock's take on what makes a good bodyguard, Charbonnier's musings on confabulation and free will, Neurocritic's report on how Facebook affects the size of your amygdala, or the latest news and views on autism.

Hosting this month's carnival is Dr. Romeo Vitelli at Providentia ("a biased look at psychology in the world"), who is featuring his two-part series on the historical mystery surrounding Friedrich Nietzsche.

The complete edition is HERE.

http://forensicpsychologist.blogspot.com/2011/01/encephalon-carnival-psychology.html

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iPost: ScienceDirect - NeuroImage : Is 2 + 2 = 4? Meta-analyses of brain areas needed for numbers and calculations

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iPost: PEBS Neuroethics Roundup from JHU Guest Blogger

Last Edition's Most Popular Article: In His Own Image-Dr. Antonio Damasio, The New York Times In The Popular Press: Social Animal: How the new sciences of human nature can help make sense of a life, The New Yorker What's Missing...

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Brain Trauma Foundation 2011 Webinar Series Announced

From Brain Injury blog

The Brain Trauma Foundation has announced the following web based education programs on traumatic brain injury: 

A Program to Develop a Simple Blood Test for Diagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injury: From Bench to Bedside to FDA Approval.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST
Speaker: Ron Hayes, PhD

Traumatic Brain Injury as Chronic Disease
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
12:00-1:00 PM EST
Speaker: Brent Masel, MD

Imaging of Minor Head Trauma
Thursday, March 17, 2011
12:00-1:00  PM EST
Speaker: Robert D. Zimmerman, MD

To register for any of these programs click here.

http://braininjury.blogs.com/braininjury/2011/01/brain-trauma-foundation-2011-webinar-series-announced.html

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Psychs on Twitter@catherinesteele, 1/20/11 3:01 PM

Yippee....I mad the BPS psych Twitter list :)

Catherine (@catherinesteele) 1/20/11 3:01 PM RT @WorkLifePsych: BPS Research Digest has a great list of psychologists on Twitter: http://t.co/SBxM6sC

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Research bytes: Interactive Metronome (brain-clock based) efficacy study with stroke patients

If you check out my conflict of interest statement at this blog, it should be no secret that the reason I started this blog is because I became involved in an academic intervention that utilized the Interactive Metronome neurotechnology. The results were very positive and I set out on a mission to determine why it worked across such diverse domains as academics, stroke rehab, ADHD, golf, etc. ("What's happening under the hood" - see PPT slideshow section of blog).

Today I found a report in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy that demonstrated the effectiveness of the IM (brain-clock based IMHO) method in two stroke victims. Yes, this is a clinical n=2 study...but is consistent with other mental timing intervention studies. Of particular interest is the authors discussion of the efficacy of the intervention without the need for large-scale technology and apparatus. Sometimes simple/elegant is better.

Below is the abstract. Click here to read the complete article. Click here to see all prior blog posts that make some mention of the IM method, or non-IM research that is related.

As noted above, I do have a conflict of interest as I am on the IM Scientific Advisory Board. You should be able to enlarge the image by clicking on it. If not, go to the article link.


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Basal ganglia strikes again@NeuropathLrng, 1/17/11 1:02 PM

The basal ganglia have repeatedly been mentioned at this blog as being critical to brain timing (the IQ BRAIN CLOCK).  Here is another very interesting and powerful study that continues to reinforce the importance of the basal ganglia in cognition and learning 

Neuropath Learning (@NeuropathLrng) 1/17/11 1:02 PM Researchers report that they can predict "with unprecedented accuracy" how well you will do on a complex task such... http://fb.me/xSDJp1CM

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iPost: PEBS Neuroethics New Roundup from JHU Guest Blogger

Last Edition's Most Popular Article: Near-death neurologist: Dreams on the border of life, Culture Lab In The Popular Press: In His Own Image-Dr. Antonio Damasio, The New York Times Can You Build a Better Brain?, Newsweek Love Music? Thank a...

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iPost: Special issue on fMRI controversies

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Special issue on aging, cognition and neuropsych @psypress, 1/14/11 4:23 AM

Psychology Press (@psypress) 1/14/11 4:23 AM Call for Papers for a special issue of "Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition": http://goo.gl/slmMo

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iPost: Neuropsychology - Online First Publications & Volume 25, Issue 1

APA Journal alerts for:

Neuropsychology

• Online First Publications

The following articles have been published online this week before they appear in a final print and online issue of Neuropsychology:

Long-term outcome from childhood traumatic brain injury: Intellectual ability, personality, and quality of life.

Anderson, Vicki; Brown, Sandra; Newitt, Heidi; Hoile, Hannah

doi: 10.1037/a0021217

• A new issue is available:

Neuropsychology Volume 25, Issue 1, (Jan)

Neurocognitive signs in prodromal Huntington disease.

Page 1-14

Stout, Julie C.; Paulsen, Jane S.; Queller, Sarah; Solomon, Andrea C.; Whitlock, Kathryn B.; Campbell, J. Colin; Carlozzi, Noelle; Duff, Kevin; Beglinger, Leigh J.; Langbehn, Douglas R.; Johnson, Shannon A.; Biglan, Kevin M.; Aylward, Elizabeth H.

Memory capacity, selective control, and value-directed remembering in children with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Page 15-24

Castel, Alan D.; Lee, Steve S.; Humphreys, Kathryn L.; Moore, Amy N.

Neurocognition and functional outcome in early-onset schizophrenia and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A 13-year follow-up.

Page 25-35

Øie, Merete; Sundet, Kjetil; Ueland, Torill

Recovery of time estimation following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.

Page 36-44

Anderson, Jonathan W.; Schmitter-Edgecombe, Maureen

The relationship between processing speed and working memory demand in systemic lupus erythematosus: Evidence from a visual n-back task.

Page 45-52

Shucard, Janet L.; Lee, Wing H.; Safford, Ashley S.; Shucard, David W.

Deficits in emotional and social cognition in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Page 53-65

Girardi, Alessandra; MacPherson, Sarah E.; Abrahams, Sharon

Neuromotor outcomes at school age after extremely low birth weight: Early detection of subtle signs.

Page 66-75

Gidley Larson, Jennifer C.; Baron, Ida Sue; Erickson, Kristine; Ahronovich, Margot D.; Baker, Robin; Litman, Fern R.

Enhanced facilitation of spatial attention in schizophrenia.

Page 76-85

Spencer, Kevin M.; Nestor, Paul G.; Valdman, Olga; Niznikiewicz, Margaret A.; Shenton, Martha E.; McCarley, Robert W.

Altered probabilistic learning and response biases in schizophrenia: Behavioral evidence and neurocomputational modeling.

Page 86-97

Waltz, James A.; Frank, Michael J.; Wiecki, Thomas V.; Gold, James M.

Multimodal cuing of autobiographical memory in semantic dementia.

Page 98-104

Greenberg, Daniel L.; Ogar, Jennifer M.; Viskontas, Indre V.; Gorno Tempini, Maria Luisa; Miller, Bruce; Knowlton, Barbara J.

Naming from definition, semantic relevance and feature type: The effects of aging and Alzheimer's disease.

Page 105-113

Marques, J. Frederico; Cappa, Stefano F.; Sartori, Giuseppe

Verbal memory in drug-naive, newly diagnosed Parkinson's disease. The retrieval deficit hypothesis revisited.

Page 114-124

Brønnick, Kolbjørn; Alves, Guido; Aarsland, Dag; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Larsen, Jan Petter

Subjective cognitive complaints and longitudinal changes in memory and brain function.

Page 125-130

Hohman, Timothy J.; Beason-Held, Lori L.; Lamar, Melissa; Resnick, Susan M.

Specific impairments of emotion perception in multiple sclerosis.

Page 131-136

Phillips, Louise H.; Henry, Julie D.; Scott, Clare; Summers, Fiona; Whyte, Maggie; Cook, Moira

Neuroscience oh musical chills@Neuro_science, 1/13/11 3:05 AM

Neuroscience (@Neuro_science) 1/13/11 3:05 AM The neuroscience of musical chills - News-Medical.net http://bit.ly/dK7T0p

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Blogmaster brief vacation

On the road for brief R&R - blogging lite

I will be away on a brief family R&R mini-vacation from Wed thru Sunday. Will have my iPad with me, so I might do some lite blogging....or maybe not. Shall return next Monday




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NYTimes: You Might Already Know This ...significance testing in science

From The New York Times:

You Might Already Know This ...

A report on ESP to be published this year has inflamed a debate on the standard technique used to analyze data in much of social science and medicine.

http://nyti.ms/i7PdjP

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Timing is everything@PsyPost, 1/10/11 7:48 PM

PsyPost.org (@PsyPost) 1/10/11 7:48 PM 'Timing is everything' in ensuring healthy brain development: The Newcastle University researchers Dr Marcus Kai... http://bit.ly/ejVlAU

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Dopamine again found important in rhythm/timing--music@brainfitness, 1/10/11 1:13 PM

Brain Fitness (@brainfitness) 1/10/11 1:13 PM Music increases release of dopamine, study shows http://nyti.ms/fOWCPg #scichat (via @NYTimes)

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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) Across Cultures: 7th March 2011

 

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) Across Cultures: Challenges and Possibilities 7th March 2011 / London Conference

The Delivering Race Equality Programme (Department of Health 2005) highlighted the need to improve access to culturally appropriate counselling and psychological therapies, for individuals from Black and minority ethnic communities. The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) initiative has improved access to counselling and psychological therapies for people suffering from anxiety and depression from a range of diverse backgrounds including those from BME communities. The third wave new CBT treatments include Mindfulness Based CBT and Meditation. The latter is prevalent in many cultures across the world and practiced directly or indirectly by several world religions.  Having made progress, there is now a need to consider the extent to which counselling and psychological services are culturally appropriate and whether they need to be adapted. In the case of CBT, there is robust evidence to show that CBT is an effective treatment for people suffering from anxiety and depression. The emphasis in CBT is on the client’s social context and that CBT therapists work collaboratively with clients to agree treatment options. However, CBT is based on Western concepts and illness models. The focus is on the individual and on treating the individual. For some people, this will be a challenge especially if they view themselves in the context of their immediate and wider family and / or in the context of their community. Some critics of CBT argue that by focusing on the individual, the larger familial, community and societal issues and problems are ignored or left unspoken and unaddressed. Key considerations when delivering CBT with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds include: The location of the service Language and the use of interpreters or therapist who can speak the client’s mother tongue Health beliefs and explanatory models of distress/mental disorder The presenting problem/s or “idiom/s of distress” Expectations about CBT Some of the key questions which will be discussed during the one day event include: Is it necessary to make adaptations when delivering CBT across cultures? If so, how? Are traditionally routed treatments such as Mindfulness CBT and Meditation more appropriate when working with individuals from BME communities? In instances where individuals have unique and "different" culture-led conceptions of health and ill health and the way this is managed, how is this reconciled? What evidence base exists which demonstrates that CBT is affective with clients from different cultural backgrounds? This one day conference will bring together clinicians who have experience of delivering CBT across cultures. Learning points and good practice will be shared. The challenges experienced and possible limitations will also discussed via anonymised case vignettes. Programme of the day 9.00 - 9.30 Registration, Tea & Coffee 9.30 - 10.40 Introduction & Chair CBT: Gaining from Diversity David Kingdom Professor of Mental Health Care Delivery at the University of Southampton and Honorary Consultant Adult Psychiatrist for the Hampshire Partnership NHS Trust 10.40 - 11.30 CBT Across Cultures: Challenges and Possibilities Rathod Shanaya Clinical Service Director, West Hampshire - Adult Mental Health Hampshire, Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 11.30 - 11.45 Tea & Coffee 11.45 - 12.30 Making CBT Culturally Responsive Beena Rajkumar Psychotherapy Specialist Registrar at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 12.30 - 1.00 Morning session Q&A 1.00 - 1.45 Lunch 1.45 - 2.35 Addressing Spirituality in CBT Rob Waller Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry and Associate Director of Medical Education for NHS Lothian at St John’s Hospital 2.35 - 3.25 CBT with South Asian Muslims Farooq Naeem Consultant Psychiatrist & Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, Southampton University 3.25 - 3.40 Tea & Coffee 3.40 - 4.30 Employing a Culturally Representative IAPT Workforce in London Tom Dodd & Robert Hardy  London Regional Delivery Team for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Working for Wellness 4.30 - 4.45 Afternoon Q&A 4.45 - 5.00 Plenary, Closure & Evaluation sheets Who Should attend? This conference will be relevant to all professionals in the field of Mental Health and Social Care, including those from Local Authorities and NHS trusts across the UK, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Counsellors, Early Intervention Teams, CPN’s, OT’s, Social Workers, Chaplains, Community Faith Leaders & Healers, Equality Leads, Community Development Workers, Service User Representatives, Charities, Third Sector, Educational Establishments, Academics and Policy makers. Where? The Resource Centre 356 Holloway Road London N7 6PA Tel: +44 (0)20 7700 0100 http://www.theresourcecentre.org.uk Conference Booking  Conference Brochure Conference Booking Forn Conference Contact Ahmed Qureshi (conference co-ordinator) tel. 07540 356 526  email us on: info@bmehealth.org or visit us on www.bmehealth.org

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iPost: Web based TBI screening tool

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iPost: PEBS Neuroethics News Roundup from JHU Guest Blogger

Last Edition's Most Popular Article: Wild Chimps, Stick Dolls: What's At Play Here? NPR In The Popular Press: Near-death neurologist: Dreams on the border of life, Culure Lab Could It Be? Spooky Experiments That 'See' The Future, NPR Searching for...

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NYTimes: Journal’s Paper on ESP Expected to Prompt Outrage

From The New York Times:

Journal's Paper on ESP Expected to Prompt Outrage

A prominent research psychologist's assertions about strong evidence for extrasensory perception is already mortifying scientists.

http://nyti.ms/eiu7XV

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Creativity, fMRI and music @tedfeed, 1/5/11 7:53 PM

tedfeed (@tedfeed) 1/5/11 7:53 PM ted video HD TEDTalks : Charles Limb: Your brain on improv - Charles Limb (2010): Musician and researcher Charle... http://bit.ly/hEuKMy

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SAGE Open - now accepting manuscripts

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