Monday, September 30, 2013

Article: Developmental trajectories of grey and white matter in dyscalculia


Developmental trajectories of grey and white matter in dyscalculia
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211949313000215

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PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU) [feedly]


 
 
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Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): A Revolution in Mental Health, Chronicle of Higher Education In The Popular Press Empires, bureaucracies and religion arise from war, Nature News Intelligence Testing: Accurate or Extremely Biased?, The Neuroethics Blog How Robots Can Trick...



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Sunday, September 29, 2013

Decreasing default brain network activity (mind wandering) helps with episodic memory

A other article demonstrating the importance of controlled attention (focus) on cognitive performance.

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Article: Mind Wandering - There Are 3 Different 'Styles'...



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Friday, September 27, 2013

Article: White matter microstructure correlates of mathematical giftedness and intelligence quotient - Navas-Sánchez - 2013 - Human Brain Mapping




New review regarding human brain clock research and theory

Hot off the press, in the prestigious Annual Review of Psychology has an excellent review (Allman et al., 2013) of contemporary research and theory regarding many aspects of the human brain clock (brain clock timing; temporal g).  I will be adding this to the Key Research Article blogroll section of this blog.

A few images from the article to give an advance peek.  [Click on images to enlarge]








Timing intervention (IM) improves functioning of soldiers with TBI & new treatment resource for soldiers

Important and exciting new study just published in the journal Neuropsychology this week. [Click on image to enlarge].  Access available under "IM Research" blogroll at this blog (Brain Clock blog).  Additional information and exciting new treatment resource for soldiers with TBI can be found at the @Attention Fund.

Interactive Metronome Sharp Brains 2013 Virtual Summit - manuscripts mentioned in today's IM expo presentation

Today I am co-presenting on the science of Interactive Metronome at the 2013 Sharp Brains Virtual Summit. I will present a 10 minute overview of the science behind IM (not an easy task given the time constraints). For those who participate in the summit and want access to almost all the articles I mentioned, click here to download a zip file that includes the manuscripts.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Expo Day @ 2013 SharpBrains Virtual Summit [feedly]


 
 
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Expo Day @ 2013 SharpBrains Virtual Summit

2013 SharpBrains SummitQuick heads-up: this Friday, September 27th, we'll have several Summit presentations as part of Expo Day. Registered participants will receive final instructions via email. All times below reflect US Pacific Time.

8:30–9:15am. Sharp­Brains. Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, pre­sent­ing The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness: How to Opti­mize Brain Health and Per­for­mance at Any Age (April 2013; 284 pages).

9:30–10:15am. The Alzheimer's Research & Pre­ven­tion Foun­da­tion. Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa, pre­sent­ing research and prac­tice around self-guided Kir­tan Kriya med­i­ta­tion.

10:30–11:15am. Dig­i­tal Arte­facts. Joan Sev­er­son, pre­sent­ing Brain­Base­line app.

11:30–12:15pm. Inter­ac­tive Metronome. Matthew Wukasch and Kevin McGrew, pre­sent­ing clin­i­cal uses of Inter­ac­tive Metronome.

12.30-1pm. USC Davis Cen­ter for Dig­i­tal Aging. Dr. Eliz­a­beth Zelin­ski, on the role of per­sonal brain health to sup­port healthy liv­ing across the lifespan.



Article: International Conference on Working Memory | Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit


International Conference on Working Memory | Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/blog/2012/08/international-conference-on-working-memory/

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Saturday, September 21, 2013

Article: Hyperbaric chamber treatments did not help with mild TBI

On a personal note---my 90 year old father has such treatment for severe diabetic limb problems (prior to amputation) and we all saw significant cognitive improvements.  But dementia is not the same as TBI

Hyperbaric chamber treatments did not help with mild TBI
http://www.usatoday.com/story/nation/2013/09/21/tbi-treatment-research-military-hyperbaric-oxygen-chamber/2842695/

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Article: Properties of the Internal Clock: First- and Second-Order Principles of Subjective Time.


Properties of the Internal Clock: First- and Second-Order Principles of Subjective Time.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24050187?dopt=Abstract

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Ready for Sharp Brains 2013 Virtual Summit and work stations "at the ready"

All set for an interesting day participating in SB 2013 Virtual Summit and maybe some work on the side at IAP headquarters.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Article: The Limits of Current Neuroscience


Article: Ability to move to a beat linked to brain’s response to speech




Article: White matter microstructure correlates of mathematical giftedness and intelligence quotient.

More on the importance of white matter tract integrity and intellectual functioning. This is consistent with recent three level hypothesized explanation of IM in MindHub Pub 2 available under Research and Reports section at www.themindhub.com.

White matter microstructure correlates of mathematical giftedness and intelligence quotient.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24038774?dopt=Abstract

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Article: Intra- and Inter-Brain Synchronization during Musical Improvisation on the Guitar.


Intra- and Inter-Brain Synchronization during Musical Improvisation on the Guitar.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24040094?dopt=Abstract

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Thursday, September 05, 2013

PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU) [feedly]


 
 
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Last Edition's Most Popular Article(s): Miniature 'human brain' grown in lab, BBC News In The Popular Press A Single Protein May Help Explain Memory Loss In Old Age, National Public Radio Shots Blog How (not) to argue about cognitive enhancement...


Wednesday, September 04, 2013

Computer Game-Playing Shown to Improve Multitasking Skills: Scientific American [feedly]


 


Monday, September 02, 2013

Article: Mindless



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