Saturday, June 29, 2013

Article: Thinking one thing, saying another: The beh... [Psychon Bull Rev. 2013] - PubMed


Thinking one thing, saying another: The beh... [Psychon Bull Rev. 2013] - PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23807760

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Call for Abstracts: Brain Matters! Vancouver Conference [feedly]


 
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Call for Abstracts: Brain Matters! Vancouver Conference
Brain Matters! Vancouver invites abstract for the Brain Science and Social Responsibility Conference. Join the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue in expanding the conversation about the ethical, legal and social implications of brain science for promoting brain health and...


Friday, June 28, 2013

Article: How reading literature stimulates your brain



Executive functions: What they are, how they work, and why they evolved [feedly]


 
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Executive functions: What they are, how they work, and why they evolved
Title: Executive functions: What they are, how they work, and why they evolved
Author(s): Pojman, Andrew P.
Source: JOURNAL OF ATTENTION DISORDERS, 17 (4): 367-368 MAY 2013
IDS#: 154OQ. ISSN: 1087-0547


Exercise: Applications to Childhood ADHD [feedly]


 
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Exercise: Applications to Childhood ADHD
Title: Exercise: Applications to Childhood ADHD
Author(s): Wigal, Sharon B.; Emmerson, Natasha; Gehricke, Jean-G; et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF ATTENTION DISORDERS, 17 (4): 279-290 MAY 2013
IDS#: 154OQ. ISSN: 1087-0547


Thursday, June 27, 2013

Update: 8 tips to keep your mind sharp [feedly]


 
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Update: 8 tips to keep your mind sharp

brainfeaturedTime for Sharp­Brains' June 2013 e-newsletter, fea­turing a vari­ety of arti­cles at the frontier of applied brain science. We hope you enjoy them!

New thinking:

New science:

New tools:

2013 SharpBrains SummitUpcoming SharpBrains Summit, getting better by the day:

Wishing you a great month of July,

The SharpBrains Team



Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Article: Ungifted Intelligence Redefined … My Take




Article: There's a lot more to neuroscience than media 'neuromania'


There's a lot more to neuroscience than media 'neuromania'
http://m.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2013/jun/25/neuroscience-media-neuromania

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Article: Brain Box: Neuroscience can reveal mysteries of the mind


Brain Box: Neuroscience can reveal mysteries of the mind
http://the-brain-box.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/neuroscience-can-reveal-mysteries-of.html

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Functional connectivity in a frontoparietal network involving the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex underlies decisions to accept a hypothesis [feedly]


  
 
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Functional connectivity in a frontoparietal network involving the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex underlies decisions to accept a hypothesis
Title: Functional connectivity in a frontoparietal network involving the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex underlies decisions to accept a hypothesis
Author(s): Whitman, Jennifer C.; Metzak, Paul D.; Lavigne, Katie M.; et al.
Source: NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA, 51 (6): 1132-1141 MAY 2013
IDS#: 152MK. ISSN: 0028-3932

Influence of attentional load on spatial attention in acquired and developmental disorders of attention [feedly]


 

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Influence of attentional load on spatial attention in acquired and developmental disorders of attention
Title: Influence of attentional load on spatial attention in acquired and developmental disorders of attention
Author(s): Bellgrove, Mark A.; Eramudugolla, Ranmalee; Newman, Daniel P.; et al.
Source: NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA, 51 (6): 1085-1093 MAY 2013
IDS#: 152MK. ISSN: 0028-3932


Monday, June 24, 2013

Article: ADHD diagnosis less likely for minority kids, study claims




Multiple deficits in ADHD: executive dysfunction, delay aversion, reaction time variability, and emotional deficits [feedly]


  
 
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Multiple deficits in ADHD: executive dysfunction, delay aversion, reaction time variability, and emotional deficits
Title: Multiple deficits in ADHD: executive dysfunction, delay aversion, reaction time variability, and emotional deficits
Author(s): Sjowall, Douglas; Roth, Linda; Lindqvist, Sofia; et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY, 54 (6): 619-627 JUN 2013
IDS#: 149SH. ISSN: 0021-9630


Article: Use It or Lose It, and Cells that Fire together Wire together




Friday, June 21, 2013

Article: Validating maps of the brain’s resting state


Validating maps of the brain's resting state
http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2013/06/maps-brains-resting-state/

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Article: How the Hum of a Coffee Shop Can Boost Creativity



An Opportunity For Everyone With A Brain [feedly]


 
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An Opportunity For Everyone With A Brain

sharpbrains-300x300OneBookEveryone in the SharpBrains team loves learning. Especially about the brain and the mind. We suspect most SharpBrains readers do too, so let us share this opportunity: you can gain complimentary 3-month access to the self-paced course How to Be Your Own Brain Fitness Coach when you order one copy (either paperback or e-book) of our new book The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness: How to Optimize Brain Health and Performance at Any Age before next Friday, June 28th. The e-course features 8 hours of recordings by Faculty Dr. Robert Bilder (UCLA), Alvaro Pascual-Leone (Harvard) and Alvaro Fernandez (SharpBrains), and other online materials and activities.

Here's how it works:

  1. Buy one book before next Friday, June 28th (If you already bought one, that counts of course!)
  2. Forward your order confirmation email to bookpromotion@sharpbrains.com (showing the purchase of at least 1 copy).
  3. We will email you course registration details on July 1st.

The book has been a #1 Preventive Medicine bestseller in Amazon for weeks, and it is earning excellent customer reviews, so we know it is time to start opening a good conversation around it. Once you have read the book, or as you are going through it, why don't you share some impressions and questions with fellow readers and with us? You can do so via:

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WISC-IV and Clinical Validation of the Four- and Five-Factor Interpretative Approaches [feedly]


 
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WISC-IV and Clinical Validation of the Four- and Five-Factor Interpretative Approaches
Title: WISC-IV and Clinical Validation of the Four- and Five-Factor Interpretative Approaches
Author(s): Weiss, Lawrence G.; Keith, Timothy Z.; Zhu, Jianjun; et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT, 31 (2): 114-131 APR 2013
IDS#: 149UK. ISSN: 0734-2829

Thursday, June 20, 2013

PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU) [feedly]


 
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PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)
Last Edition's Most Popular Article: How do neuroscientists integrate their knowledge of the brain with their religious and spiritual beliefs?, The Neuroethics Blog In The Popular Press The Problem with the Neuroscience Backlash, The New Yorker How poverty might change...


Article: Lumosity analyzes brain function of 40M people to push neuroscience forward


Lumosity analyzes brain function of 40M people to push neuroscience forward
http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/20/lumosity-analyzes-brain-function-of-40m-people-to-push-neuroscience-forward/

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Article: Senate Committee Makes Dyslexia Its Main Order of Business




Article: Groundbreaking Brain Atlas Maps Whole Brain at Cellular Level - D-brief


Groundbreaking Brain Atlas Maps Whole Brain at Cellular Level - D-brief
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2013/06/20/new-brain-atlas-charts-individual-cells

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Article: Scientists map the wiring of the biological clock



Article: Targeted mental workouts can sharpen memory, improve cognitive function in schizophrenia


Targeted mental workouts can sharpen memory, improve cognitive function in schizophrenia
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130620/Targeted-mental-workouts-can-sharpen-memory-improve-cognitive-function-in-schizophrenia.aspx

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Video game training to improve selective visual attention in older adults [feedly]


 
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Video game training to improve selective visual attention in older adults
Title: Video game training to improve selective visual attention in older adults
Author(s): Belchior, Patricia; Marsiske, Michael; Sisco, Shannon M.; et al.
Source: COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR, 29 (4): 1318-1324 JUL 2013
IDS#: 146KO. ISSN: 0747-5632


Mindfulness Training Improves Working Memory Capacity and GRE Performance While Reducing Mind Wandering [feedly]


 
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Mindfulness Training Improves Working Memory Capacity and GRE Performance While Reducing Mind Wandering
Title: Mindfulness Training Improves Working Memory Capacity and GRE Performance While Reducing Mind Wandering
Author(s): Mrazek, Michael D.; Franklin, Michael S.; Phillips, Dawa Tarchin; et al.
Source: PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 24 (5): 776-781 MAY 2013
IDS#: 143GI. ISSN: 0956-7976


Absorption in music: Development of a scale to identify individuals with strong emotional responses to music [feedly]


  
 
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Absorption in music: Development of a scale to identify individuals with strong emotional responses to music
Title: Absorption in music: Development of a scale to identify individuals with strong emotional responses to music
Author(s): Sandstrom, Gillian M.; Russo, Frank A.
Source: PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC, 41 (2): 216-228 MAR 2013
IDS#: 146XP. ISSN: 0305-7356


Article: Eye-Tracking Software May Reveal Autism and other Brain Disorders



Monday, June 17, 2013

Top 5 Quotes from The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness (and free chapter) [feedly]


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Top 5 Quotes from The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness (and free chapter)

amazon_kindleAs a book co-author it is always a pleasure, and a surprise, to see what readers find most interesting and noteworthy. A feature in Amazon's Kindle e-reader allows readers to highlight and share their favorite sentences .

These are the 5 Most Highlighted Quotes in The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness: How to Optimize Brain Health and Performance at Any Age (so far):

  1. "Emotion is the system that tells us how important something is. Attention focuses us on the important and away from the unimportant things. Cognition tells us what to do about it. Cognitive skills are whatever it takes to do those things." (25 Highlighters)
  2. "Working memory is the type of memory that allows us to both hold information in mind and work on it as needed." (22 Highlighters)
  3. "First, the more a network of neurons is activated (i.e., the more often the neurons fire together), the stronger the connections become." (21 Highlighters)
  4. "Since human attention is limited, trying to divide it between too many tasks necessarily results in performance errors." (17 Highlighters)
  5. "Controlling and managing emotion (including stress and anger) is crucial for performing successfully in anything." (17 Highlighters)

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Article: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - Evaluation, Treatment and Research at the National Institute of Mental Health


Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - Evaluation, Treatment and Research at the National Institute of Mental Health
http://patientinfo.nimh.nih.gov/AttentionDeficitHyperactivityDisorder.aspx

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Sunday, June 02, 2013

Another article implicating dlPFC and P-FIT model of intelligence--Importance to general intelligence

Another study implicating dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) and PFIT model of intelligence with regard to general intelligence (g), working memory and white matter tract-moderated functional brain network connectivity. Supports significant components of the three-level explanatory model articulated in MindHub Pub #2.