The Brain Clock Blog: August 2014

Sunday, August 31, 2014

The sound of music: Two new music and cognitive functioning articles

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The brain's "stop and go" mechanisms: The basal ganglia weighs in

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Sharing Multisensory Integration during Short-term Music Reading Training Enhances Both Uni- and Multisensory Cortical Processing via BrowZine

Multisensory Integration during Short-term Music Reading Training Enhances Both Uni- and Multisensory Cortical Processing
Paraskevopoulos, Evangelos; Kuchenbuch, Anja; Herholz, Sibylle C.; Pantev, Christo
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Vol. 26 Issue 10 – 2014: 2224 - 2238

10.1162/jocn_a_00620

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

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Neuroethical issues in pharmacological cognitive enhancement
Mohamed, Ahmed Dahir
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, Vol. 5 Issue 5 – 2014: 533 - 549

10.1002/wcs.1306

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Monday, August 25, 2014

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The relationship between working memory and intelligence in children: Is the scoring procedure important?
Giofrè, David; Mammarella, Irene C.
Intelligence, Vol. 46 – 2014: 300 - 310

10.1016/j.intell.2014.08.001

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Kevin McGrew, PhD
Educational Psychologist
Director, Institute for Applied Psychometrics
IAP
www.themindhub.com

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Article: Why Being Idle Can Lead to Better Thinking

Why Being Idle Can Lead to Better Thinking
http://lifehacker.com/why-being-idle-can-lead-to-better-thinking-1625609754

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Article: Neuroscience and big data: How to find simplicity in the brain

Neuroscience and big data: How to find simplicity in the brain
http://www.psypost.org/2014/08/neuroscience-big-data-find-simplicity-brain-27575

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Article: Warning over electrical brain stimulation

Warning over electrical brain stimulation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27343047

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Saturday, August 23, 2014

Article: Making Sense of Discrepancies in Working Memory Training Experiments: A Monte Carlo Simulation

Making Sense of Discrepancies in Working Memory Training Experiments: A Monte Carlo Simulation
http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2014.00161/full

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Article: Targeted brain training may help you multitask better - more on attentional control

Targeted brain training may help you multitask better
http://www.psypost.org/2014/08/targeted-brain-training-may-help-multitask-better-27502

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Consistent with the research in this article, have proposed that the training of attentional control (aka, controlled attention) may hold "one" (of multiple) keys to why some brain training programs may be effective.

You can find a MindHub Pub white paper where I lay out this information here.

http://www.iapsych.com/articles/mindhubpub2.pdf

Also, other AC related posts at the Brain Clock blog can be found at the following two links. Sorry for the two links with overlap. I need to do some blog maintenance.

http://www.brainclock.net/search/label/attentional%20control

http://www.brainclock.net/search/label/controlled%20attention

FYI. The MindHub web portal has been updated

I finally got around to updating the MindHub web portal. There is new information under most major categories. Enjoy.

http://themindhub.com/

Article: The Real Neuroscience of Creativity - with comments and FYI

I agree with Scott Barry Kaufman on the importance of the default brain network. However, at times one needs to learn how to shut down the default network "on demand" and invoke the executive control network. I have written a white paper on this topic, in the context of trying to explain how Interactive Metronome appears to help people train their abilities to "quiet the buzzy mind", which is available at the following link. It also covers the three brain networks discussed by Scott in his article at the Huffington Post. Enjoy.

http://www.iapsych.com/articles/mindhubpub2.pdf

More information can be found at the MindHub (www.themindhub.com)

The Real Neuroscience of Creativity
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-barry-kaufman/the-real-neuroscience-of_b_3870582.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

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Article: The Amazing Benefits of Daydreaming on the Mind - with comment

The Amazing Benefits of Daydreaming on the Mind
http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/amazing-benefits-daydreaming-mind

I also have a deep interest in the default brain network and have made a number of FYI and written posts to the Brain Clock blog about this important brain network http://www.brainclock.net/search/label/default%20brain%20network

Just think of: mind wandering; TUTs (task unrelated thoughts); and REST (rapid episodic thinking)

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Kevin McGrew, PhD

Educational Psychologist

Director, Institute for Applied Psychometrics

IAP

www.themindhub.com

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Article: The secrets of the ‘little brain’ – what do we really know about the cerebellum?

The secrets of the 'little brain' – what do we really know about the cerebellum?
http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2014/08/20/the-secrets-of-the-little-brain-what-do-we-really-know-about-the-cerebellum/

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Sunday, August 17, 2014

Article: The Machine That Tried To Scan The Brain — In 1882

The Machine That Tried To Scan The Brain — In 1882
http://www.npr.org/2014/08/17/340906546/the-machine-that-tried-to-scan-the-brain-in-1882

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Saturday, August 16, 2014

Sharing Neonatal neuropsychology: Emerging relations of neonatal sensory–motor responses to white matter integrity via BrowZine

Neonatal neuropsychology: Emerging relations of neonatal sensory–motor responses to white matter integrity
Weinstein, Maya; Marom, Ronella; Berger, Irit; Ben Bashat, Dafna; Gross-Tsur, Varda; Ben-Sira, Liat; Artzi, Moran; Uliel, Shimrit; Leitner, Yael; Geva, Ronny
Neuropsychologia, Vol. 62 – 2014: 209 - 219

10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.07.028

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Friday, August 15, 2014

Article: Structural and functional connectivity of the human brain in autism spectrum disorders and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A rich club-organization study.

Structural and functional connectivity of the human brain in autism spectrum disorders and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A rich club-organization study.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25116862?dopt=Abstract

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Article: Size and Synchronization of Auditory Cortex Promotes Musical, Literacy, and Attentional Skills in Children.

Size and Synchronization of Auditory Cortex Promotes Musical, Literacy, and Attentional Skills in Children.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25122894?dopt=Abstract

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Article: New findings out on brain networks in children at risk for mental disorders

Recall the cell phone commercial with the message "its the network!" The explosion of research on the efficiency of brain networks (see another report below) just keeps comming. Follow the following link for posts related to brain network efficiency at the Brain Clock blog. http://www.brainclock.net/search/label/brain%20networks

New findings out on brain networks in children at risk for mental disorders
http://www.psypost.org/2014/06/new-findings-out-on-brain-networks-in-children-at-risk-for-mental-disorders-25559

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Check out “The MindHub” on Flipboard

An FYI note regarding one of the free content curation sources provided by Dr. Kevin McGrew and the MindHub (www.themindhub.com). If you have the free Flipboard app and are interesting in psychology, cognition, intelligence, neuroscience, etc., then give this free e-magazine of curated stories a try.

Flip through The MindHub by Kevin McGrew http://flip.it/FMBVq

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Article: Hit the Reset Button in Your Brain

Hit the Reset Button in Your Brain
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/opinion/sunday/hit-the-reset-button-in-your-brain.html

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Saturday, August 09, 2014

Article: Meditation and the Brain 2013

Meditation and the Brain 2013
http://jonlieffmd.com/blog/meditation-and-the-brain-2013

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Thursday, August 07, 2014

PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU) [feedly]

PEBS Neuroethics Roundup (JHU)
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