Brain Blogging blog carnival 44 at link below

http://brainblogger.com/2009/03/21/brain-blogging-forty-fourth-edition/

Kevin McGrew PhD
Educational/School Psych.
IAP (www.iapsych.com)

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Blog break - maybe?

I'm going to be taking a brief blogging break (maybe) for the next week. I'm having eye surgery that requires an unusual positioning of my head for up to four days. However, I've set up a recovery work place that might result in me being even more prolific than before. If you are curious, and esp. if you want to see into the potential future of the efficient work/play station, check out the pictures and description at my personal blog.

"Eye" shall return.

Brain Awareness week

Brain awareness week over at SHARP BRAINS

http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2009/03/16/its-brain-awareness-week/

Kevin McGrew PhD
Educational/School Psych.
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From the past: Phrenology favorites

Thanks to IMPROVABLE RESEARCH for this post.

http://improbable.com/2009/03/14/phrenology-favorites/

Kevin McGrew PhD
Educational/School Psych.
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CCD concussion fact sheet

Thanks to the BRAIN INJUURY blog for the posted info.

http://m.beta.bloglines.com/items?mode=unread&subid=21785312&sort=desc

Kevin McGrew PhD
Educational/School Psych.
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A map of knowledge

I think this map of knowledge is one of the best data visualizations
I've ever seen. See link to article in WIRED.

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/mapofscience.html

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Neurofeedback for ADHD?

Interesting post at the great SharpBrains blog.

http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2009/03/11/new-study-supports-neurofeedback-treatment-for-adhd/

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Time Doc Reading Inbox: 3-10-09

As I've lamented before..."so much to read...so little time." I simply can't keep up with the deluge of research publications related to the IQ Brain Clock. The diversity of fields involved in the study of human timing, time perception, mental timing, etc. is simply amazing. I download PDF articles (constantly) with good intentions...to read them and blog about those I think are important for readers of this blog. Good intentions....but lack of time (and I'm having the same problem with my other blog - IQs Corner)

Today I cleaned out in Time Doc Reading Inbox on my hard drive. I made some decisions (often difficult) on articles that I will simply file in e-folders. I culled those I had already skimmed and blogged about. This left me with a handful of articles, book chapters, etc. that I want to skim and comment on. But I know I will find another dozen within the week.

Thus....I'm going to start a new feature. I'm not sure it will last...but it is worth a try. This feature is the Time Doc Reading Inbox. I will add a link section to the blog home page. I will routinely post a link to a PDF file that includes the title, author, and abstract of the "I wish I could read" material. Readers can then skim the manuscripts and see what I'm interested in reading. However, the REAL goal behind this feature is to pique the interest of some readers...so much so that they will ask me for a copy of an article (or two, or.....)...and I will provide a copy in exchange for brief guest blog posts regarding the manuscripts.

Any takers? Please contact me at iap@earthlink.net if you are interested.

In the meantime you may see some posts that are given birth from the list. Today I've posted my first PDF listing of the Time Doc Reading Inbox (3-10-09).

Technorati Tags: psychology, biological psychology, educaitonal psychology, school psychology, cognition, intelligence, ISIR, mental time-keeping, IQ brain clock, time perception, Time Doc Inbox, brain clock, mental timing, temporal awareness, temporal processing

Reflections on time.

From David Falks "In search of time".

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ADHD and the brain clock: Rhythm as a diagnostic marker?

Yet another study (n=11; a pilot study so generalization is limited) implicating the IQ brain clock (mental time-keeping) and a clinical disorder---ADHD. The possible role of the brain clock and dopamine and ADHD is nothing new and has been reported previously at this blog (click here, here, and here.)

This study found that adults with ADHD lose their ability to keep rhythm (maintaining a tapping beat) when the tempo is varied. This pilot study suggest that the "effective span of rhythmic feel" is apparently contracted (narrower) in ADHD adults when compared to normals.

Might this not suggest that a sensitive metronome-based measurement technology (e.g., the measurement component of Interactive Metronome - conflict of interest disclosure---I'm on the scientific advisory board for IM), that can carefully calibrate the ability to maintain the "feel" for varying tempo's/rhythms mights serve as a diagnostic marker for possible ADHD?

Hmmmmmmmmmmm....interesting idea.

However....caution is in order. This is a small pilot study and only with adults. Generalization to a larger population and children and adolescents is not possible. Also....ADHD is a complex diagnosis that cannot be reduced to a single test, sign, marker, etc.

I'm excited as a researcher...as this continues to point towards the importance of the IQ Brain Clock


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Brain blog carnival Encephalon 65

Check it out via MIND HACKS post.

http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/20
09/03/encephalon_65_faces_.html

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Attention and working memory

I've blogged frequently regarding what I think is one of the better
models of working memory--the controlled executive attention model of
Kane Conway Engle et al. COGNITIVE DAILEY provides a nice post re one
recent study by this group

For those readers of the
IQ BRAIN CLOCK blog, this has been one of the primary cognitive
mechanisms I've suggested as being a possible causal explanation for
the efficacy of mental timing interventions.

http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2009/03/how_distractible_are_you_the_a.php

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Rewiring the brain

Thanks to MIND HACKS for the link to this post.

http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2009/03/rewiring_the_brain_f.html

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Neuropsychology - Volume 23, Issue 2

Subject: Neuropsychology - Volume 23, Issue 2

Volume 23, Issue 2

The neural response to facial attractiveness.

Pages 135-143

Chatterjee, Anjan; Thomas, Amy; Smith, Sabrina E.; Aguirre, Geoffrey K.

Remote semantic memory in patients with Korsakoff's syndrome and herpes encephalitis.

Pages 144-157

Kopelman, Michael D.; Bright, Peter; Fulker, Helena; Hinton, Nicola; Morrison, Amy; Verfaellie, Mieke

Correction to Fortier et al. (2008).

Page 157

Fortier, Catherine Brawn; Steffen, Elizabeth M.; LaFleche, Ginette; Venne, Jonathan R.; Disterhoft, John F.; McGlinchey, Regina E.

Free testosterone levels, attentional control, and processing speed performance in aging men.

Pages 158-167

Martin, Donel M.; Burns, Nicholas R.; Wittert, Gary

Characterizing multiple memory deficits and their relation to everyday functioning in individuals with mild cognitive impairment.

Pages 168-177

Schmitter-Edgecombe, Maureen; Woo, Ellen; Greeley, David R.

Time estimation abilities in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.

Pages 178-188

Rueda, Alicia D.; Schmitter-Edgecombe, Maureen

Norms for change in episodic memory as a prerequisite for the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

Pages 189-200

Bläsi, Stefan; Zehnder, Antoinette E.; Berres, Manfred; Taylor, Kirsten I.; Spiegel, René; Monsch, Andreas U.

Incentive effects on event-based prospective memory performance in children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury.

Pages 201-209

McCauley, Stephen R.; McDaniel, Mark A.; Pedroza, Claudia; Chapman, Sandra B.; Levin, Harvey S.

A large-scale investigation of lateralization in cortical anatomy and word reading: Are there sex differences?

Pages 210-222

Chiarello, Christine; Welcome, Suzanne E.; Halderman, Laura K.; Towler, Stephen; Julagay, Janelle; Otto, Ronald; Leonard, Christiana M.

Anosognosia for motor impairment following left brain damage.

Pages 223-230

Cocchini, Gianna; Beschin, Nicoletta; Cameron, Annette; Fotopoulou, Aikaterini; Della Sala, Sergio

On the use of drawing tasks in neuropsychological assessment.

Pages 231-239

Smith, Alastair D.

Language status and hemispheric involvement in reading: Evidence from trilingual Arabic speakers tested in Arabic, Hebrew, and English.

Pages 240-254

Ibrahim, Raphiq; Eviatar, Zohar

Comparisons of methods for multiple hypothesis testing in neuropsychological research.

Pages 255-264

Blakesley, Richard E.; Mazumdar, Sati; Dew, Mary Amanda; Houck, Patricia R.; Tang, Gong; Reynolds III, Charles F.; Butters, Meryl A.

Contraction of time in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Pages 265-269

Gilden, David L.; Marusich, Laura R.

School recess and learning

Thanks to the ENL blog for this story tip

http://eideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/recess-essential-for-improving.html

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Brain engravings

Thanks to MIND HACKS. This looks like a great gift for certain
professionals.

http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2009/02/engraved_brains.html

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Working memory training changes brain chemistry

Report of an interesting study courtesy of SHARP BRAINS

http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2009/02/22/working-memory-training-can-influence-brain-biochemistry/

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Just for fun: How old is your brain

Just for fun. I have no idea about the psychometric integrity of the
test

http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/21/how-old-is-your-brain/

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On the road again: Boston NASP 2009

I'm on the road again for work-related business. I will be attending and presenting at the 2009 NASP conference in Boston from Feb 23 to March 1.

I don't expect much time to blog...except for possible "push" type FYI posts re: content posted at other blogs.....or...mobile blogging (check out the link.....it is very cool...but, of course, I tend to be a tech nerd)......with pictures of activities, people, etc. at the conference.


I shall return.

Encephalon brain blog carnival 64

Check it out via MIND HACKS.

http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2009/02/encephalon_64_powers.html

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Book nook: In Search of Time: The Science of a Curious Dimension

A new book on the general topic of how humans have studied and thought about time for decades. It doesn't look to cover the detailed cognitive IQ brain clock research that is the focus of this blog but, nevertheless, it might make a good read for placing our thinking about the phenomena of time in a broad perspective. I may need to purchase and read

From Publishers Weekly

Starred Review. Beginning with a 5000-year-old tomb in Drogheda, Ireland, illuminated only at the winter solstice, science writer Falk asks the question,"What is time?... the stuff that flows... or a dimension, like space?" Falk (Universe on a T-Shirt) explores the origins of calendar time, from primitive astronomical observatories to the precision clocks of today. Though the movement of the heavens provided the basis for years, months, days and even the seven-day week, it wasn't until the Catholic Church needed to date important events like Easter that reconciling the lunar and solar calendars became a major concern; as such, the Church became "one of the strongest supporters of precision astronomy and timekeeping." Falk seamlessly combines science with literary and philosophical observations ("Chaucer had no notion of the length of a minute; Shakespeare did but nowhere does he mention the second") and digresses to fascinating topics like root notions of past and future, the vagaries of memory and the behavior of birds at breakfast time. Rounding out his multi-course feast, Falk contrasts Newton's notion of "absolute, true, and mathematical" time with Einstein's final words in 1955, "the distinction of past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion," to present modern speculations on black holes and the universe's future.

Technorati Tags: psychology, school psychology, educational psychology, neuropsychology, neuroscience, biology, time perception, IQ Brain Clock, brain clock, mental time-keeping

Seniors using brain fitness software

http://www.psycport.com/showArticle.cfm?xmlFile=knightridder%5F2009%5F02%5F07%5F%5F0000%2D0196%2DDA%2DSeniors%2Duse%2Dbrain%2Dtraining%2Dsoftware%2Dto%2Dsharpen%2Dtheir%2Dminds%2D0207%2Exml&provider=

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Encephalon 63 brain carnival up

http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2009/02/encephalon_63_hits_t.html

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Brain Blogging Carnival 43

Can be found at Brain Blogger.

http://brainblogger.com/2009/02/06/brain-blogging-forty-third-edition/

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Color and the mind

This story is all over the blogosphere and paper press. I might as well
join the parade. Interesting research on how red and blue may
influence cognitive performance.

http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2009/02/colouring_your_mind_-_red_improves_attention_to_detail_blue.php

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Brain injury conference

Thanks to the BI blog for the FYI re: a conference.

http://braininjury.blogs.com/braininjury/2009/02/first-annual-conference-on-culture-ethnicity-and-brain-injury-rehabilitation.html

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New neuroethics book

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Improve motor learning with brain stim

From NEUROETHICS blog

http://kolber.typepad.com/ethics_law_blog/2009/02/enhancing-motor-learning-with-tdcs.html

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Mental time-keeping scholar: Katya Rubia

I've added Tanya Rubia to the IQ Brain Clock blogroll of Mental Time Keeping Scholars (see right-side of blog page). I did so after skimming her excellent overview article on the "Neural Correlates of Time Management".....which is now also available under the Key Research Articles blog section. Human time perception is one of many areas of research interest for this mental time keeping scholar.

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IQ Brain Clock brain localization overview

I previously blogged about a special issue of Acta Neurobiologiae devoted to the minds brain clock. I provided a TOC and links to the papers. I just now skimmed one of the papers by Rubia & Smith (2004):

RUBIA K. and SMITH A. The neural correlates of cognitive time management: a review 

My conclusion is that this is an excellent overview of the basic empirical research and theoretical literature regarding mental time-keeping (i.e., the IQ Brain Clock). It also provides a nice summary of the general consensus re: the major areas of the brain believed to be involved in motor and cognitive timing, areas featured in prior posts here. Below is a copy of the first concluding paragraph...where I've added tag links to all prior IQ Brain Clock posts that refer to these brain areas or concepts. I will shortly add Rubia to the mental timing scholars blogroll and this article to the key research articles section of this blog.

• In conclusion, this review on the neural correlates of cognitive time management shows that predominantly right hemispheric dorsolateral and inferior prefrontal cortices, anterior cingulate, the SMA, the basal ganglia and the lateral cerebellar hemispheres appear to be involved in both functions of motor timing and time estimation. Furthermore, the review shows that the dichotomy between motor and perceptive timing functions may be artificial. Both functions appear to be mediated by identical neural networks and may be inseparable.