iBlogging mobile post: Aging training and the brain lit review

Cindy Lustig1 , Priti Shah2, Rachael Seidler3 and Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz1 (1)  Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043, USA (2)  Departments of Psychology and Combined Program in Education and Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (3)  Department of Psychology and School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA Received: 12 June 2009  Accepted:12 October 2009  Published online: 30 October 2009 Abstract  As the population ages, the need for effective methods to maintain or even improve older adults' cognitive performance becomes increasingly pressing. Here we provide a brief review of the major intervention approaches that have been the focus of past research with healthy older adults (strategy training, multi-modal interventions, cardiovascular exercise, and process-based training), and new approaches that incorporate neuroimaging. As outcome measures, neuroimaging data on intervention-related changes in volume, structural integrity; and functional activation can provide important insights into the nature and duration of an intervention's effects. Perhaps even more intriguingly, several recent studies have used neuroimaging data as a guide to identify core cognitive processes that can be trained in one task with effective transfer to other tasks that share the same underlying processes. Although many open questions remain, this research has greatly increased our understanding of how to promote successful aging of cognition and the brain. Keywords  Training - fmri - Healthy aging - Brain - Neuroimaging - Cardiovascular - Cognitive intervention Cindy Lustig Email: clustig@umich.edu Fulltext Preview (Small, Large)

Neuropsychology Review, Vol. 19, Issue 4 - New Issue Alert

Monday, November 30 Dear Valued Customer, We are pleased to deliver your requested table of contents alert for Neuropsychology Review. Volume 19 Number 4 is now available on SpringerLink Register for Springer's email services providing you with info on the latest books in your field. ... More! Important News! Health & Behavior Reading Room Are you a frequent visitor yet? Enter the Reading Room today! In this issue: Preface Decline and Compensation in Aging Brain and Cognition: Promises and Constraints Author(s) Naftali Raz DOI 10.1007/s11065-009-9122-1 Online since November 20, 2009 Page 411 - 414 Review Cerebral White Matter Integrity and Cognitive Aging: Contributions from Diffusion Tensor Imaging Author(s) David J. Madden, Ilana J. Bennett & Allen W. Song DOI 10.1007/s11065-009-9113-2 Online since August 25, 2009 Page 415 - 435 Review Beta-Amyloid Deposition and the Aging Brain Author(s) Karen M. Rodrigue, Kristen M. Kennedy & Denise C. Park DOI 10.1007/s11065-009-9118-x Online since November 12, 2009 Page 436 - 450 Review The Impact of Genetic Research on our Understanding of Normal Cognitive Ageing: 1995 to 2009 Author(s) Antony Payton DOI 10.1007/s11065-009-9116-z Online since September 19, 2009 Page 451 - 477 Review Aging and Spatial Navigation: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go? Author(s) Scott D. Moffat DOI 10.1007/s11065-009-9120-3 Online since November 20, 2009 Page 478 - 489 Review Implicit Learning in Aging: Extant Patterns and New Directions Author(s) Anna Rieckmann & Lars Bäckman DOI 10.1007/s11065-009-9117-y Online since October 09, 2009 Page 490 - 503 Review Aging, Training, and the Brain: A Review and Future Directions Author(s) Cindy Lustig, Priti Shah, Rachael Seidler & Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz DOI 10.1007/s11065-009-9119-9 Online since October 30, 2009 Page 504 - 522 EDITORIAL POSTSCRIPT Cognitive Aging Research: An Exciting Time for a Maturing Field Author(s) Molly V. Wagster DOI 10.1007/s11065-009-9121-2 Online since November 22, 2009 Page 523 - 525 Request a free sample copy If you are not a current subscriber to the journal, click here to read a free sample copy online. Subscribers to a Springer publication are entitled to read the full-text articles online in SpringerLink. For registration information please contact your librarian or send us an e-mail: In the Americas: springerlink-ny@springer.com In all other countries: springerlink@springer.com Alert information

Encephalon brain blog carnival # 78

Happy turkey day from the blogmaster

iBlogging mobile: Use of fmri evidence in capital punishment case

Click link for story. Not an Atkins MR case but interesting
development of brain scan and expert testimony to attempt to establish
brain-based psychopathology diagnosis for defendant.

http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/fmri-evidence-u.html

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20th Annual Butters-Kaplan West Coast Neuropsychology Conference - SAVE THE DATE]

Register Today 20th Annual Butters-Kaplan West Coast Neuropsychology Conference Advances in Pediatric Neuropsychology: From Toddlers Through School-Aged Children March 25-28, 2010 Dear Colleague, As most of you have probably heard, the neuropsychology community suffered a deep loss with the passing of Dr. Edith Kaplan on September 3, 2009, at the age of 85. At the 20th anniversary of the West Coast Neuropsychology Conference, we will honor the life and works of Edith as part of a program on child neuropsychology that she and I were in the middle of organizing when Edith succumbed to complications related to heart surgery. The internationally renowned speakers at the 2010 conference will present their latest findings on the assessment and remediation of cognitive and behavioral impairments in pre-school and school-aged children. The speakers will (a) emphasize practical tools that clinicians and educators can use to provide comprehensive assessments and remediation strategies for children with neurocognitive deficits; and (b) highlight the role that Edith's work played in their particular line of research. This year's conference will also feature a pre-conference workshop on a new set of assessment tools – the Advanced Clinical Solutions for the WAIS-IV and WMS-IV – which provides new subtests, demographic-corrected norms, and effort measures designed for patients between the ages of 16 and 89. Thus, the preconference workshop on Thursday evening will be in the area of adolescent and adult neuropsychology, and the main conference from Friday to Sunday will be in the area of child neuropsychology. The program is intended for neuropsychologists, clinical psychologists, school psychologists, speech therapists, learning specialists, educators, psychiatrists, neurologists, and other interested health professionals. I cordially invite you to join us for this exciting and informative program and look forward to hosting you in San Diego, America's finest city. Sincerely, Dean C. Delis, PhD Conference Director This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. For more information and to register online, visit http://cme.ucsd.edu/neuro UC San Diego School of Medicine Continuing Medical Education 9500 Gilman Drive, MC0617, La Jolla, CA 92093-0617 Phone: (858) 534-3940 • Toll-Free: (888) 229-OCME (6263) • Fax: (858) 534-7672 E-mail: ocme@ucsd.edu • Website: http://cme.ucsd.edu For technical comments or questions, contact the webmaster. Copyright 2010, University of California, San Diego. All rights reserved.

Book info from SHARP BRAINS: The Brain Advantage

http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2009/11/22/the-brain-advantage-train-your-autopilot-and-how-to-turn-it-off/

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Personal tidbit: Main office of blogmaster

Just a personal note. I work primarily out of my home office--this is
it. You can never have enough screens! My other offices are coffee
shops. Life has blessed the blogmaster.

New Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience journal

http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/L05_426.cws_home/main

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Neurobiology of language conf in Chicago

Click link for conference info

http://www.nlc2009.angularis.org/

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Sharp Brains summit invitation

http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2009/11/10/invitation-to-sharpbrains-summit-technology-for-cognitive-health-and-performance/

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Follow-up to brain "time stamp" reseach

I previously made a brief post about interesting research done in primates that suggested that the brain uses a "time stamp" method to keep track of the time of events.  I've now located a copy of the research article published in PNAS (National Academy of Sciences) and now provide a link to those who really want to read the actual (but very technical) research report.

Technorati Tags: psychology, educational psychology, school psychology, neuropsychology, neuroscience, mental timing, IQ brain clock, brain clock, brain time stamp, temporal processing

More on cognitive neuroenhancement issues

Thanks to BIOETHICS FORUM for this post

http://www.thehastingscenter.org/Bioethicsforum/Post.aspx?id=4046

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Brain injury conferences

Thanks to BI BLOG for this conference list

http://braininjury.blogs.com/braininjury/2009/11/november-brain-injury-conferences.html

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