Laurel Mellin is a health psychologist at University of California, San Francisco She has done research on the glitches in the emotional part of the brain that are connected with over-eating Here she explains findings that suggest we can re-train our brains out of it With springtime comes the desire to shed those few extra pounds,...
Category: <span>Brain Training</span>
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Gamified augmented reality against ADHD
The preliminary study found that measures of hyperactivity, inattention, and impulsivity dropped by 56.4 percent in the patient group with high scores of ADHD, while by 66.3 percent in the group with low symptomatic signs 48 hours after the session with Empowered Brain. In the framework of the clinical trial, children, adolescents and young adults with...
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Memory training needs to target specific difficulties to be effective, suggests study
When people hear that their memory will worsen as they age, the question on their minds becomes: what can we do to remember better? A recently published Baycrest study suggests that training programs can help, but only if they are tailored towards an individual’s specific memory difficulty, such as trouble remembering faces, voices or recent events....
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How to activate your brain’s ability to learn
In music, you have scales. In Jiu Jitsu, it’s drilling. Most of us just call it practice. Whatever you label it, many believe that greatness, heck even mere competency, requires training a skill well past proficiency. It’s continuing to practice your free throw even after you’ve nailed every shot. It’s playing through that song one...