August 11, 2009 – 5:35 pm
You may find this primer about brain development and functioning, created by the Society of Neuroscience quite interesting. They are a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians who study the brain and nervous system and whose mission it to research and educate. The primer is called Brain Facts. It’s written with a non-medical audience in [...]
By Dr. Michel Noir
|
Posted in Brain anatomy and imaging, Brain Decline, Brain health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Health & Wellness, Mind/Body, Neurons
|
Also tagged Add new tag, Brain Research, brain science, brain strength, memory loss, mild cognitive impairment, neural pathways
|
Last Saturday, August 1st, the 2009 Summer National Senior Games started in San Francisco. HAPPYneuron was proud to be present with its sponsoring partner Humana. Senior Games, you’re saying? Surely, seniors can be active and do regular exercise but doesn’t the term “games” involve a competition? Are seniors actually able to compete in a sports [...]
A new controlled study using HAPPYneuron exercises has been launched at the prestigious University of Zurich, Institute of Psychology, Switzerland under the supervision of Dr. Anne Echen. The goal of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of episodic memory training consisting of personalized adaptive computer exercises. 40 subjects between the ages of 60 and [...]
By Dr. Bernard Croisile
|
Posted in Brain exercises, Brain Research, Brain Training Science, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Training, memory loss, Seniors
|
Also tagged Brain Research, brain science, brain stimulation, Cognitive Neuroscience, memory loss
|
At the Games for Health conference in Boston last month, I spoke with Dave Graveline on “Into Tomorrow”, a Consumer Electronics and Technology Show. How many time have I been asked about the origins of the name HAPPYneuron? Hundreds! The answer is here. Listen on.
Now, with the new “Workout Reminders” feature, you can tell the HAPPYneuron Coach to email your personalized workout on a schedule that suits you. You may never forget your brain workout again!
The Cognitive Progress graphs have been upgraded this week, showing more of your progressive improvements since the beginning of your cognitive training with HAPPYneuron. There are six progress charts – one showing your overall HAPPYneuron Performance Index (HPI) progress, and one for each of your cognitive functions of Memory, Language, Attention, Visual-Spatial skills and Executive [...]
Cognitive Skills for safe driving
By Dr. Bernard Croisile
|
Posted in Attention Skills, Brain Decline, Brain health, Cognitive Training, Concentration, Executive Functions, Visual and Spatial Skills
|
Also tagged Attention Skills, Brain Decline, brain recovery, driving skills, executive function skills, visual-spatial skills
|
Interestingly, the Mayo Clinic researchers reported that men are 1.5 times more likely than women to have memory problems. You may wonder then, how it can also be true that more women develop and die from Alzheimer’s Disease? The kind of memory loss in the study is called mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Scientists theorize that [...]
When I asked our developers to create a Cognitive Exercise Widget that can be shared from person to person over the web, that very afternoon it was done. When I expressed surprise, “It’s only software !” they told me. So, click to play and forward to your friends for the joy of sharing. And, as [...]
The latest new features have been out there now for over 4 weeks. We’ve been hearing from you and are delighted with your responses. Seems like like we got a few things right and we always appreciate the positive feedback. Thank You! “I love the new features!” – Susan “I like the new look, it’s [...]