MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'brain test'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:30:36 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4414580&cid=t_217925_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2Fg8dy8I7Q0iI%2F Memory is more complex that we usually think. Cognitive sciences have identified different memory systems, each supported by different brain regions. One major difference is between long-term and short-term memory (also called working memory). Long-term memory is an unlimited storage of memories dating as far back as you can remember to a few minutes ago. For instance, when you remember your first day in high-school or what you said to your colleague two minutes ago, you are using your long-term memory system. This system depends mostly on parts of the temporal (in blue here) and frontal (in green) regions of the brain. Short-term or working memory is a limited storage used to briefly keep the information needed for the task at hand. For instance, when you keep in mind a phone number while... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4414580 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:59:52 +0100 4414580 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4411617&cid=t_217925_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2Fg8dy8I7Q0iI%2F Memory is more complex that we usually think. Cognitive sciences have identified different memory systems, each supported by different brain regions. One major difference is between long-term and short-term memory (also called working memory). Long-term memory is an unlimited storage of memories dating as far back as you can remember to a few minutes ago. For instance, when you remember your first day in high-school or what you said to your colleague two minutes ago, you are using your long-term memory system. This system depends mostly on parts of the temporal (in blue here) and frontal (in green) regions of the brain. Short-term or working memory is a limited storage used to briefly keep the information needed for the task at hand. For instance, when you keep in mind a phone number while... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4411617 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:59:52 +0100 4411617 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3552426&cid=t_217925_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FsCwFViMSU2I%2F In conclusion In conclusion, in my opinion, the Owen et al. (2010) study contributes to the literature on computerized brain training, by showing that a substantial number of individuals can be recruited to participate, with a wide range of actual amount of practice, and that transfer as measured did not occur in tasks measured as spans, but did show small effects similar to that of drug effects on the one test measured as number correct. Transfer effects have been observed in studies with older adults as well as younger ones in more controlled research environments; it remains to be seen whether the data collected by the Nature study authors on older adults, which were not included in the published article, will show different results. Obviously, few studies in general have been conducted... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3552426 Mon, 10 May 2010 23:11:43 +0100 3552426 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3490742&cid=t_217925_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FWV_7K2JURAU%2F You may already have read the hundreds of media articles today titled “brain training doesn’t work” and similar, based on the BBC “Brain Test Britain” experiment. Once more, claims seem to go beyond the science backing them up … except that in this case it is the researchers, not the developers, who are responsible. Let’s recap what we learned today. The Good Science The study showed that putting together a variety of brain games in one website and asking people who happen to show up to play around for a grand total of 3-4 hours over 6 weeks (10 minutes 3 times a week for 6 weeks) didn’t result in meaningful improvements in cognitive functioning. This is useful information for consumers to know, because in fact there are websites and compani... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3490742 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:50:29 +0100 3490742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2772561&cid=t_217925_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F09%2F07%2Fthe-bbc-asks-does-brain-training-work%2F Dr. Adrian Owen, of the UK Medical Research Council’s Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, takes a critical look at the growing field of “brain training” programs and notes some of the same issues I’ve previously written about (more than once). It appears the “news” article is in support of a BBC program airing tonight called, Bang Goes the Theory, which is running a brain training “experiment” on its website, the Brain Test Britain experiment. Ironically, the experiment designed for the web has four of the five problems listed below! I guess nobody who designed the experiment talked to Dr. Owen first. Oops. The five reasons Dr. Owen gives for brain training not quite “being there” in terms of the research support are: Research of... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2772561 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:37:51 +0100 2772561 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=948056&cid=t_217925_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F169210727%2Fcool_right_left_brain_quiz.html Highly successful people develop and use their multiple intelligence strengths to benefit business at work. And while we each bring a unique mix of intelligences, we now know that with motivation and practice – people can develop strengths in each of at least eight intelligences brought into the workplace. What intelligences shine more for you? In spite of their intellectual mix … some people tend to operate most from the logical or linear left side of their brain … while others lead with their artistic or whole picture right side. How about you? A brief test may surprise you … as a dancer spins … to show your dominant thinking type with new evidence.  Check Australia’s Herald Sun quiz – to catch an  interesting glance at which side o... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=948056 Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:02:46 +0100 948056