Off topic: Brain Plasticity (best way to exercise your brain) – Interview

Created January 2013

Update: Dementia risk reduced 29 percent by just 10 hours of computer brain plasticity training – RCT Dec 2017

I have now used Posit Science for about a decade Initially ~5 hours a week, recent years ~1/2 hour a week If I cannot remember where I last left an item in <10 seconds     I remind myself that I need another session with Posit Science. In addition to improving my short-term memory recall it has: 1. Increased the speed at which I can listen to videos to 3X of normal speed 1. Greatly increased my biking safety  * I can glance behind me and detect cars etc in < 20 milliseconds 1. Greatly increased my driving safety - far more awareness    * By the way - I believe that some auto insurance companies give free Posit-Science training * The companies have found that senior claims decreased by 50% after training

Interview of Dr. Merzenich by Dr. Mercola

How Innate ‘Plasticity’ of Your Brain Allows You to Improve Cognitive Performance and Prevent Age-Related Decline Dec 2012 – has Video with transcript

  • After just 40 hours, senior brains work as though they were 14 years younger (age 70 ==> age 56)

  • 3 million children used it in public schools.

  • Users mix currently: 80% children, 20% adults

  • Entire schools have raised their tests results from 10% to 50%

  • Just as muscles need exercise, the brain needs exercise

  • Practice is needed by professional musician, tennis player a person needs to give their brains practice

  • 20 minutes a day. No longer than five or six or seven minutes spent on a specific task, because the benefits weaken if dwell too long

  • Need to do a specific task again within a day or so

  • They have created 30 cognitive exercises so far, only a few of which are in Brain HQ so far

  • Schizophrenics, autistics, and Alz have been helped with Brain HQ – get out of cognitive ruts

  • Have helped with cognitive losses following chemotherapy

  • Currently PC, MAC, iPad

    • Only in English thus so far:
  • Clinical trials underway with the use of the SW with Traumatic Brain Injury, Schizophrenia, and Depression

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