Last week, yet another study showing the beneficial impact of playing video games appeared in the news. Traci Sitzmann, as assistant professor of management at the University of Colorado, Denver, did a meta-analysis of a number of different studies to find out if training workers would improve performance on the job. Her conclusion: … [she…
The BBC did a study that showed that their attempt to create cognitive improvement was unsuccessful … but failed to mention that Posit Science products work.
At the Transportation Research Board annual meeting last year I attended a talk by Dr. Fredric Wolinsky of the University of Iowa. Along with his colleagues, he conducted an analysis of participants in the ACTIVE clinical trial, the largest study of cognitive training performed to date. He found that people who had done ten hours…
If you ever get a chance to talk to Dr. Mike Merzenich, be assured he’ll fill you with a missionary’s zeal for brain fitness. You’ll leave the conversation wondering why everyone isn’t taking advantage of their brains’ natural abilities to improve. However, we know good habits aren’t embraced by our society overnight. It’s taken decades…