Sentences with phrase «whether brain training»

I talk to Dr. C. Shawn Green from the University of Wisconsin - Madison about whether brain training programs work and if regular old action games can make you smarter — and what that really means.

The study was testing whether brain training could be helpful in changing unhealthy behavior.

It is much too soon to say whether brain training can indeed reverse psychosis, but talking therapies have certainly been shown to reduce relapses.

Not exact matches

They know they need training for any other job, whether a bricklayer or a brain surgeon.

A University of Illinois at Chicago researcher will test whether brain stimulation combined with gait training can improve patients» ability to walk after a stroke, under a $ 1.5 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

But, the researchers warn, the jury is still out on whether many brain - training exercises improve the overall functioning of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, or only hone its ability to complete the specific task being trained.

«We were interested to know whether intense environmental demands such as musical training at an early age influenced actual brain growth and development,» Gottfried Schlaug, the lead researcher says.

We don't yet know whether our training methods promote the development of new brain cells.

They are also investigating whether it might be possible to train people to better focus their attention by controlling the brain interactions involved in this process.

In this issue, journalist and former researcher Simon Makin takes a hard look at whether brain - training games — such as those offered by Lumosity — really can improve your thinking and stave off dementia.

But there are questions over whether brain - training platforms can enhance cognitive function in a way that is meaningful for wider life.

The study published by Dr Duncan Astle and colleagues from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in the Journal of Neuroscience tested whether it is possible to improve memory skills in childhood with training.

A fight has broken out among scientific researchers over whether or not brain training beats back the effects of aging.

Previous studies have found that the part of the brain responsible for verbal memory is larger in musicians, and Jakobson and Chan agree that future studies should investigate whether music training boosts development of the region, thereby making musicians more handy with words.

To test whether learning with language impacts which brain networks are involved in stone toolmaking, 15 of the 31 participants learned to knap stone via verbal instruction by watching videos of a skilled knapper's hands during individual training sessions.

Whether it's a brisk walk in nature, yoga, or HIIT training, exercise does tons for your health — like increasing something called BDNF (brain - derived neurotrophic factor), which regenerates brain cells!

Whether it's developing that relationship between the palette and the brain and the sensitivity, or the gut microbiome that's training the immune system to tolerate the right foods, not develop leaky gut, or unfortunately, with the wrong influences, get the wrong microbiome and the leaky gut and the consequences is systemic.

Jon Kabat - Zinn's groundbreaking work with mindfulness training in chronic pain patients in the 1980s led to clinical studies looking at whether activating and reinforcing certain areas of the brain would decrease pain.

In other words, perceived exertion doesn't have to do with whether you are training aerobically, anaerobically, or at any given heart rate, but rather how much «voltage» your brain is sending down your nerves, relative to its total available «voltage.»

My brain isn't trained to pick out the good stuff at all, whether it is retail or thrift stuff.

There's been a lot of research on «brain - training» games, but I suspect any well - crafted game experience has the same effect on keeping your mind and reactions sharp, whether it's by design or not.

As a child behaviour therapist who worked with autistic preschoolers as well as brain injured teenagers with sometimes violent behaviours, I was extensively trained in how to observe behaviour, and then dole out the appropriate consequences — whether positive or negative.

Training on the neurological impact of trauma was designed to give staff a MI framework for conversations with family members to provide information about the impact of DV on their children's developing brains, whether the DV is witnessed or «just heard» by the children.

The primary aim of the Brain Games trial is to investigate whether an executive functioning training programme is more effective at preventing symptoms of psychopathology than cognitive training that has limited executive functioning training potential.

The primary objective of the Brain Games study is to therefore investigate whether cognitive training delivered online within a «smart gaming» platform is a viable targeted prevention strategy by examining its ability to reduce psychopathology in young people at high risk for developing a mental illness.