Author: DynamicBrain Inc.
Publication: Monthly Newsletter
Published Date: January 19, 2018
Once again we see the start of another new year resolved to make positive changes in our lives. If you have been following our newsletter, you will know that 2017 was a banner year for BrainHQ and as more scientific studies prove, time and again, that our exercises have a positive outcome on brain health and fitness, this trend should continue in 2018.
We have already witnessed the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) include cognitive training in their new MCI practice Guidelines and Pfizer discontinuing drug discovery efforts for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s after it failed to help patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's in clinical trials. This is happening while a peer-reviewed published study showed that speed training on brain is the first activity to successfully protect against dementia.
If you are not yet a regular user of BrainHQ, please take your brain health serious and give it a try here.
Kind regards, Frieda Fanni
President
DynamicBrain Inc.
DynamicBrain Inc. is the Canadian partner of Posit Science Corporation providing brain fitness program BrainHQ in English and French.
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A well connected brain has a direct link to your IQ
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Sleep is more effective in younger brains
Sleeping is generally viewed as the time our brains reflect, reinforce and recharge what we’ve experienced throughout our waking lives. However, as we age our brainwaves tend to become unsynchronized when we sleep thus reducing our ability to save memories. So, the next time a teenager is sleeping in, let them get those few extra hours to help their long term brain health. They will remember your kindness. Read about it here.
This cat predicted death better than doctors
A 2007 story about a care home cat that would sense imminent death inspired a group of researchers to begin work on a computer program capable of the same thing. Using a deep neural network, which is a computer network set up to function like our own brains, they began analyzing data from patients to discover whether or not this was possible. To their surprise, the algorithm they designed was much more effective than they thought. Learn more about this program, where it may lead and some surprising conundrums the researchers encountered here.
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