Author: DynamicBrain Inc.
Publication: Monthly Newsletter
Published Date: May 21, 2024

On April 30th, researchers published the results from a randomized controlled trial that enrolled older adults with normal aging brains. After training for a total of 35 hours within 10 weeks, participants in the BrainHQ group, as compared to the control group, showed a significant improvement in several areas. This included the maintenance of the caudate volume (rather than the grey matter deterioration typically accompanied by adverse changes in neural activity and functional connectivity seen in increased Alzheimer’s risk) as well as maintenance in other areas that typically experience decline in white matter integrity with aging and increased cognitive risk. Learn more.

This study, by including the imaging measures, shows how brain training works by rewiring the brain and improving the health of the brain as a biological system while improving cognitive performance in daily life.

I do hope that the results from this strong study further motivate you to maintain a healthy brain and that, if you still don’t have full access to BrainHQ, you join now!

Kind regards, Frieda Fanni President DynamicBrain Inc. DynamicBrain Inc. is the Canadian partner of Posit Science Corporation since 2010 providing brain fitness program BrainHQ in English and French.

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