November 2020 - Discover and learn about brain functions, along with the latest news on brain plasticity and research!
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Author: DynamicBrain Inc.
Publication: Monthly Newsletter
Published Date: November 19, 2020

I would like to share some heart-warming feedback that we’ve received from one of our French-speaking users from Quebec, Canada. She has kindly allowed us to share her experience publicly, thinking it may help others with similar conditions. Please feel free to pass this on.

Translated into English:

Thank you!

I was looking for exercises to help me after a stroke that I had last December. I did not have paralysis, but I had a quadrantanopia, which is a loss of part of my field of vision …

It was one of my daughters who found your program for me to try. The first exercise, which helped me a lot to recover, was the one with different birds appearing in various parts of the screen [Hawk Eye]. A month after my stroke, with all the exercises I could find, I managed to recover enough of my visual field to regain my driver's licence.

I am sharing this as I’m sure there would be a need for people like me who would like to reclaim their field of vision …

These are life-changing experiences!

Please don’t forget your BrainHQ training today. If you don’t have full access, you can subscribe 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.

Turn down the volume!
Do you find it hard to concentrate when there’s too much background noise? Well, it might surprise you to hear that your brain actually has a “molecular volume knob” to keep electrical signals in check. A recent study found that this molecular control system helps with learning and memory. The study’s findings may help us identify ways of managing neurological disorders like epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease. Check out the full article here.

Staying on course
Being able to stay focused on a goal that requires a great deal of time, attention, and effort can feel like a marathon, especially if you’re overexcited or easily distracted. The attention focus and impulse control involved can be a challenge for both intellectually and physically demanding tasks. Until recently, scientists weren’t sure which neural pathways were responsible for attention and impulse control. New research points to two distinct pathways. Read more here.


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In This Issue

Turn down the volume!
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Staying on course
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An end to pain
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Bridging the brain
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Redrawing the map
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Your Brain Holds the Key to Safer Driving!
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Blogs and Resources


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KEEP YOUR BRAIN CHALLENGED!


RESEARCH STUDIES

Category-based published studies

Studies on clinical conditions for researchers

2016 Alzheimer’s Conference announcement

ACTIVE Study Published - Brain Training and Dementia

Healthy Aging

Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment

Cognitive Impairment due to Heart Failure

Fall Risk and Mobility

The IMPACT Study

The ACTIVE Study

The IHAMS Study

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An end to pain
Long-term pain can be debilitating, making seemingly small, everyday tasks a mountain to overcome. When you experience pain from an injury, it changes your spinal cord and brain. Those biological changes can “lock in” even when the original source of the pain has been corrected. When that happens, the result is chronic pain. Fresh research from Australia has successfully used pain-killing neurons created from stem cells to treat chronic pain in mice, with lasting results and no side effects. This is promising research that may help bring an end to chronic pain. To learn more, click here.

Bridging the brain
We all know that the brain is made up of two hemispheres, but we don’t often think about how the two parts of the brain “talk” to each other. Spanning that little gap is the corpus callosum, a bridge of neural fibres connecting the hemispheres. Around one in every 4,000 people are born without a corpus callosum, which can lead to memory issues, learning difficulties, poor attention, and other problems. Research on those born without this bridge in the brain can give us huge insights on how brain plasticity can triumph over structural deficiencies. Learn more about the research here.

Redrawing the map
Have you ever wondered what happens in the brain when you bite into a sweet dessert and enjoy the rich taste? Until recently, scientists thought that specialized groups of neurons in the brain were responsible for taste perception. A new study that looked at mapping taste perception has revealed that there is more to this pattern of neurons than was previously thought. In fact, a web of overlapping groups of neurons in different parts of the cortex is involved in the perception of taste. Find out more here.


Your Brain Holds the Key to Safer Driving!
Your brain is one of the most important pieces of safety equipment when you get behind the wheel of a car. As we age, our reaction times slow down and our field of vision decreases. This means our safety on the road is also reduced. By spending only 10 hours doing the engaging driving cognitive training program you can save your life and the lives of others on the road! Learn more here. Looking for a Driving Cognitive Training course? Click here.


News, More Interesting Articles and Blogs
Brain Fitness and Cognitive Training Courses 2020 & 2021, Group, Instructor-led, Web-Based
Driving Cognitive Training Courses 2020 & 2021, Group, Instructor-led, Web-Based
Major boost for brain health in Canada
"There's No Place Like Home" Has Deep Roots in the Brain!
Sleep loss hijacks brain's activity during learning
Researchers identify a region of the brain as a key source of signals encoding past experiences in the neocortex
DNA repair supports brain cognitive development
Ontario Brain Institute and Eli Lilly Canada Collaborate to Train Future Canadian Neuroscience Leaders
Why protecting the brain against infection takes guts
Blood Biomarker Measures Brain Injury in Stroke Patients
A Holistic Way of Looking at the Brain's Cellular "Family Tree"
Your favorite music can send your brain into a pleasure overload
Nanomedicine crosses into brain, eradicates recurring brain cancer in mice
How do low levels of oxygen damage the brain?
Researchers isolate and decode brain signal patterns for specific behaviors
Vital brain mechanism for maintaining pH balance identified
Using light to reprogramme the brain's GPS
How Plasticity-based Brain Training Works
10 Brain Exercises for Seniors
Description of BrainHQ Exercises
BrainHQ Exercise Tutorials
BrainHQ English: dynamicbrain.brainhq.com
BrainHQ French: dynamicbrain-fr.brainhq.com
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