Leading Medical Institutions Establish Cognitive Training Centers of Excellence
September 17, 2019 08:00 ET
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Posit Science
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Posit Science, the maker of BrainHQ brain exercises and assessments, announced the establishment of Centers of Excellence at three leading medical...
Study: BrainHQ Neurocognitive Training Improves Efficiency of Tech Workers
July 30, 2019 08:00 ET
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Posit Science
SAN FRANCISCO, July 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The use of a brain training app boosted measures of efficiency among tech workers, according to independent researchers from the Platypus Institute,...
Study Finds First Effective Scalable Intervention for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
May 16, 2019 07:55 ET
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Posit Science
WASHINGTON D.C., May 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A study run at five military and veterans’ hospitals has identified the first highly-scalable intervention for addressing cognitive deficits that...
Study: First Effective Scalable Intervention for Common Post-Stroke Deficits
May 08, 2019 08:00 ET
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Posit Science
SAN FRANCISCO, May 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a first of its kind study, computerized brain training was found to improve hemi-spatial neglect, which is a common and often intractable problem...
Study: Brain Training Can be a Life Saver at Work, Literally
April 15, 2019 08:00 ET
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Posit Science
SAN FRANCISCO, April 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a first of its kind study, computerized brain training was found to improve workplace performance among electric power line workers, where an...
Why Your Brain Gets Fooled on April Fools
March 27, 2019 08:00 ET
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Posit Science
SAN FRANCISCO, March 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With the prankster’s holiday coming up on April 1st, it seemed a good time to ask one of the world’s top brain scientists about what is happening in...
There’s Actually a Lot of Hard Work Being Done While You Sleep
March 13, 2019 08:00 ET
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Posit Science
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Turning our clocks ahead last weekend, robbed us all of an hour – as we were sleeping. With World Sleep Day coming up on Friday, and in honor of...
Study: Brain Training for Heart Failure
February 25, 2019 08:00 ET
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Posit Science
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new study — made available online in advance of print by The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and conducted by a team from Emory University...
This Valentine’s Day: Your Brain on Love
February 12, 2019 08:00 ET
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Posit Science
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oscar Wilde observed that love is even more mysterious than death. But, can’t love be distilled down to chemical processes in the brain? That...
Keeping New Year’s Resolutions: Your Brain and Commitment
January 08, 2019 08:00 ET
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Posit Science
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- It’s only a week into the new year, but people are already well along in failing at new year’s resolutions. An estimated 80 percent will be abandoned...