20 Dec 2011 Elite Minds
Recent "near misses" in Australian skies highlight the importance for pilots to receive the support of additional “hands-on” training and enhancement of their cognitive abilities.
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20 Dec 2011 Elite Minds
Results of a recent study in the US showed concerning effects on brain function in young males who played violent video games. Brain imaging showed negative effects on the areas of brain function important for emotional control.
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18 Dec 2011 Elite Minds
Building on a promising studies published in 2009, a NIMH-funded clinical trial to be conducted next year could lead to the widespread use of cognitive training as a widespread tool for helping schizophrenia patients.
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30 Nov 2011 Elite Minds
"Heading a soccer ball is not an impact of a magnitude that will lacerate nerve fibers in the brain, but repetitive heading may set off a cascade of responses that can lead to degeneration of brain cells." Dr. Lipton
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24 Nov 2011 Elite Minds
Interim results have been published re a new study measuring the impact upon cognitive functioning of training with computerised cognitive training software compared to training with crossword puzzles.
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08 Nov 2011 Australian Ageing Agenda
Professor Yaakov Stern has been in Australia speaking at the Optimising Healthy Brain Ageing Symposium, explaining the concept of Cognitive Reserve and explaining that dementia prevention strategies can help protect the brain reserve, but that the extent to which it will delay the onset of Alzheimer's will vary from person-to-person.
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08 Nov 2011 Elite Minds
New technologies are being introduced that can analyse the carbon emissions that vehicles are producing and even date that anaylse the driver’s behavour. This data and training drivers accordingly can translate to real savings. As Michael Roeth, executive director of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency, put it, "Between the worst driver and the best driver," the difference in fuel economy can be up to 25 percent.
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08 Nov 2011 Elite Minds
As planes become ever more reliant on automation to navigate crowded skies, safety officials worry there will be more deadly accidents traced to pilots who have lost their hands-on instincts in the air.
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08 Nov 2011 Elite Minds
Recognising that academic success involves the ability to use cognitive skills in the school environment, the researchers whether mediator links exist between body weight, sleep disordered breathing and cognition.
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11 Oct 2011
If you’re between 50 and 79 and want to study at UTAS, you may be eligible to partake in the Healthy Brain Project.
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