About
Purpose
The focus of cognitive neuroscience in general is to provide a better quality of life. The goal of this web site
particularly, is to assist in any way possible to move toward that end.
We will cite current research as we review it, and our brain exercises will provide to you a pleasant way to hone your
working memory and explore the enormous possibilites set out in the research work. We have incorporated the latest
techniques in our brain training exercises and have stayed true to the original breakthrough research.
Psychologists until recently thought that attributes such as IQ, memory and problem solving, were fixed traits of the individual.
They were wrong.
Strong new science now tells us that your brain has the life long faculty to step up your IQ, boost your focus and memory and flood you with a sense of well being. Brain Magic targets the brain’s built in ability to do that.
Areas of Interest
Whether your interests are in; Memory ADHD, Alzheimer’s Disease, Academic Preparation, Better Grades, Depression, maintaining good Driving skills and Independent Living, Self Improvement IQ or Stress relief, research tells us that computer aided cognitive training can have an impact.
Never again need we say that “my memory is not what it used to be”.
You are not stuck with the brain you were born with and you are not stuck with your brain as it functions today. You can become sharper in every way because of the wonderful lifelong capacity that you possess, a thing called “Brain Plasticity”. Dr. Norman Doidge, as the keynote speaker at the American Academy of Pain Medicine meeting in Feb 2009, as reported in Medscape Medical News, called the concept of brain plasticity “the most important medical advance in 400 years”.
For our entire life we can tap into our brain plasticity and produce new brain cells, influencing how fast they will be produced by doing cognitive activity, knowing that intense mental challenges provide extra resistance to ageing.
Growing evidence tells us that through focused cognitive activity such as stimulating interactive computer tasks, along
with targeted skills training, we can actally build a “cognitive reserve”, or a buffer to protect the brain by increasing
the connections between the cells or promoting new cell growth.
With daily cognitive activity, research indicates that we can reduce our risk of Alzheimer’s Disease by 63% and protect
against senile dementia by 46%. With the correct cognitive training, we may also stay driving longer and do it better.
What is involved
Brain or cognitive training is enjoyable and exhilarating, but it is not just a game. It is a protocol dedicated to providing you with the best opportunity to have a healthy brain and a sharp mind. Many new studies from around the world tell us that all ages, and all levels of ability can find a benefit from computer aided cognitive training.
Brain Magic training will reward richly those who will apply themselves, when they follow the routine and travel through the step by step graduated training.
To begin
All you need to know to start is how to contact the internet by computer. Expect to do 20 minutes a day 4 or 5 times per week, for the most effective long term result. You will soon be eager to do more than one session per day because it makes you feel so good, but resist it. It is counterproductive to do more than one session per day, in that regular sleep periods are essential between brain training times, so that gains can be consolidated.
If you think you might have difficulty maintaining your training schedule over time, pair up with someone else who's interested in increasing their intelligence and make comparisons. Stretching your limits every day is what produces the boost to your working memory and fluid intelligence. In addition, aerobic exercise is helpful but not essential, as we now know it creates some neurogenesis (new neuron growth) which can also enhance you cognitive health.
The training
The Brain Magic training mode eases you through stages of progress and adjusts automatically to your growing skills. Your daily progress is graphed and you always know how you are doing. You will be excited at your progress and will want to forge ahead with the next level, but please be patient. Do one day’s exercises and sleep on it. Consolidation of the gains that you have made takes place while you sleep. If you miss a day, or are interrupted, don’t worry. Just pick up where you left off.
Whether you want improve your useful field of vision for driving, better your grades at school or just sharpen up and become more confident and competent in your day to day pursuits, research says you can do it.
Please read each of the articles that scroll across the face of the front page of the Brain Magic website. Pertinent references are at the bottom of each article. You may wish to review them for an insight to this revolutionary research.
Remember
The strength of the Brain Magic cognitive training protocol is that the gains are virtually dose dependent. The more you train, the more you gain.
One important thing to remember too, is that Brain Magic brain training will give you its best if you bring with you a motivation to improve. Like anything worthwhile, the best effort produces the best result.
Brain Magic targets the very specific brain function that is key to every conscious mental process. If you are studying, remembering, writing, speaking, listening, solving problems, playing an instrument, or just plain thinking, you can do it better.
Below are some links to current activity in the field of cognitive neuroscience. There are more resources at the "Benefits" section of the front page.
Training of Working memory In Children with ADHD http://www.klingberglab.se/pub/TrainingWMChildrenADHD.pdf?Horde=89895af65fe631068bf1c42e5475bcfb Increased Prefrontal and Parietal Activity After Training of Working Memory Computerized Training of Working Memory in Children With ADHD—A Randomized, Controlled Trial http://www.klingberglab.se/pub/CompTrainWM.pdf?Horde=89895af65fe631068bf1c42e5475bcfb http://www.springerlink.com/content/x1h6710443666j4r/ Training and transfer effects of executive functions in preschool Children http://www.klingberglab.se/pub/Thorell2009.pdf Changes in Cortical Dopamine D1 Receptor Binding associated with Cognitive Training http://www.klingberglab.se/pub/McNab2009.pdf Adaptive training leads to sustained enhancement of poor working memory in children http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122269455/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 Working memory deficits can be overcome: Impacts of training and medication on working memory in children with ADHD http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122462190/abstract Brain Fitness Predicts Crash Risk http://www.positscience.com/news/brain-fitness-predicts-crash-risk Keeping Priorities: The Role of Working Memory and Selective Attention in Cognitive Aging http://sageke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2005/44/pe34 Psychosocial stress impairs working memory at high loads: an association with cortisol levels and memory retrieval.
Working memory, but not IQ, predicts subsequent learning in children with learning difficulties.
Working memory: Is it the new IQ? http://precedings.nature.com/documents/2343/version/1 Working memory in the classroom http://www.york.ac.uk/res/wml/Gathercole,%20Lamont%20&%20Alloway.pdf the wisdom paradox: How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger As Your Brain Grows Older Exercise Stimulates The Formation Of New Brain Cells http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070628162055.htm New Brain Nerve Cells Key to Stress Resilience http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100331080859.htm Neurogenesis In Adult Brain: Association With Stress And Depression http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080831114717.htm Functional neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v415/n6875/full/4151030a.html Working memory in children with reading disabilities. http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_Searc hValue_0=EJ732023&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ732023 Working Memory Training for Children with Attention Problems or Hyperactivity: A School-Based Pilot Study
Chronic Stress Induces Impairment of Spatial Working Memory Because of Prefrontal Dopaminergic Dysfunction