Keeping Your Brain Sharp
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It’s not just ‘use it or lose it’ – researchers are finding that how you use your brain is significant in promoting brain fitness. There is a strong link between healthy, active aging and continued healthy brain function but we all have some elemental changes in brain function as we age.
From Posit Science Corporation:
The IMPACT Study
Improvement in Memory with Plasticity-based Adaptive Cognitive Training
IMPACT: A landmark study with dramatic results
With 524 participants, the IMPACT study is the largest clinical trial ever to examine whether a specially designed, widely available cognitive training program-the Posit Science Brain Fitness Program™-significantly improves cognitive abilities in adults. Led by distinguished scientists from Mayo Clinic and the University of Southern California, the IMPACT study proves that people can make statistically significant gains in memory and processing speed if they do the right kind of scientifically designed cognitive exercises.
Specifically, the IMPACT study found that:
- People who used the Posit Science program got better at the exercise tasks. This finding isn't unusual; people are expected to improve at exercises they were taught to do and practiced. The vast majority of other studies that have examined cognitive fitness training only report this fact and provide no other results.
- Improvements "generalized" (or extended) to multiple standard memory tests. "Gold standard" memory assessments-tests that are widely known to and accepted by doctors-showed that the Posit Science program genuinely improves memory overall. This is a significant breakthrough. It indicates that the program doesn't just teach "memory tricks" or train people to play a computer game really well; it actually generalizes to improve brain function more broadly. It's the difference between giving someone with an injured knee a crutch to compensate for his limitations and actually fixing the knee so the crutch isn't needed.
- People who used the Posit Science program reported positive changes in their everyday lives. The IMPACT study participants in the experimental group reported significant improvements in their everyday lives because of the Posit Science program. These benefits ranged from remembering a shopping list without having to write it down; to hearing conversations in noisy restaurants more clearly; to being more independent, feeling more self-confident, to finding words more easily and having improved self-esteem in general.
The study is multi-center, prospective, randomized, controlled, and double-blind. To learn more about the IMPACT study design, click here.
The Brain Fitness Program from Posit Science focuses on auditory processing—on improving the speed, accuracy and strength with which our brains receive, record and recall what we hear. This is closely related to our ability to communicate clearly, think quickly and remember fully. This program is available for individuals, Senior Centers, Retirement Communities and Independent Living Facilities. It is comprised of six engaging, easy-to-use exercises performed on a computer. The exercises take about an hour a day, five days a week for eight weeks. No prior computer experience is necessary. Nearly all people who complete the program say they enjoyed it and want to repeat it—and they can. See the article in the October 2006 issue of AARP Bulletin.
- The computer program is adaptive to individual needs and performance. It automatically adjusts to keep each person working at their threshold (where their brains are most likely to improve), making it a useful tool for people with a broad range of cognitive abilities.
- This is a drug-free and non-invasive way to improve your thinking.
- Available for individuals at home, residential communities and other groups.
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