This article was contributed by Paul Li, who teaches cognitive science at UC Berkeley.
The human brain is quite remarkable. It does not remain static, but instead ceaselessly changes throughout life. Everything you learn or experience impacts the biology of your brain.
Though some cognitive abilities typically begin to decline in the third decade of life, [...]
By Gregory Kellett, a cognitive neuroscience researcher at SFSU and UCSF, and science writer for Lumos Labs.
Ever wonder about the workings of your nervous system? As mentioned in our previous post on cognition, the nervous system is responsible for integrating and processing information about your surroundings while directing action towards the achievement of goals; whether [...]
By Gregory Kellett, a cognitive neuroscience researcher at SFSU and UCSF, and science writer for Lumos Labs.
What exactly is cognition and how does it work? Here we will attempt to outline and explain some of the basic concepts involved with the inner workings of your head.
Cognition literally means “to know”. Knowledge can be thought of [...]
We’re on a roll! Following the debut of Name Tag last month, we are now ready to release Top Chimp, a brain game that sharpens visual attention and trains working memory. We think it’s more fun than a barrel of…well, monkeys, but would love to have your feedback before the game becomes part of the [...]
By Gregory Kellett, a cognitive neuroscience researcher at SFSU and UCSF and science writer for Lumos Labs.
Memories are vital to our ability to function on even the most basic of levels. Our respective “realities” are in fact a large part due to the constantly shifting kaleidoscope of our remembrances. Here we will [...]
By Lumos Labs Science Associate, Paul Li, MS Neuroscience.
Different languages are represented differently across the brain. This is especially true for languages that are very dissimilar, such as English and Chinese. English is learned from pronouncing its 26-letter alphabet, whereas to learn the Chinese language, one needs to memorize thousands of characters in order to [...]
As I mentioned in Neuroscience Conference 2007, we recently presented evidence that the Lumosity application is not only an effective way to improve cognition, but it is also a useful platform for conducting basic research. The following is an abridged version of the “lay language summary” the Society for Neuroscience asked us to provide for [...]
