http://www.lumosity.com/blog/most_of_the_tim/ Brain games, neuroscience news, and the best brain health information. Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:57:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.lumosity.com/blog/most_of_the_tim/comment-page-1/#comment-22701 Amie Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:50:35 +0000 http://blog.lumosity.com/brain_health/06/caveman-not-smart-enough-to-get-schizophrenia/#comment-22701 As you may know, when people are recovering from an episode of psychosis, they may have memory, working memory, attention and these sorts of cognitive difficulties. It's not clear whether these difficulties are due to the condition itself or due to medications as antipsychotics or antidepressants. I'd like to know whether there has been any evidence to suggest that programs such as lumosity can improve such cognitive difficulties in these patients? Some info would be helpful! As you may know, when people are recovering from an episode of psychosis, they may have memory, working memory, attention and these sorts of cognitive difficulties. It’s not clear whether these difficulties are due to the condition itself or due to medications as antipsychotics or antidepressants. I’d like to know whether there has been any evidence to suggest that programs such as lumosity can improve such cognitive difficulties in these patients? Some info would be helpful!

]]> http://www.lumosity.com/blog/most_of_the_tim/comment-page-1/#comment-5790 integralmeditation Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:18:58 +0000 http://blog.lumosity.com/brain_health/06/caveman-not-smart-enough-to-get-schizophrenia/#comment-5790 I read one ladies description of schizophrenia as basically a small brain issue. So things like lack of activity, lack of stimulation, lack of brain nutritional requirements, damaging excesses often described as things such as stress, alcohol which although it momentarily stimulates some activity generally decreases and can destroy brain connections, and day to day wear and tear all can enhance less connections, less activity and smaller brain functioning. As primitive lifestyles require so much activity they naturally avoid the "vegetating" lack of stimulation from doing nothing. So the morning after hangover and when someone is very fatigued are day to day examples of such small brain difficulty in coping. There is another similar effect where the brain is so busy with a lot of things that on one skill or issue it can seem very similarly challenged. I read one ladies description of schizophrenia as basically a small brain issue. So things like lack of activity, lack of stimulation, lack of brain nutritional requirements, damaging excesses often described as things such as stress, alcohol which although it momentarily stimulates some activity generally decreases and can destroy brain connections, and day to day wear and tear all can enhance less connections, less activity and smaller brain functioning. As primitive lifestyles require so much activity they naturally avoid the “vegetating” lack of stimulation from doing nothing.
So the morning after hangover and when someone is very fatigued are day to day examples of such small brain difficulty in coping. There is another similar effect where the brain is so busy with a lot of things that on one skill or issue it can seem very similarly challenged.

]]> http://www.lumosity.com/blog/most_of_the_tim/comment-page-1/#comment-4719 marydean Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:45:15 +0000 http://blog.lumosity.com/brain_health/06/caveman-not-smart-enough-to-get-schizophrenia/#comment-4719 genetics genetics

]]> http://www.lumosity.com/blog/most_of_the_tim/comment-page-1/#comment-67 fsm Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:29:19 +0000 http://blog.lumosity.com/brain_health/06/caveman-not-smart-enough-to-get-schizophrenia/#comment-67 Shorter plasticity might have made schizophrenia less likely to occur. However, I guess different mutations may lead to different vulnerability to particular triggers. It's possible, that at least in some gene variants those triggers don't have to occur in late plastic period, or don't have to occur at all. Shorter plasticity might have made schizophrenia less likely to occur. However, I guess different mutations may lead to different vulnerability to particular triggers. It’s possible, that at least in some gene variants those triggers don’t have to occur in late plastic period, or don’t have to occur at all.

]]> http://www.lumosity.com/blog/most_of_the_tim/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Sue Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:33:21 +0000 http://blog.lumosity.com/brain_health/06/caveman-not-smart-enough-to-get-schizophrenia/#comment-66 Hey, have you considered writing a book. You write really good. Hey, have you considered writing a book. You write really good.

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