Can you actually become more intelligent? For years, neuroscientists thought that this basically didn’t happen. According to this view, you can take in more information and learn new things, Read More...
Topic: Memory
Staying Sharp by Keeping Fit
Posted March 18, 2009
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By Gregory Kellett, a cognitive neuroscience researcher at SFSU and science writer for Lumos Labs. It turns out there may be a link between cardiovascular fitness and the size of one’s Read More...
Lumosity for your future offspring?
Posted February 3, 2009
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Could the brain training you do today help the memory of your children - even before conception? Research published today suggests that - surprisingly - this might actually be possible. A study of Read More...
What is Cognition?
Posted September 17, 2008
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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 Read More...
Older People Learning Newer Tricks
Posted September 2, 2008
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By Gregory Kellett, a cognitive neuroscience researcher at SFSU and UCSF, and science writer for Lumos Labs. Recent research coming out of Hamburg, Germany and published in the Journal of Read More...
The Biology of Learning
Posted July 22, 2008
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By Gregory Kellett, a cognitive neuroscience researcher at SFSU and UCSF, and science writer for Lumos Labs. The field of neuroscience is just beginning to understand some of the physiological Read More...
Good Cholesterol and Good Memory
Posted July 2, 2008
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By Gregory Kellett, a cognitive neuroscience researcher at SFSU and UCSF, and writer for Lumos Labs. A recent British study published by the American Heart Association suggests that the balance of Read More...
Cognitive training and aging
Posted June 19, 2008
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K. Warner Schaie and Sherry L. Willis are two of the more important researchers in the area of aging and cognitive training. They oversee the Seattle Longitudinal Study, which followed adults across Read More...
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