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Dennis OConnor

Brain Health In The Time of the Coronavirus - BrainHQ from Posit Science - 1 views

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      I've done 163 days of BrainHQ Training. I have experienced significant improvement in all categories of training: Attention, Brain Speed, Memory, People Skills, Intelligence, Navigation. Basic training schedule is every other day for 30 minutes.
  • If staying at home can contribute to a decline in our physical health—which we can address with an exercise program—what does staying at home and socially isolating do to our cognitive health?
  • while we are staying at home and avoiding social contact, we’re depriving our brains of the cognitive stimulation and new learning that naturally come through our everyday lives and interactions with friends, co-workers, and even random strangers.
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  • brain plasticity is a two-way street. In the same way that the brain can build itself through positive brain plasticity, the brain can “unbuild” itself through negative brain plasticity.
  • our favorite topic at Posit Science: brain plasticity, the science of how the brain rewires itself through learning and experience.
  • get your quarantine cognitive exercise program started:
  • New learning
  • Cognitive engagement
  • BrainHQ
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    I found Posit Science and BrainHQ thanks to a suggestion from Dr. Kurisu. He recommended Norman Doige's books, The Brain That Changes Itself; Personal Triumphs from the Frontiers of Brain Science and The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity. One of the case studies is about Dr. Michael Merzenich, a research who was vilified by the medical establishment for investigating neuroplasticity. Great story. Merzenich is a founder of PositScience and BrainHQ.
Dennis OConnor

At the Cusp of Solving Cognitive Aging? - Mike Merzenich - Medium - 0 views

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  • the ACTIVE Study.
  • hree different theories
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  • memory
  • reasoning
  • speed of processing
  • ACTIVE tracked people for 10 years
  • 74 to 84
  • who would have expected faster cognitive processing speed 10 years later
  • The big question was do those gains transfer to real-world activities.And, the answer is: they do.
  • At the end of 10 years
  • about three years more protection against decline
  • speed training
  • ● 38% less risk of onset of depressive symptoms● 30% less risk of deepening of depressive symptoms● 68% stronger feeling of confidence and control● 48% less risk of at-fault car crashes
  • I (Mike Merzenich) have spent decades studying brain plasticity — the brain’s ability to change (at any age), chemically, structurally and functionally.
  • What changes in the brain as it gets older?
  • basic science question
  • every single thing we measured in the aging brain changed (and none for the better).
  • The top row
  • we built a brain-training program designed to make a rat’s brain faster and more accurate.
  • to improve auditory precision and speed.
  • It turns out that this kind of brain training — continuously and progressively challenging the speed and accuracy of brain processing — improves every aspect of brain health we could measure.
  • we could build, test, refine and validate a training program to improve all the major systems of the brain.
  • plasticity-based training
  • cognition (eg, speed, attention, memory, executive function)
  • quality of life (eg, mood, confidence, self-rated health)
  • dementia?
Dennis OConnor

The neuroscience of placebo effects: connecting context, learning and health - 0 views

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    "Abstract Placebo effects are beneficial effects that are attributable to the brain-mind responses to the context in which a treatment is delivered rather than to the specific actions of the drug. They are mediated by diverse processes - including learning, expectations and social cognition - and can influence various clinical and physiological outcomes related to health. Emerging neuroscience evidence implicates multiple brain systems and neurochemical mediators, including opioids and dopamine. We present an empirical review of the brain systems that are involved in placebo effects, focusing on placebo analgesia, and a conceptual framework linking these findings to the mind-brain processes that mediate them. This framework suggests that the neuropsychological processes that mediate placebo effects may be crucial for a wide array of therapeutic approaches, including many drugs."
Dennis OConnor

Reimagine Brain Health - YouTube - 0 views

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    Our 2020 virtual Reimagine event highlighted ISB's cutting-edge brain health research and our unique approach to studying and treating Alzheimer's and other diseases. Specifically, we featured some of our latest findings, the promise of multimodal therapies to slow and even reverse dementia, and testimony from caregivers who watched their loved ones succumb to Alzheimer's disease.
Dennis OConnor

Brain Exercises, Brain Training, Brain Health - BrainHQ from Posit Science - 0 views

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    Nueroplasticity -- Online training games. Interested in using this system for N=1 experiments.
Dennis OConnor

Randy's Club - Randy's Remedy hemp products, powered by Cannaka. - 0 views

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    Recommended by Sharon Wampler Randy's Remedy products are powered by Cannaka, a botanically complete blend of natural cannabinoids and terpenes derived from hemp. Natural cannabinoids are active non-dietary ingredients that target the endocannabinoid system which is responsible for modulating homeostasis in the body. These active ingredients, combined with essential terpenes support the endocannabinoid system and promote a healthy inflammatory response. Developed by the Strause Group; Linda, Tyler, and Brendon Strause, Randy's Remedy are the products they wished they had when their husband and father, Randy, was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, an incurable brain cancer. Together they helped develop Cannaka and Randy's Remedy products delivering all the healthful benefits of natural cannabinoids and terpenes from hemp.
Dennis OConnor

The Pandemic's Biggest Mystery Is Our Own Immune System - The Atlantic by Ed Yong - 0 views

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    Recommended by DeAunne Denmark MD Phd: "...the immune system is very complicated. Arguably the most complex part of the human body outside the brain, it's an absurdly intricate network of cells and molecules that protect us from dangerous viruses and other microbes. These components summon, amplify, rile, calm, and transform one another: Picture a thousand Rube Goldberg machines, some of which are aggressively smashing things to pieces. Now imagine that their components are labeled with what looks like a string of highly secure passwords: CD8+, IL-1β, IFN-γ. Immunology confuses even biology professors who aren't immunologists"
Dennis OConnor

FlowState Technology - Sana Health - 0 views

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    Recommended by Deaunne - "A 25 YEAR JOURNEY BEGINS In 1992, the jeep Richard Hanbury was driving was forced to crash off a bridge in Yemen. He was pronounced clinically dead for 8 minutes and then in a coma for 6 weeks. After waking up, he spent the next 14 months in the hospital.  The doctors gave Richard five years to live due to the extreme chronic nerve damage pain. After a lightbulb moment while watching a film in hospital, he began the journey to save his life. To produce the most lasting pain relief, he experimented with the different neuromodulation patterns and bio-metric sensors which normalized how his brain processed pain signals. Since 1993, Richard Hanbury has been pain-free and has tested his technology with the British Special Air Service, U.S. Air Force, Richard Branson Virgin Challenger flights, and the first Solar Impulse flight around the world."
Dennis OConnor

10 medical research trends we'll be watching in 2020 and beyond | LinkedIn - 0 views

  • 1.   Making patients the priority
  • 2.   Listening and learning from patients
  • 3.   Increased focus on long-term commitments (rather than short-term wins
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  • 4.   More inclusive medical research
  • 5.   More health data in the cloud
  • 7.   Greater focus on preventing disease, rather than treating it
  • 6.   A (much) bigger role for AI
  • 8.   More mysteries of the brain unlocked
  • 9.   Patient registries will continue aiding scientific discovery
  • 10. Continued optimism about the future
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