Study: Brain Training Can be a Life Saver at Work, Literally
April 15, 2019 08:00 ET
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Posit Science
SAN FRANCISCO, April 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a first of its kind study, computerized brain training was found to improve workplace performance among electric power line workers, where an...
Why Your Brain Gets Fooled on April Fools
March 27, 2019 08:00 ET
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Posit Science
SAN FRANCISCO, March 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With the prankster’s holiday coming up on April 1st, it seemed a good time to ask one of the world’s top brain scientists about what is happening in...
There’s Actually a Lot of Hard Work Being Done While You Sleep
March 13, 2019 08:00 ET
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Posit Science
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Turning our clocks ahead last weekend, robbed us all of an hour – as we were sleeping. With World Sleep Day coming up on Friday, and in honor of...
Study: Brain Training for Heart Failure
February 25, 2019 08:00 ET
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Posit Science
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new study — made available online in advance of print by The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and conducted by a team from Emory University...
This Valentine’s Day: Your Brain on Love
February 12, 2019 08:00 ET
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Posit Science
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oscar Wilde observed that love is even more mysterious than death. But, can’t love be distilled down to chemical processes in the brain? That...
Keeping New Year’s Resolutions: Your Brain and Commitment
January 08, 2019 08:00 ET
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Posit Science
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- It’s only a week into the new year, but people are already well along in failing at new year’s resolutions. An estimated 80 percent will be abandoned...
Study: BrainHQ Shows Promise in Gravely Disabled Patients with Schizophrenia
December 10, 2018 08:00 ET
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Posit Science
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A study, just published in the December print issue of the journal Schizophrenia Research, found that targeted cognitive training using BrainHQ — the...
Study Reveals Brain Signature of Depressed Mood
November 09, 2018 07:00 ET
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Posit Science
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For the first time, researchers have identified what appears to be a signature pattern of brain activity when people are experiencing anxiety and...
National Cancer Institute Designates BrainHQ as a Research-Tested Intervention Program
November 05, 2018 08:00 ET
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Posit Science
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the US National Institutes of Health has designated BrainHQ online brain exercises, made by Posit Science, as...
BrainHQ Brain Exercises Spread Across 2019 Medicare Advantage Plans
October 15, 2018 08:00 ET
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Posit Science
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- There will be a new type of benefit to look for – brain fitness exercises – in many Medicare Advantage (MA) plans for 2019, as the open enrollment...