Wearable Health “Companions”
By Linsdsay Brown & Julien Penders Healthcare systems are changing in response to new demographic factors including an aging society, increasing number of chronic diseases and a growing interest of…read more →
Seniors Cybercycling for Enhanced Cognitive Performance
➣ By Cay Anderson-Hanley & Paul Arciero The graying of America will lead to an explosion of the older adult population as the baby boomers begin to reach retirement age…read more →
Brain Health and Neural Energies
➣ By Paul D. Nussbaum One of the most active areas of scientific, clinical, and general consumer interest is the human brain and methods or behaviors to maximize and maintain…read more →
Virtual Environments for Brain Injury: Virtual Reality’s Forgotten Silver Bullet?
➣ By Paul Penn & David Rose Neuropsychological Applications of VR In 1998, researchers from the University of East London pointed to studies indicating that hospitalization following brain damage is…read more →
MONARCA: An Innovative Approach to Bipolar Disorder Treatment
By Oscar Mayora Ibarra Bipolar disorder, also known as Manic-Depressive illness, is the sixth leading cause of disability in the world according to the World Health Organization. Statistics show that…read more →
Product Comparison Chart: Cognitive Enhancement Drugs
➣ Chelsea Barclay For various reasons cognitive enhancement drugs have widely been in use by various individuals for over fifty years. Their ability to help those with social anxieties learn…read more →
Put to the Test: “Brain Training”
➣ By Madeleine Grealy Earlier this year 11,430 healthy adults took part in an experiment to test whether “brain training” using computerized games could improve reasoning, memory, planning, spatial skills…read more →
Product Comparison Chart: Cognitive Enhancement Trainers
➣ Chelsea Barclay “Brain Games” and cognitive enhancers come in many forms, from software programs to puzzle games and exercises, and even CDs designed to improve listening and communication skills.…read more →
Augmenting Mental Models
➣ By Egon L. van den Broek et al. With recent technological developments, Virtual Reality (VR) has become more and more accessible for various application fields such as medicine, military,…read more →
Personalized Health Systems Today
By Mark D. Wiederhold & Brenda K. Wiederhold Innovations in technology have aided healthcare throughout the world in diverse ways such as developing new methods for prevention, rehabilitation or surgery,…read more →