Happy New Year! By now, most of us are settling into 2022 and thinking about the year ahead of us—and what we can do to make the best of it. Many of us are having a tough start to the year. We’re entering the twentieth month of the COVID crisis. The winter omicron variant surge…
In BrainHQ, there are many ways to track your progress. For people who like details, the existing features can be very useful. You can learn all about how many levels you have completed in an exercise, how many stars you have earned in each level, and how you compare to others on the progress page.…
BrainHQ is proud to be a part of a new study sponsored by the Canadian Down Syndrome Society (CDSS). The study will examine the impact of physical and brain training on cognitive and physical performance in people with Down syndrome. As our CEO Dr. Henry Mahncke said, we think it’s important that this study “directly…
This past month, we have been working on updating foreign language versions of BrainHQ. We have made a lot of improvements to the Spanish version in particular, including adding another exercise to the Spanish version: True North (Norte Verdadero). In addition to our current versions in numerous languages, we are working on a few more…
Every year in March, the Dana Foundation hosts Brain Awareness Week—a “global campaign to foster public enthusiasm and support for brain science.” This year, it’s coming up from March 15-21. It’s a good time to dedicate to thinking about your own brain health. What will you do to celebrate? Here’s are some real-world activities and…
It seems Tom Brady can’t stop winning Super Bowls. At his age this is no small feat. Over the years Post Science has highlighted the fact that Tom is an avid user of the BrainHQ exercises. In fact, he even has a branded version of BrainHQ for his TB12 organization. Over the last week or…
The past month has been tough. All across the world, people have been asked to stay home and socially isolate themselves to protect themselves and their communities against the spread of the COVID19 pandemic. At Posit Science, we’ve all been working from home for five weeks now, sheltering in place with our families or roommates,…
If you’ve ever dabbled in neuroscience (or work at a neuroscience-based company, like I do) you may have come across the story of “H.M.” H.M. was a man who had brain surgery in the 1950s to stop severe seizures. The surgeon ended up removing large pieces of H.M.’s brain. The result: far fewer seizures, and…
I watched the new PBS show called Brain Secrets in which our own founder, Dr. Mike Merzenich, is featured. One of the everyday examples of brain fitness Dr. Mike mentions is how older people can avoid falling down by training their brains to keep their head upright when they walk. Older people have more fear…
Our blog editor asked me to write about how we started working with Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady. It started with a phone call after the 2014 Super Bowl. The caller said he worked with Tom Brady. Yes, the Patriots’ Tom Brady. He was, in fact, Alex Guerrero, who has been Tom’s personal trainer and body…