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Do you feel like MS has unplugged your brain?
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Is it really possible to improve some, MS related, cognition issues by playing computer games? Doctors from Baylor College of Medicine here in Houston seem to think so. According to their poster presentation at the World Congress on Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS + ECTRIMS + LACTRIMS) Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Sept. 17-20, 2008) they conclude that trends toward improvement in information processing accuracy, memory, and attention occur with the use of online cognitive rehabilitation programs.
It’s estimated that at least 65% of Multiple Sclerosis patients endure cognition problems on a day to day basis. Challenges with multi-tasking, memory attention, executive functioning, information processing, learning, and visuospatial abilities are common and can negatively impact quality of life and stress levels.
The BCM doctors set out to understand whether using computer-assisted cognitive rehabilitation (CACR) would help patients with mild to moderate cognitive impairment. After 18 weeks of using computer assisted rehabilitation, the twelve individuals enrolled in the trial, showed improvement between 19-38 percentile points in the various cognitive areas. That’s exciting news when you are struggling to learn a new task, follow a recipe, remember your own family’s names, or how to do simple math in your head.
Finding sites that offer free brain fitness exercises online isn’t too difficult and here are a few to help get you started. Happy Neuron, Fit Brains, and Lumosity. So, go ahead and start exercising your brain today. You have everything to gain.
For more info: BCM's Poster Presentation
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Challenging your mind to improve overall health is a very good idea ... one of things we’ve heard from the women we’ve talked to is that they want to do something that “works” and is engaging so that they know they are using their time well and will feel different when they’ve finished.
I’m the CEO of Posit Science and we’ve partnered with researchers from institutions like the Mayo Clinic, University of Southern California, Johns Hopkins, and dozens of others to test the real-world impact from brain training from our software exercises. Over 30 studies have now been published in peer-reviewed journals showing Posit Science’s technology has a range of benefits from improved memory to lowered health care costs in healthy aging adults.
I invite you to try free exercises and learn more at www.positscience.com
Happy Neuron, FitBrains and Lumosity and PositScience are all good ones. Also checkout out PlayWithYourMind.com and CogniFit
Thank you Steven and Alex for taking the time to contribute to the list of good sites for brain fitness exercises. This page is all about helping folks live every moment as wisely and completely as possible...and you've done just that!
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