Hi Will, the link to the article is at the bottom of my message and on that page is a listen link so you can hear the article. While they are reading the text they also demonstrate the game or device. > You can clikc on the Listen link to hear the sound of the game at, > > http://thin.npr.org/s.php?sId=16411605&rId=3&x=1 >
----- Original Message ----- From: "william lomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 3:30 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] $400 audio Brain Fitness game hi where do we hear the sample i only find the article on the website On 20 Nov 2007, at 07:12, ian and riggs wrote: > this sounds really interesting has any one accually done it on this > list. if > so and some one does get a copy it would be interesting if they > could upload > it so we can all have a go at it > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phil Vlasak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 3:52 AM > Subject: [Audyssey] $400 audio Brain Fitness game > > > Study: Aging Brains Can Benefit from 'Training' > > By Jon Hamilton > > Morning Edition, November 19, 2007· > > > > A new study suggests that one hour a day of intensive brain exercise > can > improve thinking and memory. The study involving more than 400 > adults age > 65 and older found that those who underwent training scored higher on > general memory tests. > > The Posit Science Brain Fitness Program takes time and effort, and it > doesn't promise miracles. > > Dr. Elizabeth Zelinski from the University of Southern California > led a > study of more than 400 people 65 or older who participated in the > program. > > Those who completed 40 hours of Brain Fitness training performed > significantly better on memory tests than a comparison group who > spent 40 > hours watching educational lectures. > > After training, Zelinski says, a typical 75-year-old did as well on > the > tests as an untrained person 10 years younger. And the people who got > training said it improved their daily lives. > > "It might mean a small difference in being able to remember your > grocery > list when you left your list home," Zelinski said. "So, they may > remember > several more items." > > Scientists already know about techniques to improve specific aspects > of > memory, like recalling a string of numbers. But the program appears to > bolster a much wider range of memory tasks. > > The Brain Fitness program comes from Posit Science, a company whose > founders > include a prominent brain researcher in California. Zelinski works > as a > consultant for the company, which funded the new study. > > Dr. Henry Mahncke is the vice president for research and outcomes. > He says > the program takes an unusual approach -- it uses sounds to improve > memory. > > "What it's doing is it's improving the speed and accuracy of > processing in > your auditory system," Mahncke said. > > Over time, people learn to identify shorter and shorter bursts of > sound. > Mahnke says that helps the brain do a better job processing > information from > the outside world. > > But Dr. Matthew Shapiro, a neuroscientist at Mt. Sinai School of > Medicine in > New York, says potential buyers of this program -- which costs > nearly $400 > retail -- need to be realistic. > > "To get any improvement, they'll have to really mobilize their > effort and > their attention," Shapiro said. "If they do that, they're likely to > see an > improvement in their abilities, but they shouldn't expect large > changes." > > The new study was presented at the Gerontological Society of America > Meeting > in San Francisco. > > > > You can clikc on the Listen link to hear the sound of the game at, > > http://thin.npr.org/s.php?sId=16411605&rId=3&x=1 > > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of > the list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > . > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of > the list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. 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