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Posit Science Corporation is an American company providing brain training software and services. [1] [2]Originally known as Neuroscience Solutions Corporation, the company was founded in 2002 by neuroscientists Michael Merzenich and Henry Mahncke, who originally intended to help people with schizophrenia. [3]
The "brain training" field has been controversial in the scientific community; in 2014 a group of 75 scientists put out a statement saying that most claims made by companies in the field were pseudoscience, which was countered several months later by an industry-organized group of scientists who said that there was evidence for their effectiveness.
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BrainScope is FDA cleared as an Rx-only device for use on patients 18–85 years of age who have suffered a mild head injury GCS (Glasgow Coma Scale score of 13-15 and mTBI) within the previous 72 hours for its Structural Injury Classifier (SIC) and Brain Function Index (BFI) algorithms. The Concussion Index algorithm is FDA cleared for use on ...
The right brain training works because of brain plasticity — the ability of your brain to change at any age based on your experiences. Twenty years ago, Dr. Merzenich pulled together a global ...
Methods include simple brain-training games, chemical enhancers, and electrical brain stimulation. Caffeine is an effective method for enhancing human performance in everyday life. Caffeine is the most popular drug in the world (humans drink a collective 1.6 billion cups per day) and is also the most popular method by which people are ...
The roots of CBTraining lie in a combination of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and general cognitive training. Cognitive training seeks to improve cognitive functions for the sake of improved brain processing ability. [4] The basic premise of CBT is that behavior is inextricably related to beliefs, thoughts and emotions. [5]