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In a recent interview neuroscientist adam gazzaley shared from his book, the distracted mind, that the highest level of performance in this domain of working memory is dictated more so by how. Also, the wonderful blog boing boing is copromoting this episode full description below. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the distracted mind. Adam gazzaley and larry rosens book is born of a peculiar and modern anxiety. Eric topol speaks with adam gazzaley, a neuroscientist studying the therapeutic potential of video games to treat a number of brain diseases and mental disorders. Nov 16, 2015 adam gazzaley shares the result of his labs research into how new technologies, such as video games, might be used to enhance the functioning of the brain. The field of neuroscience serves as the foundation for all neuroscape activities. We see improvement in a very different task, a working memory task, which is essentially holding an image of a face in mind for several seconds even if that face is interrupted by something else. One of those scientists adam gazzaley of the university of california, san francisco ucsf is at the forefront of using video games in combination with other technologies to boost brain function. Jan 31, 2017 increasingly, scientists are investigating ways to make that happen. Our core team emerged from the scientists and staff of the gazzaley lab, launched in 2005 as a cognitive neuroscience laboratory studying neural mechanisms of cognitive control. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
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