tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22660986428538480652024-02-06T22:10:39.087-08:00Brain IQ GeneratorBrain Science Articles, Brain Research and Brain TrainingBrain IQ Generatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08371255381468893653noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266098642853848065.post-56474332149060268522012-08-18T06:38:00.001-07:002012-08-18T06:38:29.517-07:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In a new study in Science, researchers from
Karolinska Institutet, Umeå University, Åbo Akademi University, and the
University of Turku show for the first time that working-memory training is
associated with an increased release of the neurotransmitter dopamine in
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"Working-memory
training resulted in increased dopamine release in the caudate, a region
located below the neocortex, in which the dopaminergic influx is particularly
large", says Lars Bäckman, Professor at Karolinska Institutet, and one of
the scientists behind the study. "This observation demonstrates the
importance of dopamine for improving working-memory performance."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the study, 10 young Finnish men were trained in updating working memory for
five weeks by means of a letter-memory task. The participants were presented
with 7 to 15 letters during 45 minutes three times per week on a screen that
was turned off after presentation. The task was to remember the last four
letters in the sequence in correct order. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Compared to a control group that did
not receive any training, the trained group showed a gradual improvement of
working-memory performance. Results from a PET scan demonstrated an increased
release of dopamine in the caudate after training. In addition, dopamine
release was seen during the letter-memory task also before training; this
release increased markedly after training.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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improvements after training were demonstrated in an untrained task that also
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"These
findings suggest that the training improved working memory generally",
says Professor Lars Nyberg at Umeå University.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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New research has revealed a molecular basis for the "Mozart effect" - the observation that a brief stint of Mozart, but not other music, may improve learning and memory.</div>
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Rats that heard a Mozart sonata expressed higher levels of several genes involved in stimulating and changing the connections between brain cells, the study showed. The team, including the researcher who first proposed the Mozart effect, hope the results will help them design music therapy treatments for people suffering from neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.</div>
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The Mozart effect first came to light in a 1993 paper in <i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Nature</i> (vol 365, p 611), when Fran Rauscher, a neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, US, and colleagues showed that college students who listened to Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major for 10 minutes performed better on a spatial reasoning test than students who listened to new age music or nothing at all.</div>
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The findings sparked excitement from the general public - specially designed Mozart CDs leapt up the music charts - and some scepticism from the scientific community.</div>
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Scientists argued over whether the phenomenon had a relatively simple explanation, such as just improving a person's mood, or if the effect was tied to a unique quality of the Mozart's compositions. One study reported that the particular rhythmic qualities of Mozart's music mimic some rhythmic cycles occurring in human brains.</div>
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Now Rauscher and her collaborator Hong Hua Li, a geneticist at Stanford University in California, think they have found the molecular basis of the Mozart effect. Their study used rats, which, like humans, perform better on learning and memory tests after listening to the sonata.</div>
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The researchers found that these smarter rats had increased gene expression of BDNF, a neural growth factor, CREB, a learning and memory compound, and synapsin I, a synaptic growth protein, in their hippocampus, as compared to control rats who had listened to equivalent amounts of white noise.</div>
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"The findings are intriguing," says Howard Gardner, an IQ expert at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and sceptic of the Mozart effect. "It suggests stimulation in general has measurable neurochemical effects. But whether this effect is due to music, let alone Mozart, still has to be determined." Other experiments have shown that enriching a rat's environment with toys can spur growth of new neurons.</div>
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Whether Mozart is in fact a special form of enrichment or not, his presence is already being felt in the clinic.</div>
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Patients with Alzheimer's disease perform better on spatial and social tasks after listening to the sonata. And playing Mozart for severely epileptic patients quietens the electrical activity associated with seizures, while other kinds of music do not.</div>
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Li hopes to use this latest work to design better music therapy for patients suffering form a variety of neurological disease or brain injuries. She and Rauscher also plan to study if there is a critical period during development for the Mozart effect, and if other types of music have the same properties.</div>
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The new research was presented by at the Cognitive Neuroscience Symposium in San Francisco this week.</div>
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Research
has suggested for years that strawberries, blueberries and blackberries may
help restore cognitive functioning and prevent age-related <a href="http://www.nativeremedies.com/ailment/improve-memory-skills-info.html"><span style="color: #36a7ce;">memory loss</span></a>, which has been accelerating in
recent years due to factors such as poor diet, <a href="http://www.nativeremedies.com/ailment/environmental-toxins.html"><span style="color: #36a7ce;">pollution</span></a>, and lifestyle habits.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">New research published
in the <i>Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry</i> supports
this theory, as lead researcher Dr. Barbara Shukitt-Hale of the USDA
Agricultural Research Service at Tufts University said that berries have <i>“</i>neuro-available,
neuro-active phytochemicals that offer <b>antioxidant, anti-inflammatory
and direct effects on the brain.”</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This boost to brain
health comes from the berries’ support of multiple metabolic systems in the
body, including <b>maintaining cellular function</b>, as the high levels of
antioxidants help protect the brain from harmful oxidative effects of free radicals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In addition, the
researchers found that consumption of certain berries may actually modify
neuron communication and brain signals. This in turn <b>negates some of
the inflammation </b>that can contribute to neuron damage, thus <a href="http://www.nativeremedies.com/ailment/improve-concentration-problems.html"><span style="color: #36a7ce;">improving cognitive processes</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While eating berries
might not cause an overwhelming improvement in memory and brain functioning nor
completely ward off conditions such as <a href="http://www.nativeremedies.com/ailment/dementia-symptoms-causes-info.html"><span style="color: #36a7ce;">dementia</span></a>, but they are nevertheless a healthy
snack and welcome addition to any balanced diet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For year-round
enjoyment and typically lower prices, check your grocer’s frozen food section for
berries, which can be added to smoothies or added to oatmeal and cereals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266098642853848065.post-19110534551802206952012-05-01T07:26:00.003-07:002012-05-01T07:29:26.699-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3b3a39; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: initial; color: #3b3a39; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Overeating has been linked to a host of health hazards like high blood pressure, diabetes and stroke. Conditions such as memory loss, dementia and even Alzheimer’s may also be added to the list soon, according to a new study.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: initial;">Preliminary findings of a study on ageing conducted by the Mayo Clinic indicate that overeating may greatly increase the risk of memory loss for elderly people.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: initial; color: #3b3a39; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The results found a correlation between caloric intake in the elderly and the onset of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) — the stage between normal age-related memory loss and early Alzheimer’s disease.</span><span style="background-color: initial; color: #3b3a39; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In 2006, the Mayo Clinic chose a random sample of 1,233 people in Minnesota, aged between 70 and 89 years, with none previously diagnosed with dementia.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: initial;">They asked the participants to fill out a questionnaire describing their diets over the previous year. On the basis of their answers, the researchers grouped the participants into three categories: those whose daily caloric consumption was between 600 and 1,526 calories; between 1,526 and 2,143; and between 2,143 and 6,000.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: initial;">Each participant then underwent a series of MRI brain scans and cognitive tests. Correlating caloric intake with test performance, the researchers found the odds of having MCI more than doubled for those in the highest calorie-consuming group compared with those in the lowest calorie group.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: initial;">“With MCI, the person is not demented. But when you test them on certain memory tests they do poorly as compared to their age, education and sex-matched peers,” study author Yonas Geda was quoted as saying by Scientific American.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: initial;">If I am consuming more than 2,143 calories per day, my odds of having MCI is twice that of somebody that consumes 1,526 calories per day,” Geda added.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: initial;">However, there are several caveats to these findings, said the researchers, who will present their findings at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in New Orleans in April.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: initial;">For instance, the report did not take into account the types of food and beverages consumed nor did it examine the rate at which food was eaten throughout a day, Geda said.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: initial;">Geda acknowledged that the research to better understand the link between MCI and eating in the elderly is still preliminary, but he noted that it does create a foundation for more extensive cause-and-effect research they are currently pursuing.</span></div>
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266098642853848065.post-64082029606477587272011-06-25T06:41:00.000-07:002011-07-03T02:49:26.238-07:00Brain Games for DementiaMuch has been written about the potential of "brain games" to prevent or at least delay the onset of dementia. But what about games for people who already have memory loss? Games provide social and mental stimulation that contribute to well-being, so consider some computer games such as below that are fun, exercise the brain and may possibly slow cognitive impairment.<br />
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For more info please visit <a href="http://www.brain-tutor.com/">www.brain-tutor.com</a>Brain IQ Generatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08371255381468893653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266098642853848065.post-28860996359044445632011-02-14T10:29:00.000-08:002011-02-14T19:31:09.489-08:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><div style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">FOOD FOR BRAIN</span></b></span></div><div style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Posted by AN.Loganathan</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">As published at www.webmd.com</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Ginseng, Fish, Berries, or Caffeine?</span></b><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Listen to the buzz about foods and dietary supplements and you'll believe they can do everything from sharpen focus and concentration, to enhance memory, attention span, and brain function.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">But do they really work? There's no denying that as we age chronologically, our body ages right along with us. The good news is that you can increase your chances of maintaining a healthy brain -- if you add "smart" foods and beverages to your diet.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Caffeine Can Make You More Alert</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There's no magic bullet to boost IQ or make you smarter -- but certain substances, like caffeine, can energize <i>and</i> help you focus and concentrate. Found in coffee, chocolate, energy drinks, and some medications, caffeine gives you that unmistakable wake-up buzz -- though the effects are short term. And more is often less: Overdo it on caffeine and it can make you jittery and uncomfortable.</span></div><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Sugar Can Enhance Alertness</span></h3><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Sugar is your brain's preferred fuel source -- not table sugar, but glucose, which your body metabolizes from the sugars and carbohydrates you eat. That's why a glass of something sweet to drink can offer a short-term boost to memory, thinking processes, and mental ability.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Consume too much, however, and memory can be impaired -- along with the rest of you. Go easy on the sugar so it can enhance memory, without packing on the pounds.</div><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Eat Breakfast to Fuel Your Brain</span></h3><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Tempted to skip breakfast? Studies have found that eating breakfast may improve short-term memory and attention. Students who eat breakfast tend to perform significantly better than those who don’t. Foods at the top of researchers' brain fuel list include high-fiber whole grains, dairy, and fruits. Just don't overeat; researchers also found high-calorie breakfasts appear to hinder concentration.</div><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Fish really is Brain Food</span></h3><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">A protein source associated with a great brain boost is fish -- rich in omega 3 fatty acids, essential for brain function and development. These healthy fats have amazing brain power: higher dietary omega 3 fatty acids are linked to lower dementia and stroke risks; slower mental decline; and may play a vital role in enhancing memory, especially as we get older.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">For brain <i>and</i> heart health, eat two servings of fish weekly.</div><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Add a Daily Dose of Nuts and Chocolate</span></h3><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Nuts and seeds are good sources of the antioxidant vitamin E, which is associated with less cognitive decline as you age. Dark chocolate also has other powerful antioxidant properties. And it contains natural stimulants like caffeine, which can enhance focus and concentration.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Enjoy up to an ounce a day of nuts and dark chocolate to provide all the benefits you need without excess calories, fat, or sugar.</div><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Add Avocados and Whole Grains</span></h3><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> Every organ in the body depends on blood flow, especially the heart and brain. Eating a diet high in whole grains and fruits like avocados can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and lower bad cholesterol. This reduces your risk of plaque buildup and enhances blood flow, offering a simple, tasty way to fire up brain cells.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Whole grains, like popcorn and whole wheat, also contribute dietary fiber and vitamin E. Though avocados have fat, it's the good-for-you, monounsaturated fat that contributes to healthy blood flow.</div><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Blueberries Are Super Nutritious</span></h3><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Research in animals shows that blueberries help protect the brain from oxidative stress and may reduce the effects of age-related conditions such as Alzheimer's disease or dementia. Studies also show that diets rich in blueberries significantly improved both the learning capacity and motor skills of aging rats, making them mentally equivalent to much younger rats.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Vitamins, Minerals, and Supplements?</span><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Store shelves groan with supplements claiming to boost health. Although many of the reports on the brain-boosting power of supplements like vitamins B, C, E, beta-carotene, and magnesium are promising, a supplement is only useful to people whose diets are lacking in that specific nutrient.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Researchers <i>are</i> cautiously optimistic about ginseng, ginkgo, and vitamin, mineral, and herb combinations and their impact on the brain.</div><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Check with your doctor.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Benefits of a Healthy Diet</span></h3><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> It may sound trite but it's true: If your diet lacks essential nutrients, it can decrease your ability to concentrate. Eating too much or too little can also interfere with your ability to focus. A heavy meal may make you feel lethargic, while too few calories can result in distracting hunger pangs.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Benefit your brain: Strive for a well-balanced diet full of a wide variety of healthy, wholesome foods.</div><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">Get Ready for a Big Day</span></h3><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Want to power up your ability to concentrate? Start with a meal of 100% fruit juice, a whole grain bagel with salmon, and a cup of coffee. In addition to eating a well-balanced meal, experts also advise:</div><ul style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Get a good night's sleep.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Stay hydrated.- Drink plenty of Water</span></li>
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</ul>Brain IQ Generatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08371255381468893653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266098642853848065.post-65010647129922391922010-11-24T09:14:00.000-08:002010-11-25T23:10:31.324-08:00What Is Cognitive Software?<m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent> </m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Posted by A.N. Loganathan</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>As published at <span style="font-size: xx-small;">www.wisegeek.co</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The word "cognitive" refers to the brain’s ability to think and process information. Cognitive software or popularly known as <b>Brain Training Software</b> is a type of computer program designed to help improve a user's memory and attention skills. This type of software is developed using cognitive psychology as its basis, and aims to help people achieve success in their <b style="color: #990000;">academic and professional</b> goals.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">ColorMatch-A typical example Brain Training Module</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Brain X-Trainer 5 Home Edition</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.brainxtrainer5.com/">www.brainxtrainer5.com</a></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The ColorMatch module is one of the ways that the Brain X-Trainer ™ </span></i><i><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;">5</span></b></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> may help to improve mental (attention) vitality and flexibility. The cognitive mechanism involved in this task is directed attention. The task will help to develop the ability to manage and direct attention, and foster the ability to inhibit or stop the initial response in the presence of conflicting information.</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cognitive software is largely based around the concepts of cognitive therapy. Cognitive therapy, also known as behavioral therapy, is a type of counseling that helps an individual use more positive and effective thinking strategies to overcome mental difficulties, such as anxiety and depression. Many people who have gone through cognitive therapy find more beneficial ways of thinking whenever they find themselves in an unfavorable situation.</span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People who have problems with cognitive skills have been helped to develop better ways to process information by using cognitive software. Candidates who suffer from a variety of mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and other cognitive impairments may also benefit from using this software. It is also helpful for people who have learning disabilities such as ADHD, who have been known to have problems with their attention span and listening skills.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cognitive retraining software is also used for people who have had severe head trauma and need assistance with learning many of the basic skills they had prior to sustaining an injury. It helps people with head injuries relearn tasks such as matching, association, memory skills, and others. In addition, this technology is used in workplaces around the world to help people perform better in their jobs. This software helps people find better ways to solve problems, while at the same time sharpens their abilities to process complex information, thus making them more valuable employees.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Memory training is a concept used within cognitive software that enhances a person's intelligence and memory. The reason it is able to accomplish this is because it uses techniques such as rhyming and placement of numbers by using "chunking" to help people learn more easily. For instance, when people are trying to learn a key phrase they will make up a word that rhymes with the words — two is for glue. Chunking is another technique that can be used to remember a long list of numbers, such as a phone number. The number 1234567, for example, could be more easily memorized when it is broken into chunks: 123-45678. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cognitive games are another type of cognitive software that can help with information processing and brain training abilities. This software incorporates games that test and improve functions, such as processing speed, verbal fluency, and spatial working memory skills. Each game targets each individual function in the brain and helps the user develop better cognitive abilities.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: white;"><br />
</div>Brain IQ Generatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08371255381468893653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266098642853848065.post-76950036094656850432010-11-22T00:59:00.000-08:002010-11-25T23:11:55.910-08:00Introduction to OAESIS - Job Interest Inventory<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">O</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;">Æ</span><span style="color: #00b0f0; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">SIS</span><span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">®</span></sup></span><span style="color: #00b0f0; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Job Interest Inventory</span><sup><span style="color: black; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></sup></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">by Dr. Othman Mohamed<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">O</span><span style="color: red;">Æ</span><span style="color: #00b0f0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">SIS</span><span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">®</span></sup></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">is a job interest inventory which is constructed based on the career development theory and principle that people are influenced about the choice of their job occupations within their comfort of being in an environment which they like. Job occupations in the real world can occur in an outdoor or an indoor environment. Also, the premise is that people would like to choose a job initially that can meet the homeostasis of an outdoor or an indoor environment. Nevertheless, job occupations in these environments can also be categorize into specialization area orientations such as Artistic; Enterprising; Scientific; and Social. In fact, the Outdoor and Indoor environment too can specify its own generic specialization area orientations. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, there is a relationship between job occupational preferences with the personality of the individual. It is normal for specific individuals to choose job occupations that are consistent with their personality portrait and environment. Hence in OÆSIS, the description of an occupational environment may also provide indication of portrayal about the nature of personality depicting the individual. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The acronym </span><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">O</span><span style="color: red;">Æ</span><span style="color: #00b0f0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">SIS</span><span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">®</span></sup></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> conveys a meaningful opportunity, hoping toward an eventful job search and career destination:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">O = Outdoor</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A = Artistic</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">E = Enterprising</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">S = Scientific</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I = Indoor</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">S = Social</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">OCCUPATIONAL INTEREST ENVIRONMENT</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It is envisage that given the nature of the variety of jobs in reference with their job descriptions in this post modern world with an ongoing advancement in information technology, many old jobs such as clerical positions, typist, typesetter are now probably non existence. New job occupations such as incorporating nano technology, bio technological advancements, information technology will be a norm depicting the employment market in the coming generation. </span><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">O</span><span style="color: red;">Æ</span><span style="color: #00b0f0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">SIS</span><span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">®</span></sup></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> posits that the categorization of the outdoor and indoor homeostasis conceptualization of occupational environment is the most appropriate descriptive boundaries that can assist potential job seekers in an effort toward realizing their job interests. The occupational specialization area orientation describes the best possible portrait about the activities and the working environment related with the specific occupational category. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">PERSONALITY ENVIRONMENT</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Individuals tend to choose job occupations that are consistent with their personality portrait and such characteristics often depict their liking for a specific environment. Hence in such circumstances, there is a tendency that individuals with such like personality would also tend to congregate in similar environments. The working environment thus is reflective about the likable activities that are usually associated with specific jobs setting in similar environment. The attraction such job activity and setting has upon individuals permits them toward a comfort zone and may thus sustain further their possible satisfaction about the job occupation that they have chosen as a career. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It goes without saying that each individual may also have a dominant personality, depicting their prime interest and trait that influences their daily activities. In </span><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">O</span><span style="color: red;">Æ</span><span style="color: #00b0f0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">SIS</span><span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">®</span></sup></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">the initial personality categorization may depict the individual as either an outdoor or an indoor type; and then followed by the next dominant personality types of either as Artistic, Enterprising, Scientific, or Social.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The </span><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">O</span><span style="color: red;">Æ</span><span style="color: #00b0f0; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">SIS</span><span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="line-height: 115%;">®</span></sup></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Job Interest Environment provides the</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">description of the various specific categorization such as Artistic, Enterprising, Scientific, Social, Outdoor, and Indoor occupational and personality environments possible in regard the principle that trigger on the construction about the inventory.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Readers and visitors to this <span style="color: #0070c0;">Brain</span><b>IQ</b> </span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">generator</span><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">web<span style="color: #ff6600;"> </span>blog are encourage to self reflect about their job interest and probably consider the personality descriptions to ascertain about the likable similarities. </span></div>Brain IQ Generatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08371255381468893653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266098642853848065.post-44995960715058078402010-11-21T23:20:00.000-08:002010-11-22T00:35:26.738-08:00BRAIN TRAINING SOFTWARE AND THE LEARNING PROCESS<m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent> </m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0b5394; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Paper presented at the 18<sup>th</sup> APECA Biennial Conference August 2010, Pulau Pinang</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: white;">By. Dr Othman Mohamed, University Putra malaysia </span></span></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">INTRODUCTION</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The learning process is very much related with the cognitive mind. Ideation emanating from the traditional learning process such as SQ3R and accelerated learning strategies have a strong foundation of using memory retention and recollections. A novel </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Ideation</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> in the post modern computer based digital phenomena are elements related with virtual vision, perception of objects, speed time frame, motor movements and instant data feedback.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The traditional elements of the role of the conscious and unconscious mind in addition to the stimulus-response behaviours about the learning process are still found to be useful and relevant in this post modern computer based digital world. Essentially, the cognitive process is very much related with the brain (Jensen, E., 2008) Since the day the child is born, the brain is not a limiting factor. In fact, the brain is so plastic that individuals are not fossilized with the brain they were born with. The brain as neuroscience have found can be trained to be better and be more fit.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Brain fitness is just as essential as physical fitness. Exercises of the body promote physical fitness, and in parallel, proper exercise of the mind promotes brain fitness. This finding provides the path toward the possible change and modification about the positive effects that may influence the brain because of its plasticity. In other words this amazing possibility of restructuring may help individuals especially children to be more mind fit and a readiness for lifelong learning.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">BRAIN TRAINING</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The ideation of brain training is built on the premise that by strengthening memory, attention, sequencing and processing rate, the brain necessarily will restructure in an amazing flexible and powerful form hence improving the brain’s potential (Jensen, E. 2005). In this sense, any child and for that matter adults too may benefit in their learning process because of this brain plasticity.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Neuroscience provides the ideation and research as provided for by the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and the Mayo Clinic in the United States of America, indicating that computer assisted brain training can improve the cognitive skills that are necessary for learning. Nevertheless, understanding the learning process, there is a need for a theoretical foundation toward any development of such brain training efficiency and even so in aspects of the formulation and construction of brain training software.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Initially, computer games development is reward specific. Games of leisure are developed that provide for the stimulation of the mind and subsequently with the game players being rewarded in virtual forms. Computer games that evolves beyond only virtual rewards incorporates data accumulation, strategic focus, information and knowledge awareness, and problem solution. The potential on the learning process is enormous. Nevertheless, the limitation of these games revolves on its specificity and the absence of a concrete theoretical conceptualization about the Gestalt integration necessary for the learning process.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">SYMBIOTIC QUADRANTS IN BRAIN GAMES DEVELOPMENT</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The need for a Gestalt integration of form, structure, consciousness of the cognitive mind focus, memory retention, digit span and perceptual sensitivity provides for a formidable integration of the theoretical platform. This ideation paves the access toward a theoretical conceptualization of a symbiotic integration on the theoretical IQ elements of verbal skills, motor coordination, digital span, perception and spatial relationship; learning acquisition for knowledge and information; the psychoanalytic dimension of the consciousness; and the total Gestalt holistic integration. This conceptualization is depicted in Figure 1.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Figure 1</span></div><div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Symbiotic Quadrants in Brain Games Development</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Othman Mohamed, 2010 in Matroll Concept, Brain-X Trainer <i>5</i> Manual</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">An excellent example of a brain training computer software is the BRAIN X-TRAINER 5 version 5.6 (Matroll Concept, 2010) which incorporates games like modular elements of Color Match; Quick Maths; Word Magic; and Puzzle Twist. (see Figure 2).</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Figure 2</span></div><div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">BRAIN X-TRAINER 5 version 5.6</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Matroll Concept , 2010. Matroll Technologies Sdn. Bhd.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">THE PSYCHODYNAMIC PROCESS</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Noteworthy in the development process of the brain training and learning software is the recognition of the elementary significance of the role of the consciousness. The psychodynamic process provides for this clear understanding of the conscious and unconscious elements prevailing during the learning process. The existence of a fast repetitive element in the brain training and learning software signify the readily growth of new neurons connectivity in the brain. This is essential for basic mind alertness and the capacity for retention and recollection of data acquisition.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">IQ FOUNDATIONS</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The foundation of mental dexterity is normally measured through the process of an IQ evaluation. The Wechsler is essentially an IQ evaluation conceptualized on the acumen of verbal skills, arithmetical acumen, motor skills and perceptual flexibility of individuals. There is universal acceptance of the various items of the Wechsler Scales albeit modification upon cultural differences.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Nevertheless, brain training and learning software developers ought to consider the feasibility of incorporating selected IQ scales items such as the Wechsler in the process construction of the software. Again, the presence of speed time element benefits the potential growth of the brain neurons connectivity.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> In the BRAIN X-TRAINER 5 version 5.6 software, Color Match is consistent with the Wechsler Verbal Scale items on Similarities; Quick Maths is consistent with Arithmetic, Digit Span; Word Magic is consistent with Vocabulary; and Puzzle Twist is consistent with the Performance Scale items such as Picture Completion, Picture Arrangement, Block Design, and Object Assembly.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">THE LEARNING STRATEGIES</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">There is a relationship between cognitive skills and learning. Processing speed and memory too are deemed important in the learning process. Learning strategies such as the SQ3R techniques requires adept abilities of verbal processing, memory retention and poise recollections of data acquisition.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> The strength and speed of mental skills may well influence how individuals perform new mental task better, hence providing the positive avenues toward successful learning. In the new knowledge economy, the adept abilities of individuals especially children to master the verbal and performance skills requires mental alertness and brain agility.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Brain training and learning software such as the Word Magic in BRAIN X-TRAINER 5 version 5.6 do provide the suggestive unconscious the tapping of the reserves on the individual mind. Also, the random repetitive structure of the game module, consistent with the progressive processing speed ensures rapid growth of the neurons connectivity.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">GESTALT INTEGRATION</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The common element that binds children and families are the parents. The parent role is pivotal toward steering the child’s mental health and the learning process. Family bonding becomes an important ingredient ensuring a Gestalt integration of the physiological well being, mind, emotion, and spiritual wellness.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> The Gestalt integration ensures the multiple dimensions of cognitive behaviours, the spiritual-emotional well being, and musicology ought to be incorporated in brain training and learning software development. Engagement in learning provides for an interesting challenge about the problem that confronts the learner within reasonable reach and achievement. Moreover, the Gestalt integration also generate that moment of change in neurons when the brain is actually learning.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">CONCLUSION</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Brain training and the learning process is closely entwined with the findings of cognitive neuroscience. As more research are being conducted and observations about the world of training and learning become evident, it is a fact that constant training is a necessary form in order that tutoring in its singularity is supported strongly by practice. Immediate evaluation feedback upon what has been learned and achieved too is important. It is obvious that learning incorporates many forms. For example, to play musical instruments such as the guitar, the saxophone or the piano cannot be a success without actual practice sans tutoring. Brain training is indeed an important supportive element in ensuring a better learning process.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">References</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Jensen, E. (2005). </b><b> </b> </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Teaching with the brain in mind. Virginia: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -2in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Jensen, E. (2008).</b> </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -2in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Brain-based Learning: The new paradigm of teaching. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -2in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Matroll Concept (2010).</b> </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Brain-X Trainer 5 version 5.6. Kuala Lumpur: Matroll Technology Sdn. Bhd.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Othman Mohamed (2001)</b>. </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Prinsip psikoterapi dan pengurusan dalam kaunseling. Serdang: Penerbit Universiti Putra Malaysia. </span></i></div>Brain IQ Generatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08371255381468893653noreply@blogger.com2