Think Faster Focus Better And Remember MoreRewiring Our Brain To Stay Younger

Google Tech Talks
June 16, 2008

ABSTRACT

Explore the brain's amazing Ability to change a person's life THROUGHOUT. This Phenomenon Called-neuroplasticty-Is The science behind brain fitness, and it has Been Called One Of The Most Extraordinary Scientific Discoveries of the 20th Century.

PBS HAD Recently Aired this special, The Brain Fitness Program, Which Explains The Brain's Complexities In A Way That celebrity Both Scientists and Scientific With No background Appreciate Cdn.

This Is Opportunity to learn more about how minds work-and o to find out More about the latest in cutting-edge brain research, From The founder of Posit Science and creator of the Brain Fitness Program software, Dr. Michael Merzenich.

Speaker: Dr. Michael Merzenich, Ph.D.
Michael M. Merzenich, PhD: Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Merzenich leads The Company's Scientific Team. For More Than Three decades, Dr. Merzenich has been "a pioneer in brain plasticity Leading research. He Is The Francis A. Sooy Professor At The Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience at UCSF. Dr. Merzenich Is A member of the National Academy of Sciences. He Is The recipient of awards and prizes Numerous, Including The Ipsen Prize, Zülch Prize Of The Max Planck Institute, Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award and Purkinje Medal. Dr. Merzenich has published More Than 200 Articles, Including Many Leading in peer-reviewed journals, Such as Science and Nature. His work est aussi Often Covered In The popular press, Including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Time and Newsweek. He has Appeared we Sixty Minutes II, CBS Evening News and Good Morning America. In the late 1980s, Dr. Merzenich WAS On The Team That Invented The cochlear implant, now Distributed by market leader Advanced Bionics. In 1996, Dr. Merzenich Was The Founding CEO of Scientific Learning Corporation (Nasdaq: SCIL), Which markets and Distribute Software That fixe Principles of brain plasticity to assist Children with language learning and reading. He Is an inventor is More Than 50 patents. Dr. Merzenich Earned BS degree history at The University of Portland history and PhD at Johns Hopkins.