[tips] Random Thought: Believing Is Seeing, III

2014-10-28 Thread Louis Eugene Schmier
How does that saying go? In the strangest places at the strangest times in the strangest manner. Yesterday I had a luncheon coffee clutch with my friend James Martinez from the College of Education. It was the first time in over a year that I stepped on campus other than going to a ga

RE:[tips] Do "Brain Games" "Exercise" You Brain And Postpone Dementia?

2014-10-28 Thread Annette Taylor
I get the digest so I didn't want to go to great trouble to trim out and only leave the target posting, so I apologize for that. I only want to draw attention to this article in the latest issue of Making Working Memory Work: A Meta-Analysis of Executive-Control and Working Memory Training in

Re: [tips] Do "Brain Games" "Exercise" You Brain And Postpone Dementia?

2014-10-28 Thread drnanjo
Hi everyone - I think two things can be true here... 1) That given a choice between trying to learn and have novel and challenging cognitive (and physical) experiences for as long as health permits, and going into a more static/habitual life as we age, it's probably a good idea to bet on th

[tips] Position Announcement: Asst Prof in Clinical Psychology, Fairfield University

2014-10-28 Thread Rakowitz, Susan
Assistant Professor, Psychology The Psychology Department at Fairfield University invites applications for a full time tenure-track assistant professor position in clinical psychology beginning Fall 2015. Preference will be given to candidates with clinical expertise and research interests in li