A Fun, Challenging Game – For A Good Cause!
Today Posit Science launched a new Facebook application called The 60 Second Brain Game. Some of you may have already played it on the Posit Science site, but we encourage you to play on Facebook too....
View ArticleSupporting Our Troops – With Brain Training & A Donation Program
It is said that every major war produces a “signature injury.” Society always feels the loss of those who die in battle, but the way most of us experience war is through the surviving veterans who come...
View ArticleTraumatic Brain Injury & the Military
Ed. note: Today we are pleased to present a guest post from Chelsea Travers, a communications representative from CareMeridian who is educating the public about traumatic brain injury.Click on her name...
View ArticleBiomarkers and Brain Injury
A major effort to find biomarkers that identify serious head injury is underway The post Biomarkers and Brain Injury appeared first on BrainHQ Blog.
View ArticleTraumatic Brain Injury: It’s More Common, More Frightening, and More...
We're learning more about the long-term impact of brain injury and the importance of reducing the potential for repeated head injuries within a short time frame. Here are some concrete steps to take....
View ArticleGray Matter on the Gridiron – What Does Neuroscience Have to Do with Football?
The question on most people’s minds this Sunday will be “Packers or Steelers?” not “What does the Super Bowl have to do with your brain?” For those of us who are interested in neuroscience, though, it...
View ArticleConcussions and Hockey – What Can Be Done?
This past Super Bowl weekend, I wrote about some interesting connections between neuroscience and football, including a variety of statistics and opinions about brain injuries and football. Now that...
View ArticleSaluting our Soldiers Series: Part 2 – TBI, The “Signature Injury” of a...
Ed. Note: To coincide with Independence Day celebrations, we’re offering an educational 4-part series “Saluting our Soldiers.” We’re taking a closer look at the mental health issues facing today’s...
View ArticleAsterix and Obelix: Brain Trauma Buffs
In a groundbreaking new study, a team of (very serious) academics have determined that a total of 704 head injuries occur in the 34 Asterix and Obelix comic books. That’s almost 21 per book! The...
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Paralyzed Man Regains Movement by Using His Own Thoughts
It’s pretty well known that a spinal cord injury causes paralysis, and that the closer to the brain the spinal cord is severed the higher up the paralysis occurs. Six years ago, Ian Burkhart suffered a...
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