Boosting the Brain, Mending the Mind

I can’t remember why I walked in the room, I can’t remember names, I can’t retain what I just learned, I can’t focus without getting distracted…

Don’t let anyone tell you those are “normal signs of aging”. Or “just hormones”. Nope. You can reverse all that. I did, and more.

Children’s A.D.D. Drugs Don’t Work Long-Term – NYTimes.com

“To date, no study has found any long-term benefit of attention-deficit medication on academic performance, peer relationships or behavior problems, the very things we would most want to improve. ” Children’s A.D.D. Drugs Don’t Work Long-Term – NYTimes.com. This is such an important article, given the number of children (and adults) on drugs for ADD/ADHD, orContinue reading “Children’s A.D.D. Drugs Don’t Work Long-Term – NYTimes.com”

Study Says Dyslexia May Affect Listening Comprehension – NYTimes.com

Scientists have come to believe that the reading difficulties of dyslexia are part of a larger puzzle: a problem with how the brain processes speech via Study Says Dyslexia May Affect Listening Comprehension – NYTimes.com. The Listening Program is psychoaccoustically modified music in a systematic format that can lead to improvements in auditory processing forContinue reading “Study Says Dyslexia May Affect Listening Comprehension – NYTimes.com”