Why Your Morning Routine Isn’t Working, and How to Fix it

October 20th, 2015 - By admin in Athletic/Performance Enhancement, Sleep

Don’t go from zero to 60 with your mornings; slowly change your habits over time. Start the day right with a morning routine that feeds your mind. You want to be realistic about how much you can fit into your morning and then come up with a few impactful activities. Full Article: lifehaker, “Why Your Morning Routine Isn’t Working, and How to Fix it”

Competitive Environment Complicates Decisions About Head Injuries

May 6th, 2015 - By admin in Athletic/Performance Enhancement, Mild/Traumatic Brain Injury, Neurofeedback News

Injuries sustained by several players in high profile cases have troubled concussion activists. They say that despite clear progress in the recognition and treatment of head injuries in soccer, it is often up to the injured athlete or that athlete’s coach to determine when an injury requires removal from play. Mandatory stoppages and temporary substitutions have been proposed and discussed by FIFA, soccer’s world governing …more

Limiting Rest Is Found To Help Young Concussion Patients

January 6th, 2015 - By admin in Athletic/Performance Enhancement, Information on Brain Injury, Mild/Traumatic Brain Injury, Neurofeedback News

Researchers had expected to find that more rest would be helpful for young patients with mild concussions. Instead, a pediatric emergency medicine doctor at Children’s Hospital, and his colleagues found that the patients advised to rest for five days reported more physical and emotional symptoms like headache and nausea in first few days, and more often experienced irritability and sadness over 10 days. Full Article: …more

Complexity and the 10,000 Hour Rule

December 16th, 2014 - By admin in Athletic/Performance Enhancement, Neurofeedback News

There are no instant experts in cognitively demanding activities. The ten-thousand-hour research reminds us that “the closer psychologists look at the careers of the gifted, the smaller the role innate talent seems to play and the bigger the role preparation seems to play.” Full article: The New Yorker, “Complexity and the Ten-Thousand-Hour Rule”  

Why Being Idle Can Lead to Better Thinking

December 1st, 2014 - By admin in Anxiety, Athletic/Performance Enhancement, Information on ADD/ADHD, Mild/Traumatic Brain Injury, Neurofeedback News

Studies show that people would rather do something—anything—than be alone with their thoughts. But it’s through reflection, daydreaming, and introspection that we make sense of information and experiences and come up with new insight and ideas. Full Article: Lifehacker, “Why Being Idle Can Lead to Better Thinking”