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Staying Sharp While Aging:
It Has a Price

Exercising the brain can stem tide of memory loss

Washington Post Washington Post Aug 17, 08 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fighting the aging process is more about hard work than anti-wrinkle cream and hair dye, Jonah Lehrer writes in the Washington Post . The issue for most of us is not to dance like Madonna or swim like US Olympian Dara Torres; it's to remember names and places and find the car keys. And that requires exercise—for the brain. "The brain is a learning machine, and like all machines it needs to be continually maintained," one professor told Lehrer. More »

More about:  brain • aging • memory • cognitive decline • cognitive behavioral therapy

 'Virtual Iraq'
 Helps Vets
 Face Stress 

Treatment drags soldiers back to moments of crisis

New Yorker New Yorker May 18, 08 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Therapists are plunging US war veterans back into the horrors of battle—as therapy. A virtual reality treatment is helping them cope with post-traumatic stress disorder by returning them to scarring events until their shock value wanes. "When the ground starts vibrating and you smell smoke and hear the AK-47 firing, it becomes very real," said one veteran. "When it was over, I’d go home and cry.” More »

More about:  veterans • PTSD • Iraq veterans • therapy • Vietnam veteran • virtual reality • Afghanistan veterans • cognitive behavioral therapy

Software Brings Autism Therapy Into Homes

Computer network is alternative to
expensive, hard-to-get therapists

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle Post-Intelligencer May 1, 08 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Seattle software company is offering new hope to parents of autistic children who struggle to get, and afford, behavioral therapy, which can cost upward of $30,000 a year and isn't usually covered by insurance. Jigsaw Learning has created a game-like computer network, called TeachTown, that provides some aspects of the therapy, the Post-Intelligencer reports. More »

More about:  software • autism • startup • treatment • cognitive behavioral therapy

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