Stupid IQ test

Interesting video discussing a connection between a disorder ( Parkinson’s ) clearly linked to problems with the brain clock (esp. dopamine and the basal ganglia ) and music/rhythm perception . Technorati Tags: mental time keeping , brain clock , brain rhythm , IQ Brain Clock , music perception , music therapy , psychology , neuropsychology , intelligence , Parkinsons , cognition , brain rhythm , school psychology , educational psychology

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Brain clock, Parkinson’s and music

In IAP Research Report # 9 (B rain rhythm treatment efficacy:  Can we fine-tune our brain clocks ), it was concluded (after reviewing 23 studies) that “rhythm-based mental-timing treatments have merit for clinical use and warrant increased clinical use and research attention.”   Additionally, it was concluded that: Positive treatment outcomes were reported for four forms of rhythm-based treatment . Positive outcomes were also observed for normal subjects and, more importantly, across a variety of clinical disorders (e.g., aphasia, apraxia, coordination/movement disorders, TBI, CP, Parkinson’s disease, stroke/CVA, Down’s syndrome, ADHD) Most rhythm-based brain-based interventions (the RAS, AOS-RRT and SMT treatment studies) all employed some form of auditory-based metronome to pace or cue the subjects targeted rhythmic behavior. External metronome-based rhythm tools (tapping to a beat, metronome-based rhythmic pacing, rhythmic-cuing via timed pulses/beats) is a central tool to improving temporal processing and mental-timing.

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Brain rhythm treatment effectiveness: More complex multisensory synchronization may be better?

I have no idea what this feature will evolve into, but I’ve added a Facebook badge/button to all three of my professional blogs.

Uhlhaas, P. Fre´de´ric, R., Rodriguez, E., Rotarska-Jagiela1,A. & Singer, W.

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Research Bytes 2-13-10: Neural synchrony; optimal control theory of movement

As a member of the Interactive Metronome Scientific Advisory Board I am often asked to review published research studies that have investigated the IM method. Recently, a investigation of the effectiveness IM (which is a mental timing -based intervnetion) with children with attention deficit disorder and developmental coordination disorders was published in the International Journal of Rehabilitation Research . The citation and abstract for the article are reproduced below.

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Efficacy of Interactive Metronome treatment study (Cosper, 2009): An example of a "non-example" of IM efficacy research

FYI.

Interesting story in the Washington Post regarding a well-designed study being funded by NIMH re: the efficacy of neurofeedback .

Interesting post at Mind Hacks re: article in Discover Magazine that discusses scientific efforts to understand the speed of human nerve transmission.  Of particular interest is the comment that efficient human performance may not be so much about speed…but may be more related to timing.  Timing may be the key—not speed. Technorati Tags: psychology , neuropsychology , neuroscience , neurotechnology , neurology , mental timing , interval timing , processing speed , Gs , timing and coordination , IQ Brain Clock

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Its about "timing"–not "speed"

How important are Ga (auditory processing) abilities to cognitive development.

I ran across this very interest article in one of my favorite journals for short and concise up-to-date summaries of contemporary cognitive research.