News Coverage
August 16, 2019
Healthy Brains,Healthy Cities
We invited four leading researchers to share insights from their time exploring the intersection of science, the brain, and the built environment. In the interviews excerpted below, we asked about indicators of good brain health from cognitive performance to emotional well-being and the methods and technologies used to assess how…
August 16, 2019
Training initiative targets cognitive performance
A group of Amarillo Police Department officers gathered at the Panhandle War Memorial Center on Wednesday to gain insight regarding bolstering focus, creativity and mental efficiency via enhanced cognitive performance. Officials said the endeavor is part of a two-day initiative offered by the Brain Performance Institute’s High Performance Cognitive Training…
July 31, 2019
Happy? Sad? Study Uses AI to Examine What Affects Our Emotions
Participants in this 45-day study will track their emotions in real time using the Mindcurrent app and Apple Watch data We all deal with emotions during busy days. Sometimes we’re happy—sometimes not. But what affects our emotional state? That’s what a new study involving university students hopes to find out. The Center…
July 25, 2019
New tech for multiple sclerosis diagnosis and treatment
PATENT-PENDING TOOL CREATES 3D IMAGES OF BRAIN LESIONS Researchers at the Center for BrainHealth®, part of The University of Texas at Dallas, in collaboration with a team from UT Southwestern, have developed technology for a novel diagnostic method for multiple sclerosis (MS). The new approach has the potential…
July 16, 2019
MS Patients Could See Better Treatment With 3D Imaging
DALLAS (1080 KRLD) – A collaboration between The University of Texas at Dallas’ Center for BrainHealth and UT Southwestern Medical Center has resulted in a new way to look at the brains of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) which could greatly enhance doctors ability to select the best therapy for each…
July 16, 2019
Nicotine and Cannabis Have Offsetting Effects on Resting Brain Connectivity
A RECENT NIDA-SUPPORTED STUDY UNDERLIES THE FACT THAT DRUGS USED IN COMBINATION CAN PRODUCE EFFECTS THAT DIFFER FROM THE SUM OF THE DRUGS’ INDIVIDUAL EFFECTS. Researchers showed that users of either nicotine or cannabis had reduced connectivity in several brain networks, but that users of both drugs had connectivity similar…
July 12, 2019
Everyday Improvements You Can Make Right Now to Boost Your Brain Health and Extend Your 'Mindspan'
HEAR “HEALTHY HEART” AND YOU MIGHT THINK CHOLESTEROL, BLOOD PRESSURE…OUGHTA HIT THE GYM. NOW, QUICK: WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR YOUR BRAIN? “People spend more time thinking about their toenails than their brains,” says former Houston Oilers linebacker Al Smith. As board chair of the NFL Alumni Association and a baby…
June 18, 2019
Detecting Lying
Linda Nguyen, PhD student at UT Dallas and a research assistant at the Center for BrainHealth, discusses with Bernadette Fiaschetti, of One Life Radio on iHeartRadio how people think and interact with one another. She discusses implicit bias and detecting if someone is lying to…
June 18, 2019
The Science of Happiness
Leanne Young, PhD, from Brain Performance Institute, discusses with Bernadette Fiaschetti, of One Life Radio on iHeartRadio, how to train your brain to be happier. Happiness relates to brain health on how we live our lives, what we say and what we think. “Gratitude is…
June 18, 2019
Virtual Reality Can Help Kids Build Social Skills
Maria Johnson, MA, CCC – SLP, the Director of Youth and Family Innovations at Brain Performance Institute discusses with Bernadette Fiaschetti, of One Life Radio on iHeartRadio, Charisma™, a virtual social training platform that teaches social strategies to enhance the way individuals think, work and…