British Science Festival

Posted by Tracy Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

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Here is some information on my talk at the British Science Festival on Sunday, September 6, 12pm. If you will be attending the Festival, stop by and say hello. MORE INFO

The new IQ- working memory

We are on the cusp of a new scientific revolution in understanding how the brain works. Working memory, our ability to remember and manipulate information, is at the centre of this revolution. Brain training is a growing and exciting new area in scientific research. In particular, there is a lot of evidence of our brain’s plasticity: that it can actually change ”shrink or grow” depending on what we do. Discover how the brain responds to training and the best brain training tools for adults and children. See how by training your brain, you will be able to improve your prospects in classroom and in the workplace.

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3 Responses so far


philip
September 7th, 2009
7:37 pm

Hello Tracy, I saw you on sky news talking about memory, I am looking at memory at the moment, what I seem to see, is that memory is a big contributory factor in the rapid decline of the human race, what do you feel about this point?
Thank you
philip


philip
September 7th, 2009
7:38 pm

Thank you


Dawn
October 29th, 2009
11:40 pm

I attended your talk today at the manchester science festival and found it really interesting.There were so many questions during the talk that I think you ran out of time to delve into the solutions for someone with a poor working memory. (I was one of the people who was asking too many questions!!)You touched on Junglememory but can you please clarify something. I understood you to mean that the working memory cannot be changed- if you have a small post-it note then so be it, you just adapt to it. Also if your auditory working memory is weak ,then you will focus on your visual memory to get by in life. Then you mentioned Junglememory to improve working memory. will it improve auditory and visual and kinesthetic working memory equally? also how big was the study ? At £30 it is not expensive but I am hesistant to be the nagging mother and put my son through more improvement programmes as you can imagine - but then I’m also scared not to!!!Are there other techniques that you could suggest?
PS it was a great lecture -very well presented and I liked that you addressed all the audience’s queries.(I was the woman 3 rows back with a white ruffle shirt, waistcoat and unruly hair whose son has dys-dat-and dee other)

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