Using Video Games as Therapy
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Chris Bertram, network investigator for NeuroDevNet, explains his organization's innovative work, which aims to leverage the interest and skill associated with gaming by turning video games into therapy.
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- -: Using Video Games as Therapy
December 30, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Chris Bertram, network investigator for NeuroDevNet, explains his organization's innovative work, which aims to leverage the interest and skill associated with gaming by turning video games into therapy.
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- -: Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice
January 16, 2007 (over 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances ...
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- -: Stephen Petranek: 10 ways the world could end
October 11, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com How might the world end? Stephen Petranek lays out the challenges that face us in the drive to preserve the human race. Will we be wiped out by an asteroid? Eco-collapse? How about a particle collider gone wild? TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performan...
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- -: Sherwin Nuland: My history of electroshock therapy
October 30, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Surgeon and author Sherwin Nuland discusses the development of electroshock therapy as a cure for severe, life-threatening depression -- including his own. Its a moving and heartfelt talk about relief, redemption and second chances. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the bes...
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- -: Henry Markram: Supercomputing the brain's secrets
October 15, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind can be solved -- soon. Mental illness, memory, perception: they're made of neurons and electric signals, and he plans to find them with a supercomputer that models all the brain's 100,000,000,000,000 synapses. TEDTalks is a daily vi...
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- -: Authors@Google: Eddie Sarfaty
October 2, 2009 (over 14 years ago)The Authors@Google program welcomed comedian and author Eddie Sarfaty to Google's New York office to discuss his book, "Mental: Funny in the Head". "Eddie Sarfaty's astute and acerbic stand-up effortlessly captures the everyday absurdities of life, blending self-deprecation and sarcasm with a ra...
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- -: Authors@Google: Kamal Sarma
October 7, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Kamal Sarma visits Google's New York, NY office to discuss his book "Mental Resilience: The Power of Clarity." This event took place on September 28, 2011 as part of the Authors@Google series. Management consultant and former monk Sarma aims to help readers reduce stress, gain focus, and maintai...
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- -: Health@Google: Dr. Daniel Siegel, Taking Time In
June 12, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Health@Google Series May 26, 2011 Presented by Dr. Daniel Siegel. Studies of physical health, emotional well-being, longevity, happiness, and even wisdom suggest that our ability to be aware of our own internal world and feel deeply connected to others is at the heart of both resilience and ment...
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- -: Anatoly Karpov: The Value of Mental Toughness
June 10, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)The twelfth world chess champion says that, even when things were bleak, he "never lost the will to fight."
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- -: Maintaining Memory through Old Age - Emma Shulman
July 1, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/20/Emma_Shulman_Maximizing_Your_Memory Emma Shulman, a 95-year-old lecturer and Senior Family Counselor at NYU's Silberstein Institute, discusses how to maximize memory skills as the brain ages. ----- NYU's Silberstein Institute (the Aging and Dementia...
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