Three Medical Institutions Establish Cognitive Training Centers

Posit Science announced the establishment of Centers ofExcellence at three medical centers – McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School,Northwestern Medicine at Northwestern University and the Miller School ofMedicine at the University of Miami.

“The Cognitive Training Centers of Excellence program takesexisting research collaboration partnerships a giant step further in ourmission to get scientific and medical breakthroughs out of the lab and into thehands of people who could be helped,” said Dr. Henry Mahncke, the CEO of PositScience.

Posit Science works with a global network of more than 400university-based researchers to design, test, refine, and validate computerizedbrain exercises and assessments. That collaboration has resulted in more than150 peer-reviewed journal articles on the benefits of its technology.

The program seeks to recognize expertise, share learning,compile best practices, and increase overall understanding of the impact ofscientifically-validated cognitive training across numerous therapeutic areas.

“Our clinical trials showed that these exercises can delivermeaningful improvements in cognitive health,” said Dr. Eve Lewandowski, who hasrun trials using BrainHQ in bipolar populations at Harvard/McLean Hospital.“Now, with our Center of Excellence and implementation programs in severalclinical services, we are moving beyond randomized controlled trials inscientific settings to identify how cognitive training can be used in healthcare settings.”

Recent studies have shown that BrainHQ exercises areeffective at improving cognitive function and real-world performance in healthyolder adults, and show promise across a wide range of clinical populations andsymptoms, including brain injuries (e.g., traumatic brain injury, stroke,chemobrain, cardiobrain, tinnitus), mental illness (e.g., depression,anxiety/stress, schizophrenia, bipolar, ADD/ADHD) and neurodegenerativediseases (e.g., mild cognitive impairment, dementia, Parkinson’s, multiplesclerosis).

“Our research on this technology in older adults and inpeople with mental health issues led directly to our decision to look at how tomake best use of it with people who want to improve their brain health but whoare not enrolled in clinical trials,” said Dr. Phil Harvey of the Miller Schoolof Medicine at the University of Miami. “Our Brain Health Pavilion offersexactly that – a convenient and effective way for members of our community toexplore the cutting-edge science of cognitive training.”

Posit Science has now launched the Cognitive Training Centerof Excellence program and expects to add additional centers in the monthsahead.