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- 27 December, 2018Ever Widening Circles
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- 05 December, 2018Inc. magazine
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- 13 July, 2018EducationHQ
Video games can treat our ‘cognition crisis’: expert
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Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD: Developing Prescribable Video Games
- 07 June, 2018EducationHQ Australia
Spellbinding speakers get EduTECH 2018 off to superb start
- 10 April, 2018Business Wire
Akili Digital Medicine Technology Platform Granted Multiple Patents
- 06 April, 2018Forbes
Nine Lessons From Brain Science From Dr. Melina Uncapher
- 17 February, 2018AAAS
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Dr. Adam Gazzaley: “the Cognition Crisis reverberates across all the crises we have”
- 11 January, 2018MobiHealthNews
Brain Games: How thoughtfully designed tech is addressing cognitive health
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Remedies for the Distracted Mind
- 04 December, 2017Business Wire
Akili Achieves Primary Efficacy Endpoint in Pediatric ADHD Pivotal Trial
- 21 September, 2017Neo.Life
Stop Taking Adderall, Start Playing Video Games
- 03 September, 2017Wired
Could a Videogame Strengthen Your Aging Brain?
- 12 August, 2017CNBC
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- 25 July, 2017The Verge
Prescription Video Games May Be the Future of Medicine
- 06 April, 2017KQED Science - Future of You
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Driven to Distraction: Can Too Much Technology Hurt Your Brain
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- 07 January, 2017In Deep with Angie Coiro
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Video game-based app may help treat late-life depression
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This Video Game Could Treat Brain Disorders
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Can video games take your brain to the next level?
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- 22 June, 2016History Now
Can video games treat brain disorders? Meet the doctor who says yes
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- 28 April, 2016Medscape
Beeps, Blips, and a New Class of Medicine: Video Games
- 24 February, 2016Portland Tribune
Doctor’s orders: Start playing video games
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Special video game helps seniors with memory, attention
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Akili grabs $30.5 mln
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Choosing team over tenure
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How Do Video Games Affect The Brain?
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Videogames for Seniors Boost Brainpower
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- 17 September, 2015The Inisight: Adam Gazzaley
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- 15 September, 2015BBC
How video games can change your brain
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- 12 August, 2015Clapway
Could Doctors Could Prescribe Video Games As Mental Health Treatment?
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A Game to “Cure” Mental Illness
- 11 August, 2015Fusion
This startup wants to submit its game to the FDA as a treatment for mental illness
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Will Doctors Soon Be Prescribing Video Games For Mental Health?
- 13 July, 2015GoPro
Mickey Hart’s Rhythmic Universe
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- 06 July, 2015PBS NewsHour
PBS NewsHour – Mickey Hart / Gazzaley Rhythm collaboration
- 23 June, 2015The Tim Ferris Show
The Maverick of Brain Optimization
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New Device Enhances Mental Performance
- 11 May, 2015New York Times
For Aging’s Effects, More ‘Solutions’ Than Proof of Success
- 11 May, 2015Medium - Bright
What if we prescribed video games, and not Ritalin, to treat ADHD?
- 24 April, 2015Wired
How gaming can improve our cognitive abilities
- 22 April, 2015GoPro Presents
Mickey Hart’s Rhythmic Universe
- 06 April, 2015KQED
Play This Video Game and Call Me in the Morning
- 01 April, 2015Wisdom 2.0
Integrating Video Game Mechanics and Meditation Principles: Adam Gazzaley, Jack Kornfield
- 13 March, 2015BuzzFeed News
Someday, Doctors Could Prescribe You Video Games For Your Brain
- 05 March, 2015jWEEKLY
UCSF scientist bringing games to Israel BrainTech
- 02 March, 2015MEDCITY
Akili Labs collaboration will evaluate video game to treat autism
- 02 March, 2015xconomy
Therapeutic Video Game Startup Akili Takes Aim at Autism
- 18 February, 2015Wired
Neuroscience meets gaming: Adam Gazzaley | WIRED Health preview
- 22 December, 2014BBDO
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- 19 November, 2014Gameinformer
This neuroscientist wants to use video games like medicine
- 04 November, 2014Wired
Glass Brain Project visualises brain activity in 3D
- 23 October, 2014New York Times
Can Video Games Fend Off Mental Decline?
- 29 September, 2014Scientific American
Glass Brain Offers Tours of the Space between Your Ears
- 07 September, 2014The Globe and Mail
Exploring the upside of violent video games
- 01 September, 2014ABC News
“Video games could hold key to delaying dementia”
- 01 August, 2014GE BrainTrust
It’s Game On in the Search for New Neuro Approaches
- 15 July, 2014The Guardian
Rise of the silver gamers: you don’t have to be young to play video games
- 10 July, 2014Fast Company
Play two and call me in the morning: inside the emerging science of videogames as medicine
- 16 May, 2014WiredUK
Game your brain: the new benefits of neuroplasticity
- 09 May, 2014San Francisco Chronicle
UCSF program lets everyone go to med school.
- 29 April, 2014Milken Institute Global Conference
Unlocking the Mysteries of the Brain
- 25 April, 2014NPR Science Friday
Can We Game Our Way to Better Health
- 07 April, 2014totaleducation
Interview with Dr. Adam Gazzaley, Keynote Speaker at The Digital Education Show Asia 2014
- 31 March, 2014tom's HARDWARE
Video Games Could be the Prescription Drug of the Future
- 29 March, 2014The Register
Watch your brain LIVE in 3D, then train your mind from inside it
- 20 March, 2014UCSF
A Beautiful Mind
- 20 March, 2014Wired
Fly into a visualization of your brain
- 19 March, 2014National Geographic
Flying Through Inner Space
- 11 March, 2014Cnet
Spy on your own thoughts with Glass Brain
- 10 March, 2014LiveScience
Virtual Reality System Lets You Explore your Brain in real-Time
- 10 March, 2014Wall Street Journal
Inside Mickey Hart’s Brain: How Tech and Neuroscience Are Converging
- 09 March, 2014SF Gate
UCSF neuroscientists peer into the brain
- 09 March, 2014SFGate
UCSF neuroscientists peer into the brain
- 06 March, 2014KQED
New UCSF Lab Studies How Video Games Affect Our Brains
- 05 March, 2014UCSF
New High-Tech Lab Records the Brain and Body in Action
- 07 February, 2014SF Chronicle
UCSF lab uses video game technology to study human brain
- 13 September, 2013Alzheimer's Research Forum
In Small Study, Brain Training Benefits Healthy Seniors
- 12 September, 2013WTOP
Calif. neuroscientist helps light up Hart’s shows
- 10 September, 2013KQED
Video Game Makes Old Brains Act Younger
- 10 September, 2013ABC News
Former Grateful Dead Drummer’s Brain Activity Recorded While He Plays
- 07 September, 2013The Economist
Put away the knitting
- 06 September, 2013NPR
This Is Musician Mickey Hart’s Brain On Music
- 05 September, 2013Nature
Revving up brain skills
- 05 September, 2013Forbes
Can Video Games Actually Improve Brain and Cognitive Function?
- 05 September, 2013USA Today
Video games may improve brain power in older adults
- 05 September, 2013CBS News
Study: Video games sharpen seniors’ multi-tasking, memory skills
- 05 September, 2013CBS News
Are video games the answer to memory loss?
- 04 September, 2013Wall Street Journal
NeuroRacer: A Video Game to Sharpen the Mind
- 04 September, 2013Nature
Gaming improves multitasking skills
- 04 September, 2013The New York Times
A Multitasking Video Game Makes Old Brains Act younger
- 04 September, 2013The Wall Street Journal
Scientists Use Videogames to Improve Older Brains
- 04 September, 2013The Atlantic
How to Rebuild an Attention Span
- 04 September, 2013UCSF
Training the Older Brain in 3-D: Video Game Enhances Cognitive Control
- 04 September, 2013NPR
Multitasking After 60: Video Game Boosts Focus, Mental Agility
- 04 September, 2013US News
Video game may erase effects of aging on the brain
- 04 September, 2013CNN Health
Video game may help aging brain
- 04 September, 2013TIME
Video Games May Help Memory of Older Players, Study Finds
- 04 September, 2013ScienceNews
News in Brief: Video game sharpens up elderly brains
- 04 September, 2013Associated Press
Video game boosts mental abilities in older folks
- 04 September, 2013NewScientist
Brain gyms can work – if they train one skill at a time
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Racy video game makes older adults better multitaskers
- 04 September, 2013Scientific American
Computer Game-Playing Shown to Improve Multitasking skills
- 04 September, 2013PopSci
Custom Video Game Makes Grandpa As Good At Multitasking As Grandkids
- 04 September, 2013Boston.com
Could playing a video game keep aging minds young?
- 04 September, 2013National Geographic
Virtual Racing Fuels Aging Brains – 5 Video Game Surprises
- 01 September, 2013CBS News
Bay Area Scientists Develop Game That May Improve Multitasking
- 29 July, 2013The New Yorker
Mentally Fit – Workouts at the brain gym
- 14 July, 2013The Boston Globe
Creating a gym for the mind
- 08 July, 2013FutureMed Talk
Can Video Games Treat ADHD, Depression?
- 22 May, 2013Providence Journal
Your brain on digital
- 21 March, 2013Financial Times Article
Innovation: Smartwear
- 28 February, 2013Nature
“Games to do you good”. Gazzaley lab research highlighted.
- 01 February, 2013KLOS LA Rock radio
Cynthia Fox interviews Adam Gazzaley and Mickey Hart on the recent collaboration7
- 28 January, 2013TEDxASB: Mumbai, India
Closing the Loop between the Brain and Education
- 26 December, 2012TIME Article
Unlikely Partners: Grateful Dead Drummer Teams with Scientist to Study How Rhythm Heals
- 26 November, 2012KALW
Interview with Adam Gazzaley: “The costs of multitasking” by Ben Trefny
- 09 November, 2012The Scientist
A Brain for Rhythm
- 03 November, 2012The New York Times
How Science Can Build a Better You
- 29 October, 2012Conde Nast Traveler
How to Escape the Grid and Unplug on a Vacation
- 29 October, 2012UCOP
Making a game out of improving the ‘sticky’ brain
- 24 October, 2012Gavin Newsom TV show
Interview with Adam Gazzaley and Mickey Hart
- 23 September, 2012Huffington Post
Mickey Hart’s Brain on Drums: Interview at AARP in New Orleans
- 23 September, 2012CNN Opinion
How mobile tech can influence our brain
- 12 September, 2012Forbes Interview
Are Smartphones Making Us Dumber?
- 10 September, 2012Commonwealth Club
Video Games as Cognitive Enhancers
- 10 September, 2012SFWeekly
Video of the Day: Videogames Make Us Smarter
- 10 September, 2012Commonwealth Club
Lecture by Adam Gazzaley: “Video Games as Cognitive Enhancers”
- 14 August, 2012KQED Forum - NPR Interview
“Memory and the Aging Brain” with host Ysabel Duron
- 09 August, 2012io9 interview
The Right Way and Wrong Way to Let Your Mind Wander
- 31 July, 2012Wall Street Journal
Can Videogames Treat ADHD?
- 31 July, 2012The Wall Street Journal
Games to Sharpen the Brain
- 30 June, 2012The New York Times
I Took a Web Detour, and Now I Feel Better
- 26 June, 2012Inside BayArea News
Your Brain on Computers: Neuroscience and Tech’s Devices of Distraction
- 19 June, 2012Commonwealth Club
Your Brain on Computers: Neuroscience and Tech’s Devices of Distraction
- 16 April, 2012AARP
Lecture by Adam Gazzaley: “Exercising the Brain”
- 08 April, 2012BBC Click!
Interview with Dr. Adam Gazzaley on technology and its growing impact on our lives
- 06 April, 2012San Francisco Chronicle
Google’s Internet glasses a window into isolation.
- 03 April, 2012The Senior Living Executive
Interview with Dr. Gazzaley: “Understanding Senior Moments.”
- 28 March, 2012UCSF Osher Mini Medical School for the Public
Exploring the Crossroads of Attention and Memory in the Aging Brain
- 26 March, 2012The Wall Street Journal Blogs
Can Multitasking Be Improved?
- 13 March, 2012The Associated Press
Dr. Gazzaley’s interview with AP Mobile at the SXSW Conference. Hosted by Abram Boise
- 12 March, 2012Xconomy, San Francisco
Akili Interactive Seeks to Make Video Games That Heal, Not Harm.
- 09 March, 2012South by Southwest (SXSW)
Panel interview with Rachel Emma Silverman: “Your Brain on Multitasking.”
- 01 March, 2012UCSF News Centre
Multitasking Is Subject of PBS Program to Air March 4.
- 01 March, 2012PBS Special
The Distracted Mind with Dr. Adam Gazzaley
- 25 November, 2011York House School TED Talk
“The Distracted Mind” with Dr. Adam Gazzaley
- 16 November, 2011UCSF News Service
Retraining the Brain – All Is not Lost, Despite Aging, Injuries, or Mental Illness.
- 11 November, 2011Alzheimer Research Forum
Cortical Hubs Form “Rich Club” in Human Brain.
- 04 November, 2011Futures in Biotech
Cogito, Ergo Sum… Multitasking?
- 01 November, 2011Commonwealth Club
Social Networking on the Brain: Neuroscience and the New Media”
- 24 October, 2011Games for Health Europe - "Video games as cognitive neurotherapeutics"
keynote address in Amsterdam, NL.
- 11 October, 2011AARP Radio
Our Aging Brains: Age Related Memory Loss.
- 17 August, 2011Dana Foundation
Why Working Memory May Fade.
- 28 July, 2011CNN Health
Do you obsessively check your smartphone?
- 19 July, 2011SF Weekly - Adam Gazzaley, Head Doctor, Explains
“This Is Your Brain on Social Media.” By Michael Leaverton.
- 23 June, 2011Health.com
Why Multitasking May Be Bad for Your Brain.
- 15 June, 2011
Brain Plasticity Across the Lifespan
- 01 June, 2011Nature Neuropod
Wandering Minds.
- 20 May, 2011Processor Magazine
Memory Loss Linked to Multi-tasking (Page 20)
- 06 May, 2011LA Times
Multitaskers may be falling behind.
- 17 April, 2011TEDX San Jose
Brain: Memory and Multitasking.
- 16 April, 2011San Francisco Chronicle
A”ll those tweets, apps, updates may drain brain.” By James Temple.
- 12 April, 2011TIME
Can You Multitask? It’ll Get Tougher With Age.
- 12 April, 2011Medical News Today
The Impact Of Distractions And Interruptions Reveals The Fragility Of Working Memory.
- 11 April, 2011New York Times
Multitasking Takes Toll on Memory, Study Finds.
- 11 April, 2011Science Magazine
How Distractions Cause ‘Senior Moments’.
- 11 April, 2011CNN
Why it’s harder to multitask as you get older.
- 11 April, 2011Live Science
Memory Study Explains ‘Senior Moments’.
- 11 April, 2011Wired
Brain Scans Show How Multitasking Is Harder for Seniors.
- 11 April, 2011Web MD
Multitasking Gets Harder With Age.
- 11 April, 2011Telegraph
The brain finds it harder to multi-task as you get older.
- 11 April, 2011Science Newsline: Medicine
UCSF Study on Multitasking Reveals Switching Glitch in Aging Brain.
- 11 April, 2011UCSF News
UCSF Study on Multitasking Reveals Switching Glitch in Aging Brain.
- 11 April, 2011US News & World Report
Multitasking Just a Bit Tougher for Older People: But the difference is in distractibility…
- 11 April, 2011Vancouver Sun
Researchers find multi-tasking more challenging for older workers.
- 16 March, 2011CNN.com
Multitasking and Crosswalks a Risky Mix for Elderly.
- 04 March, 2011San Francisco Chronicle
National Day of Unplugging this weekend.
- 29 December, 2010The New York Times
My Brain on Video Games
- 15 December, 2010Nerd Nite SF
Our Brain’s Perspective on Distraction and Multitasking
- 21 November, 2010Self Magazine
7 Simple Ways to Keep Your Mind Sharp.
- 16 November, 2010UCSF News
Retraining the Brain – All Is not Lost, Despite Aging, Injuries, or Mental Illness.
- 01 November, 2010Oprah Magazine
Breaking the Multitasking Habit—One Step at a Time.
- 06 October, 2010Discover Magazine
Experimental Brain
- 01 October, 2010Applied brilliance
Adam Gazzaley: 2010 Applied Brilliance Conference
- 22 September, 2010Globe and Mail
Does play really keep dementia at bay?
- 11 June, 2010NPR
Does Multitasking Lead To A More Productive Brain?
- 06 June, 2010The New York Times
Attached to Technology and Paying a Price.
- 19 April, 2010New York Post
Why Tech Wrecks Seniors.
- 26 March, 2010Science Daily
Memory Decline Linked to an Inability to Ignore Distractions
- 16 January, 2010The New York Times
Forget Gum. Walking and Using Phone Is Risky.
- 24 April, 2009Discover Magazine
Looking at Stress—and God—in the Human Brain
- 19 February, 2009BBC Radio4
Science and the Recession
- 02 December, 2008The Wall Street Journal
Surveying the Brain for Origins of the Senior Moment
- 26 November, 2008Scientific American
Brains More Distracted, Not Slower, with Age
- 30 October, 2008NPR
‘Internal Chatter’ Limits Multitasking As People Age
- 16 September, 2008NBC Nightly News
Losing focus, not memory, is sign of age
- 06 September, 2008CBC Radio show - Quirks and Quarks
The Old Grey Matter
- 27 July, 2008The Guardian
You must remember this: how the mind works
- 11 July, 2008PBS Science Special
Brain Fitness 2: Sight & Sound
- 08 May, 2008Time
Memory: Forgetting Is the New Normal
- 21 March, 2008Science Cafe
Brain Man: A Conversation with Cognitive Neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley
- 05 December, 2007Science Magazine
Faulty Wiring in the Aging Brain
- 06 March, 2006The Wall Street Journal
Old Brains Don’t Work That Badly After All, Especially Trained Ones
- 12 September, 2005WebMD
A Reason Why Memory May Falter With Age
- 11 September, 2005BBC News
Distractions ‘hit ageing memory’
- 23 November, 2022WebMD
Struggling to Focus? Try Video Games
- 08 October, 2022Science Alert
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- 11 April, 2022BBC News
Psychedelic frees up depressed brain, study shows
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- 25 November, 2020New York Times
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- 13 October, 2020Blog Talk Radio
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- 29 September, 2020Forbes
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- 09 September, 2020Politico
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- 10 July, 2020UCSF
Digital health tool makes history with recent commercialization
- 18 June, 2020MedCity
Akili’s long journey to build the first video game as a treatment
- 17 June, 2020Good Morning America
FDA approves video game for treating ADHD in kids
- 02 March, 2020The National
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- 02 January, 2020UCSF Magazine
Can Technology Mend Our Broken Minds?
- 14 November, 2019ADDitude
3 Digital Therapies That Treat ADHD Without Medication
- 08 November, 2019mobi health news
How VR, AR could support astronauts’ mental health in space
- 22 August, 2019Reader's Digest
Do Brain Games Actually Work?
- 13 August, 2019JAMA
Meditation App Improves Attention in Young Adults
- 03 July, 2019STAT News
5 names to know in digital therapeutics: the people behind apps that work like medicines
- 06 June, 2019Reuters
App helps people learn to meditate, improves attention skills
- 04 June, 2019CTV News
Meditation Goes Digital
- 13 March, 2019EdSurge
Can a Neuroscience Video Game Treat ADHD?
- 09 January, 2019Mobi Health News
Akili is building its own digital therapeutic distribution platform, foregoing pharma partnerships
- 27 December, 2018Ever Widening Circles
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- 05 December, 2018Inc. magazine
6.4 Million Children in the U.S. Have ADHD. This Company Wants Doctors to Treat Them With Video Games
- 13 July, 2018EducationHQ
Video games can treat our ‘cognition crisis’: expert
- 03 July, 2018JAMA
Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD: Developing Prescribable Video Games
- 07 June, 2018EducationHQ Australia
Spellbinding speakers get EduTECH 2018 off to superb start
- 10 April, 2018Business Wire
Akili Digital Medicine Technology Platform Granted Multiple Patents
- 06 April, 2018Forbes
Nine Lessons From Brain Science From Dr. Melina Uncapher
- 17 February, 2018AAAS
Science Begins to Unlock the Secrets of Brains that Age Well
- 15 February, 2018Imagination taking power
Dr. Adam Gazzaley: “the Cognition Crisis reverberates across all the crises we have”
- 11 January, 2018MobiHealthNews
Brain Games: How thoughtfully designed tech is addressing cognitive health
- 08 January, 2018Behavioral Scientist
Remedies for the Distracted Mind
- 04 December, 2017Business Wire
Akili Achieves Primary Efficacy Endpoint in Pediatric ADHD Pivotal Trial
- 21 September, 2017Neo.Life
Stop Taking Adderall, Start Playing Video Games
- 03 September, 2017Wired
Could a Videogame Strengthen Your Aging Brain?
- 12 August, 2017CNBC
Video games could soon replace pills in treating some cognitive diseases
- 09 August, 2017PSFK
How VR Technology Can Improve Our Cognition
- 25 July, 2017The Verge
Prescription Video Games May Be the Future of Medicine
- 06 April, 2017KQED Science - Future of You
This Video Game Helped Some Kids Overcome Attention Problems
- 10 February, 2017The TODAY Show
Driven to Distraction: Can Too Much Technology Hurt Your Brain
Watch Now
- 01 February, 2017The Wall Street Journal
Take Back Your Brain From Social Media
- 01 February, 2017The Wall Street Journal
Am I Really Addicted to Facebook?
- 07 January, 2017In Deep with Angie Coiro
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- 05 January, 2017Yahoo News
Video game-based app may help treat late-life depression
- 03 January, 2017Science Daily
Gaming your brain to treat depression: Participants using a game-based app show improvement
- 07 December, 2016Science
Do it yourself? When the researcher becomes the subject
- 02 November, 2016Fortune
This Video Game Could Treat Brain Disorders
- 20 October, 2016CNN Health
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- 20 October, 2016CNN Health - Vital Signs
Can video games take your brain to the next level?
Watch Now
- 17 October, 2016PBS Newshour
Your devices are probably ruining your productivity. Here’s why
- 22 June, 2016History Now
Can video games treat brain disorders? Meet the doctor who says yes
- 05 May, 2016Proto Mag
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- 28 April, 2016Medscape
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- 24 February, 2016Portland Tribune
Doctor’s orders: Start playing video games
- 21 February, 2016The Oregonian
Special video game helps seniors with memory, attention
- 17 February, 2016NBC
Brain Games Are Not Just Kid’s Play, Aging Experts Say
- 21 January, 2016PE Hub Network
Akili grabs $30.5 mln
- 21 January, 2016Wall Street Journal
Videogame Maker Seeks to Treat ADHD
- 20 January, 2016The 74
Doctor’s Orders: A Video Game a Day — that Kids Can’t Wait to Play — to Conquer ADHD
- 14 January, 2016Shrink Rap Radio
The Promise of Technology for The Aging Brain with Dr. Adam Gazzaley
- 04 December, 2015NIH Record
Can video games elevate human minds ?
- 12 November, 2015Science Careers
Choosing team over tenure
- 12 October, 2015Huffington Post
How Do Video Games Affect The Brain?
- 25 September, 2015WSJ
Videogames for Seniors Boost Brainpower
- 20 September, 2015VOX
The internet is full of distractions. Here are 7 tips to help you focus.
- 17 September, 2015The Inisight: Adam Gazzaley
Mind Games
- 15 September, 2015BBC
How video games can change your brain
- 12 August, 2015GOOD
These Video Games Might Actually Help Cure Depression
- 12 August, 2015Clapway
Could Doctors Could Prescribe Video Games As Mental Health Treatment?
- 12 August, 2015FWN
A Game to “Cure” Mental Illness
- 11 August, 2015Fusion
This startup wants to submit its game to the FDA as a treatment for mental illness
- 10 August, 2015NPR
Will Doctors Soon Be Prescribing Video Games For Mental Health?
- 13 July, 2015GoPro
Mickey Hart’s Rhythmic Universe
- 08 July, 2015MedGadget
Notes from Digital Health Summer Summit 2015
- 06 July, 2015PBS NewsHour
PBS NewsHour – Mickey Hart / Gazzaley Rhythm collaboration
- 23 June, 2015The Tim Ferris Show
The Maverick of Brain Optimization
- 28 May, 2015ABC News
New Device Enhances Mental Performance
- 11 May, 2015New York Times
For Aging’s Effects, More ‘Solutions’ Than Proof of Success
- 11 May, 2015Medium - Bright
What if we prescribed video games, and not Ritalin, to treat ADHD?
- 24 April, 2015Wired
How gaming can improve our cognitive abilities
- 22 April, 2015GoPro Presents
Mickey Hart’s Rhythmic Universe
- 06 April, 2015KQED
Play This Video Game and Call Me in the Morning
- 01 April, 2015Wisdom 2.0
Integrating Video Game Mechanics and Meditation Principles: Adam Gazzaley, Jack Kornfield
- 13 March, 2015BuzzFeed News
Someday, Doctors Could Prescribe You Video Games For Your Brain
- 05 March, 2015jWEEKLY
UCSF scientist bringing games to Israel BrainTech
- 02 March, 2015MEDCITY
Akili Labs collaboration will evaluate video game to treat autism
- 02 March, 2015xconomy
Therapeutic Video Game Startup Akili Takes Aim at Autism
- 18 February, 2015Wired
Neuroscience meets gaming: Adam Gazzaley | WIRED Health preview
- 22 December, 2014BBDO
The Power of Rhythm
- 19 November, 2014Gameinformer
This neuroscientist wants to use video games like medicine
- 04 November, 2014Wired
Glass Brain Project visualises brain activity in 3D
- 23 October, 2014New York Times
Can Video Games Fend Off Mental Decline?
- 29 September, 2014Scientific American
Glass Brain Offers Tours of the Space between Your Ears
- 07 September, 2014The Globe and Mail
Exploring the upside of violent video games
- 01 September, 2014ABC News
“Video games could hold key to delaying dementia”
- 01 August, 2014GE BrainTrust
It’s Game On in the Search for New Neuro Approaches
- 15 July, 2014The Guardian
Rise of the silver gamers: you don’t have to be young to play video games
- 10 July, 2014Fast Company
Play two and call me in the morning: inside the emerging science of videogames as medicine
- 16 May, 2014WiredUK
Game your brain: the new benefits of neuroplasticity
- 09 May, 2014San Francisco Chronicle
UCSF program lets everyone go to med school.
- 29 April, 2014Milken Institute Global Conference
Unlocking the Mysteries of the Brain
- 25 April, 2014NPR Science Friday
Can We Game Our Way to Better Health
- 07 April, 2014totaleducation
Interview with Dr. Adam Gazzaley, Keynote Speaker at The Digital Education Show Asia 2014
- 31 March, 2014tom's HARDWARE
Video Games Could be the Prescription Drug of the Future
- 29 March, 2014The Register
Watch your brain LIVE in 3D, then train your mind from inside it
- 20 March, 2014UCSF
A Beautiful Mind
- 20 March, 2014Wired
Fly into a visualization of your brain
- 19 March, 2014National Geographic
Flying Through Inner Space
- 11 March, 2014Cnet
Spy on your own thoughts with Glass Brain
- 10 March, 2014LiveScience
Virtual Reality System Lets You Explore your Brain in real-Time
- 10 March, 2014Wall Street Journal
Inside Mickey Hart’s Brain: How Tech and Neuroscience Are Converging
- 09 March, 2014SF Gate
UCSF neuroscientists peer into the brain
- 09 March, 2014SFGate
UCSF neuroscientists peer into the brain
- 06 March, 2014KQED
New UCSF Lab Studies How Video Games Affect Our Brains
- 05 March, 2014UCSF
New High-Tech Lab Records the Brain and Body in Action
- 07 February, 2014SF Chronicle
UCSF lab uses video game technology to study human brain
- 13 September, 2013Alzheimer's Research Forum
In Small Study, Brain Training Benefits Healthy Seniors
- 12 September, 2013WTOP
Calif. neuroscientist helps light up Hart’s shows
- 10 September, 2013KQED
Video Game Makes Old Brains Act Younger
- 10 September, 2013ABC News
Former Grateful Dead Drummer’s Brain Activity Recorded While He Plays
- 07 September, 2013The Economist
Put away the knitting
- 06 September, 2013NPR
This Is Musician Mickey Hart’s Brain On Music
- 05 September, 2013Nature
Revving up brain skills
- 05 September, 2013Forbes
Can Video Games Actually Improve Brain and Cognitive Function?
- 05 September, 2013USA Today
Video games may improve brain power in older adults
- 05 September, 2013CBS News
Study: Video games sharpen seniors’ multi-tasking, memory skills
- 05 September, 2013CBS News
Are video games the answer to memory loss?
- 04 September, 2013Wall Street Journal
NeuroRacer: A Video Game to Sharpen the Mind
- 04 September, 2013Nature
Gaming improves multitasking skills
- 04 September, 2013The New York Times
A Multitasking Video Game Makes Old Brains Act younger
- 04 September, 2013The Wall Street Journal
Scientists Use Videogames to Improve Older Brains
- 04 September, 2013The Atlantic
How to Rebuild an Attention Span
- 04 September, 2013UCSF
Training the Older Brain in 3-D: Video Game Enhances Cognitive Control
- 04 September, 2013NPR
Multitasking After 60: Video Game Boosts Focus, Mental Agility
- 04 September, 2013US News
Video game may erase effects of aging on the brain
- 04 September, 2013CNN Health
Video game may help aging brain
- 04 September, 2013TIME
Video Games May Help Memory of Older Players, Study Finds
- 04 September, 2013ScienceNews
News in Brief: Video game sharpens up elderly brains
- 04 September, 2013Associated Press
Video game boosts mental abilities in older folks
- 04 September, 2013NewScientist
Brain gyms can work – if they train one skill at a time
- 04 September, 2013NBC News
Racy video game makes older adults better multitaskers
- 04 September, 2013Scientific American
Computer Game-Playing Shown to Improve Multitasking skills
- 04 September, 2013PopSci
Custom Video Game Makes Grandpa As Good At Multitasking As Grandkids
- 04 September, 2013Boston.com
Could playing a video game keep aging minds young?
- 04 September, 2013National Geographic
Virtual Racing Fuels Aging Brains – 5 Video Game Surprises
- 01 September, 2013CBS News
Bay Area Scientists Develop Game That May Improve Multitasking
- 29 July, 2013The New Yorker
Mentally Fit – Workouts at the brain gym
- 14 July, 2013The Boston Globe
Creating a gym for the mind
- 08 July, 2013FutureMed Talk
Can Video Games Treat ADHD, Depression?
- 22 May, 2013Providence Journal
Your brain on digital
- 21 March, 2013Financial Times Article
Innovation: Smartwear
- 28 February, 2013Nature
“Games to do you good”. Gazzaley lab research highlighted.
- 01 February, 2013KLOS LA Rock radio
Cynthia Fox interviews Adam Gazzaley and Mickey Hart on the recent collaboration7
- 28 January, 2013TEDxASB: Mumbai, India
Closing the Loop between the Brain and Education
- 26 December, 2012TIME Article
Unlikely Partners: Grateful Dead Drummer Teams with Scientist to Study How Rhythm Heals
- 26 November, 2012KALW
Interview with Adam Gazzaley: “The costs of multitasking” by Ben Trefny
- 09 November, 2012The Scientist
A Brain for Rhythm
- 03 November, 2012The New York Times
How Science Can Build a Better You
- 29 October, 2012Conde Nast Traveler
How to Escape the Grid and Unplug on a Vacation
- 29 October, 2012UCOP
Making a game out of improving the ‘sticky’ brain
- 24 October, 2012Gavin Newsom TV show
Interview with Adam Gazzaley and Mickey Hart
- 23 September, 2012Huffington Post
Mickey Hart’s Brain on Drums: Interview at AARP in New Orleans
- 23 September, 2012CNN Opinion
How mobile tech can influence our brain
- 12 September, 2012Forbes Interview
Are Smartphones Making Us Dumber?
- 10 September, 2012Commonwealth Club
Video Games as Cognitive Enhancers
- 10 September, 2012SFWeekly
Video of the Day: Videogames Make Us Smarter
- 10 September, 2012Commonwealth Club
Lecture by Adam Gazzaley: “Video Games as Cognitive Enhancers”
- 14 August, 2012KQED Forum - NPR Interview
“Memory and the Aging Brain” with host Ysabel Duron
- 09 August, 2012io9 interview
The Right Way and Wrong Way to Let Your Mind Wander
- 31 July, 2012Wall Street Journal
Can Videogames Treat ADHD?
- 31 July, 2012The Wall Street Journal
Games to Sharpen the Brain
- 30 June, 2012The New York Times
I Took a Web Detour, and Now I Feel Better
- 26 June, 2012Inside BayArea News
Your Brain on Computers: Neuroscience and Tech’s Devices of Distraction
- 19 June, 2012Commonwealth Club
Your Brain on Computers: Neuroscience and Tech’s Devices of Distraction
- 16 April, 2012AARP
Lecture by Adam Gazzaley: “Exercising the Brain”
- 08 April, 2012BBC Click!
Interview with Dr. Adam Gazzaley on technology and its growing impact on our lives
- 06 April, 2012San Francisco Chronicle
Google’s Internet glasses a window into isolation.
- 03 April, 2012The Senior Living Executive
Interview with Dr. Gazzaley: “Understanding Senior Moments.”
- 28 March, 2012UCSF Osher Mini Medical School for the Public
Exploring the Crossroads of Attention and Memory in the Aging Brain
- 26 March, 2012The Wall Street Journal Blogs
Can Multitasking Be Improved?
- 13 March, 2012The Associated Press
Dr. Gazzaley’s interview with AP Mobile at the SXSW Conference. Hosted by Abram Boise
- 12 March, 2012Xconomy, San Francisco
Akili Interactive Seeks to Make Video Games That Heal, Not Harm.
- 09 March, 2012South by Southwest (SXSW)
Panel interview with Rachel Emma Silverman: “Your Brain on Multitasking.”
- 01 March, 2012UCSF News Centre
Multitasking Is Subject of PBS Program to Air March 4.
- 01 March, 2012PBS Special
The Distracted Mind with Dr. Adam Gazzaley
- 25 November, 2011York House School TED Talk
“The Distracted Mind” with Dr. Adam Gazzaley
- 16 November, 2011UCSF News Service
Retraining the Brain – All Is not Lost, Despite Aging, Injuries, or Mental Illness.
- 11 November, 2011Alzheimer Research Forum
Cortical Hubs Form “Rich Club” in Human Brain.
- 04 November, 2011Futures in Biotech
Cogito, Ergo Sum… Multitasking?
- 01 November, 2011Commonwealth Club
Social Networking on the Brain: Neuroscience and the New Media”
- 24 October, 2011Games for Health Europe - "Video games as cognitive neurotherapeutics"
keynote address in Amsterdam, NL.
- 11 October, 2011AARP Radio
Our Aging Brains: Age Related Memory Loss.
- 17 August, 2011Dana Foundation
Why Working Memory May Fade.
- 28 July, 2011CNN Health
Do you obsessively check your smartphone?
- 19 July, 2011SF Weekly - Adam Gazzaley, Head Doctor, Explains
“This Is Your Brain on Social Media.” By Michael Leaverton.
- 23 June, 2011Health.com
Why Multitasking May Be Bad for Your Brain.
- 15 June, 2011
Brain Plasticity Across the Lifespan
- 01 June, 2011Nature Neuropod
Wandering Minds.
- 20 May, 2011Processor Magazine
Memory Loss Linked to Multi-tasking (Page 20)
- 06 May, 2011LA Times
Multitaskers may be falling behind.
- 17 April, 2011TEDX San Jose
Brain: Memory and Multitasking.
- 16 April, 2011San Francisco Chronicle
A”ll those tweets, apps, updates may drain brain.” By James Temple.
- 12 April, 2011TIME
Can You Multitask? It’ll Get Tougher With Age.
- 12 April, 2011Medical News Today
The Impact Of Distractions And Interruptions Reveals The Fragility Of Working Memory.
- 11 April, 2011New York Times
Multitasking Takes Toll on Memory, Study Finds.
- 11 April, 2011Science Magazine
How Distractions Cause ‘Senior Moments’.
- 11 April, 2011CNN
Why it’s harder to multitask as you get older.
- 11 April, 2011Live Science
Memory Study Explains ‘Senior Moments’.
- 11 April, 2011Wired
Brain Scans Show How Multitasking Is Harder for Seniors.
- 11 April, 2011Web MD
Multitasking Gets Harder With Age.
- 11 April, 2011Telegraph
The brain finds it harder to multi-task as you get older.
- 11 April, 2011Science Newsline: Medicine
UCSF Study on Multitasking Reveals Switching Glitch in Aging Brain.
- 11 April, 2011UCSF News
UCSF Study on Multitasking Reveals Switching Glitch in Aging Brain.
- 11 April, 2011US News & World Report
Multitasking Just a Bit Tougher for Older People: But the difference is in distractibility…
- 11 April, 2011Vancouver Sun
Researchers find multi-tasking more challenging for older workers.
- 16 March, 2011CNN.com
Multitasking and Crosswalks a Risky Mix for Elderly.
- 04 March, 2011San Francisco Chronicle
National Day of Unplugging this weekend.
- 29 December, 2010The New York Times
My Brain on Video Games
- 15 December, 2010Nerd Nite SF
Our Brain’s Perspective on Distraction and Multitasking
- 21 November, 2010Self Magazine
7 Simple Ways to Keep Your Mind Sharp.
- 16 November, 2010UCSF News
Retraining the Brain – All Is not Lost, Despite Aging, Injuries, or Mental Illness.
- 01 November, 2010Oprah Magazine
Breaking the Multitasking Habit—One Step at a Time.
- 06 October, 2010Discover Magazine
Experimental Brain
- 01 October, 2010Applied brilliance
Adam Gazzaley: 2010 Applied Brilliance Conference
- 22 September, 2010Globe and Mail
Does play really keep dementia at bay?
- 11 June, 2010NPR
Does Multitasking Lead To A More Productive Brain?
- 06 June, 2010The New York Times
Attached to Technology and Paying a Price.
- 19 April, 2010New York Post
Why Tech Wrecks Seniors.
- 26 March, 2010Science Daily
Memory Decline Linked to an Inability to Ignore Distractions
- 16 January, 2010The New York Times
Forget Gum. Walking and Using Phone Is Risky.
- 24 April, 2009Discover Magazine
Looking at Stress—and God—in the Human Brain
- 19 February, 2009BBC Radio4
Science and the Recession
- 02 December, 2008The Wall Street Journal
Surveying the Brain for Origins of the Senior Moment
- 26 November, 2008Scientific American
Brains More Distracted, Not Slower, with Age
- 30 October, 2008NPR
‘Internal Chatter’ Limits Multitasking As People Age
- 16 September, 2008NBC Nightly News
Losing focus, not memory, is sign of age
- 06 September, 2008CBC Radio show - Quirks and Quarks
The Old Grey Matter
- 27 July, 2008The Guardian
You must remember this: how the mind works
- 11 July, 2008PBS Science Special
Brain Fitness 2: Sight & Sound
- 08 May, 2008Time
Memory: Forgetting Is the New Normal
- 21 March, 2008Science Cafe
Brain Man: A Conversation with Cognitive Neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley
- 05 December, 2007Science Magazine
Faulty Wiring in the Aging Brain
- 06 March, 2006The Wall Street Journal
Old Brains Don’t Work That Badly After All, Especially Trained Ones
- 12 September, 2005WebMD
A Reason Why Memory May Falter With Age
- 11 September, 2005BBC News
Distractions ‘hit ageing memory’