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An informative, good read: "Can Video Games Fend Off Mental Decline?" by Clive Thompson The New York Times Sunday Magazine 26 October 2014 read the full feature article here Website for Akili, mentioned in the piece: Akili

Dumb, unethical, foolish, bad - NHS dementia plan to give GPs cash for diagnoses criticised as ‘ethical travesty’ NHS condemned as ‘odious’ after introducing scheme whereby GPs given £55 each time they identify the disease in a patient The Guardian 21 October 2014 Read the full article here

A Consensus on the Brain Training Industry from the Scientific Community Posted on the Stanford Center on Longevity website 20 October 2014 Read the statement here The authors and signatories may over-extend themselves in stating that they represent "the scientific community", but the points they raise are important to add to the conversation.

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded for locating brain’s GPS John O’Keefe, May-Britt and Edvard Moser found how the brain creates a map to enable us to navigate our environment The Guardian 06 October 2014 Read article here