Links to papers by the Kawashima research group, was well general information about the group and it work that led to the original “Brain Age” craze.
- The beneficial effects of cognitive training with simple calculation and reading aloud in an elderly post surgical population: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [2016]
- Reading Aloud and Solving Simple Arithmetic Calculation Intervention (Learning Therapy) Improves Inhibition, Verbal Episodic Memory, Focus Attention and Processing Speed in Healthy Elderly People: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial [2016]
- Improving Cognitive Function from Children to Old Age: A Systematic Review of Recent Smart Aging Intervention Studies [2014]
- Four weeks of combination exercise training improved executive functions, episodic memory, and processing speed in healthy elderly people: evidence from a randomized controlled trial [2014]
- Mental Exercises for Cognitive Function: Clinical Evidence [2013]
- Brain training game boosts executive functions, working memory and processing speed in the young adults: a randomized controlled trial [2013]
- Beneficial effects of reading aloud and solving simple arithmetic calculations (learning therapy) on a wide range of cognitive functions in the healthy elderly: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [2012]
- Brain training game improves executive functions and processing speed in the elderly: a randomized controlled trial [2012]
- Are motorcycle riders smarter? [2016]
- Working Memory Training Using Mental Calculation Impacts Regional Gray Matter of the Frontal and Parietal Regions [2011]
- Research Findings on the Relationship Between Motorcycle Riding and Brain Stimulation [2009]
- Reading and solving arithmetic problems improves cognitive functions of normal aged people: a randomized controlled study [2008]
- Learning Therapy Improves Cognitive Function in Dementia
[2012] - Reading Aloud and Arithmetic Calculation Improve Frontal Function of People With Dementia — Kawashima et al. [2005 Mar]
- Kawashima Lab
- Smart Aging International Research Center
- Train Your Brain: 60 Days to a Better Brain: Dr. Ryuta Kawashima [2005]
- Trounced by a brain-training octogenarian [12 May 2015]
- Therapy Offers Alzheimer’s Hope To Japan’s Elderly [Jul 15, 2004]
- Is Your Mind Up To “Rocket Speed”? Nintendo DS “Brain Age” Lets You Know [01/30/2006]
- The new craze to get your brain fit [4 Feb 2006]
- Kawashima Lab – Tohoku [2017]
- WOPER: 44 – Ryuta Kawashima [2006-11-3]
