Mike Merzenich

Professor of Integrative Neurosciences at UC San Francisco

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Professor of Integrative Neurosciences at the University of California at San Francisco, and Cofounder of the Scientific Learning Corporation in Oakland and Posit Science in San Francisco, two companies that create brain-training video games

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Physical exercise, fresh fruits and vegetables and social activities have long been prescribed for people 65 and older, a population that will have doubled between the years 2000 and…

Video Games for the Elderly

Physical exercise, fresh fruits and vegetables and social activities have long been prescribed for people 65 and older, a population that will have doubled between the years 2000 and…

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