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Our Global Science Team, headed up by Posit Science co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer Michael Merzenich, includes some of the world’s leading brain scientists. These experts contribute their knowledge to our developing efforts, giving us a depth of knowledge unsurpassed in the field.

Michael M. Merzenich, Ph.D.
University of California at San Francisco,
San Francisco, CA
 
   
  Scientific Advisory Board   Clinical Collaborators
Merav Ahissar, Ph.D.,
The Hebrew University,
Jerusalem, Israel
Karlene K. Ball, Ph.D.,
University of Alabama at Birmingham,
Birmingham, AL
Morris Bell, Ph.D.,
Yale University,
New Haven, CT
Yoram Bonneh, Ph.D.,
Weizmann Institute of Science,
Rehovot, Israel
Nancy Byl, Ph.D.,
University of California at San Francisco,
San Francisco, CA
Alice Cronin-Golomb, Ph.D.,
Boston University,
Boston, MA
Thomas Elbert, Ph.D.,
University of Konstanz,
Konstanz, Germany
Richard Frackowiak, M.D., Ph.D.,
University College London,
London, United Kingdom
Charles Gilbert, Ph.D.,
Rockefeller University,
New York, NY
Riitta Hari, M.D., Ph.D.,
Helsinki University of Technology,
Espoo, Finland
Takao Hensch, Ph.D.,
Harvard University Center for Brain Science,
Cambridge, MA
William Jenkins, Ph.D.,
Scientific Learning Corporation,
Oakland, CA
Michael P. Kilgard, Ph.D.,
University of Texas at Dallas,
Dallas, TX
Iris-Tatjana Kolassa, Ph.D.,
University of Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Stephen Lisberger, Ph.D.,
University of California at San Francisco,
San Francisco, CA
Nikos Logothetis, Ph.D.,
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics,
Tübingen, Germany
Zhong-Lin Lu, Ph.D.,
University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA
Steven L. Miller, Ph.D.,
Scientific Learning Corporation,
Oakland, CA
Athanassios Protopapas, Ph.D.,
Institute for Language and Speech Processing,
Athens, Greece
Christopher Randolph, Ph.D.,
Loyola University,
Chicago, IL
Albert "Skip" Rizzo, Ph.D.,
University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA
Daniel Roenker, Ph.D.,
Western Kentucky University,
Bowling Green, KY
Ronald Ruff, Ph.D.,
University of California at San Francisco,
San Francisco, CA
Timothy Schallert, Ph.D.,
University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, TX
Wolfram Schultz, M.D.,
Cambridge University, Cambridge,
United Kingdom
Barry Stein, Ph.D.,
Wake Forest University School of Medicine,
Winston-Salem, NC
Mriganka Sur, Ph.D.,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA
Paula Tallal, Ph.D.,
Rutgers University,
Newark, NJ
Erik Viirre, M.D., Ph.D.,
University of California at San Diego,
La Jolla, CA
Xiaoqin Wang, Ph.D.,
Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD
John "Jack" Werner, Ph.D.,
University of California at Davis,
Davis, CA
Bruce Wexler, M.D.,
Yale University,
New Haven, CT
Deborah Barnes, Ph.D.
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Mental Activity and Exercise (MAX)
Morris Bell, Ph.D.
Yale University, Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Computer-Based Training for Early to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease
Jimmy Choi, Psy.D.
Yale University, Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Computer-Based Training for Early to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease
Donald Davidoff, Ph.D.
Harvard University, McLean Hospital
Cambridge, MA

A Clinical Treatment Strategy to Assess the Efficacy of Memory Improvement Strategies in Patients with MCI
Charles DeCarli, M.D.
University of California at Davis
Davis, CA

Computer-Based Training for Mild Cognitive Impairment
Jerri Edwards, Ph.D.
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

Brain Fitness in Parkinson’s Disease
Jim Ellison, M.D.
Harvard University, McLean Hospital
Cambridge, MA

A Clinical Treatment Strategy to Assess the Efficacy of Memory Improvement Strategies in Patients with MCI
John Gabrieli, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Computer-Based Training for Mild Cognitive Impairment
Adam Gazzaley, Ph.D.
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Computer-Based Cognitive Training in Normal Healthy Aging: Pilot Study of Behavioral and Physiological Effects of Visual Sweeps Training Exercise
Teri Henderson, M.S.W.
University of Toronto, Gilda’s Club Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Brain-Plasticity-Based Cognitive Training in Patients with Post-Chemo Cognitive Impairment, Pilot Study
Joel Kramer, Ph.D.
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Computer-Based Training for Mild Alzheimer's Disease: Auditory Training Pilot Study
Scott Makeig, Ph.D.
University of California at San Diego
San Diego, CA

Changes In Event-Related Brain Dynamics Following Master Gardener Training
T.J. McCallum, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

Using Computer-Based Training to Maintain Cognitive Functioning in Ethnically-Diverse Older Adults
Synthia Mellon, Ph.D.
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

The Effect of Computer-Based Cognitive Training on Blood Neurotrophic Factors
Thomas Novak, Ph.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

The Effect of Visual Perceptual Training on Screening for Driving Using the Useful Field of View Test Following Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Bruce Reed, Ph.D.
University of California at Davis, VA Northern California Health Care System
Davis, CA

Computer-Based Training for Mild Cognitive Impairment
Allyson Rosen, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Computer-Based Training for Mild Cognitive Impairment
Greg Simpson, Ph.D.
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Imaging Individual Brain Dynamics Related to Cognition and Performance on Computer-Based Training
Glenn E. Smith, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Computer-Based Training for Cognitive Enhancement: Auditory Training In-Home, 2-Arm Model (The IMPACT Study)
Sophia Vinogradov, M.D.
San Francisco VA Medical Center
San Francisco, CA

Brain Plasticity Based Training for Schizophrenia
Bruce Wexler, M.D.
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Brain Plasticity Based Training for Schizophrenia
Owen Wolkowitz, M.D.
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

The Effect of Computer-Based Cognitive Training on Blood Neurotrophic Factors
Kristine Yaffe, M.D.
University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco VA Medical Center
San Francisco, CA

Computer-Based Training for Mild Cognitive Impairment
Elizabeth Zelinski, Ph.D.
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Computer-Based Training for Cognitive Enhancement: Auditory Training In-Home, 2-Arm Model (The IMPACT Study)
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