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Penn Researchers Receive Major Grant to Explore Use of Brain Train?ing To Help Peo?ple Change Behav?iors that Increase Can?cer Risk?(press release):
?Most peo?ple know that smok?ing, a bad diet, and phys?i?cal inac?tiv?ity can lead to cat?a?strophic per?sonal health con?se?quences, includ?ing can?cer. Yet mil?lions con?tinue to smoke, eat poorly, and fail to get enough exer?cise. A new project led by researchers from the Perel?man School of Med?i?cine and the School of Arts and Sci?ences at the Uni?ver?sity of Penn?syl?va?nia aims to devise pro?grams that help them change these risky behav?iors and cut their risk of cancer?Caryn Ler?man, PhD and Joseph Kable, PhD have been awarded a $4.9 mil?lion grant through the National Can?cer Insti?tute ini?tia?tive called ?Provoca?tive Ques?tions,? which will allow them to study how the brain?s cog?ni?tive con?trol sys?tem can be enhanced to improve decision-making processes that con?tribute to risky behaviors?The study?s authors aim to show if tak?ing part in the neu?rocog?ni?tive train?ing results in bet?ter decision-making and behav?iors on the part of par?tic?i?pants. Will they, for instance, forego the short-term, risky reward of smok?ing a cig?a?rette or eat?ing a fast food meal, or use their new?found brain train?ing to make deci?sions that pave the way to bet?ter long-term health??
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Categories: Cognitive Neuroscience, Health & Wellness
Tags: Brain-Training, cancer risk, Caryn Lerman, cognitive-control, Decision-making, Joseph Kable, National Cancer Institute, neurocognitive, neurocognitive training, personal health, Provocative Questions, University-of-Pennsylvania
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