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32. Grüsser SM, Thalemann R, Griffiths MD. Excessive computer game playing: evidence for addiction and aggression? Cyberpsychol Behav. 2007 Apr;10(2):290–2.

33. Carnagey NL, Anderson CA. The effects of reward and punishment in violent video games on aggressive affect, cognition, and behavior. Psychol Sci. 2005 Nov;16(11):882–9.

Anderson CA. An update on the effects of playing violent video games. J Adolesc. 2004 Feb;27(1):113–22.

Anderson CA, Bushman BJ. Effects of violent video games on aggressive behavior, aggressive cognition, aggressive affect, physiological arousal, and prosocial behavior: a meta-analytic review of the scientific literature. Psychol Sci. 2001 Sep;12(5):353–9.

34. Phillips H. Video game brain damage claim criticized. New Scientist. July 11, 2002. NewScientist.com news service.

35. Jimison H, Pavel M. Embedded assessment algorithms within home-based cognitive computer game exercises for elders. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2006;1:6101-4.

36. Gillam RB, Loeb DF, Hoffman LM, Bohman T, Champlin CA, Thibodeau L, Widen J, Brandel J, Friel-Patti S. The efficacy of Fast ForWord Language intervention in school-age children with language impairment: a randomized controlled trial. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2008 Feb;51(1): 97–119.

Valentine D, Hedrick MS, Swanson LA. Effect of an auditory training program on reading, phoneme awareness, and language. Percept Mot Skills. 2006 Aug;103(1):183–96.

Cohen W, Hodson A, O'Hare A, Boyle J, Durrani T, McCartney E, Mattey M, Naftalin L, Watson J. Effects of computer-based intervention through acoustically modified speech (Fast ForWord) in severe mixed receptive-expressive language impairment: outcomes from a randomized controlled trial. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2005 Jun;48(3):715–29.

37. Ball K, Edwards JD, Ross LA. The impact of speed of processing training on cognitive and everyday functions. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2007 Jun;62 Spec No 1:19–31.

Mahncke HW, Connor BB, Appelman J, Ahsanuddin ON, Hardy JL, Wood RA, Joyce NM, Boniske T, Atkins SM, Merzenich MM. Memory enhancement in healthy older adults using a brain plasticity-based training program: a randomized, controlled study. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Aug 15;103(33):12523–8.

Mahncke HW, Bronstone A, Merzenich MM. Brain plasticity and functional losses in the aged: scientific bases for a novel intervention. Prog Brain Res. 2006;157:81-109.

Ball K, Berch DB, Helmers KF, Jobe JB, Leveck MD, Marsiske M, Morris JN, Rebok GW, Smith DM, Tennstedt SL, Unverzagt FW, Willis SL; Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly Study Group. Effects of cognitive training interventions with older adults: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2002 Nov 13;288(18):2271–81. Edwards JD, Wadley VG, Myers RS, Roenker DL, Cissell GM, Ball KK. Transfer of a speed of processing intervention to near and far cognitive functions. Gerontology. 2002 Sep–Oct;48(5):329–40.

See also an article on Dr. Michael Merzenich's research in The Journal of Life Sciences, March 6, 2008, http://www.tjols.com/printer_article-534-4.html.

38. Krout RE. The effects of single-session music therapy interventions on the observed and self-reported levels of pain control, physical comfort, and relaxation of hospice patients. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2001 Nov–Dec;18(6): 383–90.

39. Schellenberg EG, Hallam S. Music listening and cognitive abilities in 10-and 11-year-olds: the blur effect. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2005 Dec;1060:202–9. Aoun P, Jones T, Shaw GL, Bodner M. Long-term enhancement of maze learning in mice via a generalized Mozart effect. Neurol Res. 2005 Dec;27(8):791–6.

Bangerter A, Heath C. The Mozart effect: tracking the evolution of a scientific legend. Br J Soc Psychol. 2004 Dec;43(Pt 4):605–23.

40. Wlodarczyk N. The effect of music therapy on the spirituality of persons in an in-patient hospice unit as measured by self-report. J Music Ther. 2007 Summer;44(2):113–22.

41. Boone DR, McFarlane SC. A critical view of the yawn-sigh