Who writes the BrightYears Journal.
Health content is only as trustworthy as the people who write and review it. Here is how the BrightYears Journal is researched and edited, the standards every post is held to, and where the sources come from.
The BrightYears Team
BrightYears is a small team of product designers, engineers, and researchers building memory-training tools grounded in published cognitive science. Every claim in our journal is sourced from primary, peer-reviewed research.
Editorial standards
- ✓All claims sourced from peer-reviewed research
- ✓Citations link to PubMed, The Lancet, JAMA, Nature, and similar primary sources
- ✓Every post lists its sources and the date it was last revised
Recent writing
Every post lists its primary sources and the date it was last revised.
The spacing effect is one of the oldest and most replicated findings in cognitive psychology. Spaced practice yields about double the retention of massed practice.
Memory is not one system but seven, organized into short-term, long-term, and the working memory that ties them together. A field guide to the categories.
N-back training is one of the most-studied and most-contested cognitive interventions. Here is what the evidence shows about transfer to working memory and IQ.
The memory palace, also called the method of loci, is the oldest mnemonic technique. Here is the 5-step method backed by the brain-imaging evidence.
Most memory changes after 60 are normal aging. A specific subset are mild cognitive impairment. Here is how to tell, and when to see a doctor.
Hearing loss is the largest single modifiable dementia risk factor in the Lancet Commission's 2024 report. Here is what the trials show, and what to do about it.
Aerobic exercise grows the hippocampus, raises BDNF, and is the single most-replicated lifestyle factor for cognitive aging. Here is what the trials show.
Lumosity is the most-downloaded brain-training app and was fined by the FTC in 2016. BrightYears is newer and more focused. Here is the honest comparison.