Topic: Arthur Kramer

Fortress Finds a Gem?

A week or so ago Fortress Investment Group (FIG) purchased a portfolio of life settlements from Belgian insurer KBC Group (KBCSF. PK). Earlier...

Fortress Finds a Gem?

A week or so ago Fortress Investment Group (FIG) purchased a portfolio of life settlements from Belgian insurer KBC Group (KBCSF. However, last week's decision by the New York Court of Appeals in the case of one Arthur Kramer may change ...

Your Brain's Got Game

This game may not look like much, but it's giving researchers insight into the human mind. Instead, Space Fortress looks a lot like the very first arcade games, with geometric shapes subbing for spaceships and buildings. "The graphics stink," admits Arthur ...

Walking helps keep body and brain young

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) ? Everyone knows that walking limbers the aging body, but did you know it keeps the mind supple as well? Research shows that walking can actually boost the connectivity within brain circuits, which tends to diminish as the grey ...

Brain Scans Reveal Video Gamers' Secrets

How adeptly you play a video game may indicate how big some parts of your brain are, the authors of a new study report.. The findings "can help us understand how individual differences contribute to cognitive differences and how we can enhance ...
STOLI stands on shaky legal ground, and in the last two years 25 state legislatures have enacted anti-STOLI laws. The reason plaintiffs like Kramer have legal grounds to challenge STOLI policies is that all U.S. states have "insurable interest" laws in ...
Turns out all of Nintendo's "Train Your Brain! The study included 40 adults in their 60's and 70's, with half of them randomly assigned to play Rise of Nations -- a PC real-time strategy game from 2003 -- for a month ...

Aerobic Exercise Improves Cognitive Function

Moderate amounts of aerobic activity improve cognitive function and reverse decay and cognitive deficits in older adults, according to a report published online Oct. 16 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.. Kirk Erickson, Ph.D., of the University of Pittsburgh, and ...