Media Coverage

>> A complete listing of presentations by Dr. Gazzaley and other lab members

2012

Audio / Vidoe Interviews

• PBS Special "The Distracted Mind with Dr. Adam Gazzaley" (March) [YouTube Trailer]
  On the impact of multi-tasking and thriving in the information age. By Santa Fe Productions.
  
  
• South by Southwest (SXSW) Panel (March)
  "Your Brain on Multitasking."

• The Associated Press (March) 
  Dr. Gazzaley's interview with AP Mobile at the SXSW Conference.
  

News / Prints

• Men's Health News (March)
  "Can Twitter Make You Fat? The Dangers of Tweeting While Eating." By Cindy Kuzma.
  
  
• Xconomy, San Francisco (March)
  "Akili Interactive Seeks to Make Video Games That Heal, Not Harm." By Luke Timmerman.
  
  
• UCSF News Centre (March)                                                                                                   "Multitasking Is Subject of PBS Program to Air March 4."
  
  
• The Wall Street Journal Blogs (March)
  "Can Multitasking Be Improved?" By Rachel Emma Silverman.
  
  
• San Francisco Chronical (April)
  Google's Internet glasses a window into isolation. By James Temple.
  
  
• The Senior Living Executive (April)
  Interview with Dr. Gazzaley: Understanding Senior Moments. By Anya Martin.

2011

Audio / Vidoe Interviews

• KQED Radio (January)
  
  
• CNN Live National TV (April)
  On task-interruption, memory accuracy, task switching, and ageing.
  

• TEDX San Jose (April)
  Brain: Memory and Multitasking.
  
  
• KCBS Radio News (April)
  
  
• Commonwealth Club (June)
  Brain Plasticity Across the Lifespan [Audio].
  
  
• Nature Neuropod (June)
  Wandering Minds.
  
  
• Apple Pro Sessions Brain Talk (September)
  How we Learn to Forget and Forget to Remember.
  
  
• AARP Radio (October)
  Our Aging Brains: Age Related Memory Loss. By Mike Cuthbert.
  
  
• Games for Health Europe (October)
  Video games as cognitive neurotherapeutics, keynote address in Amsterdam, NL.
  


• Futures in Biotech (November)
  Cogito, Ergo Sum... Multitasking? 
  
  
• Commonwealth Club (November) [Full Audio] [Video Clip]
  Social Networking on the Brain: Neuroscience and the New Media
  By David Ewing Duncan, with Josh McHugh and Tiffany Shlain.
  
  
• York House School TED Talk (November) [Video (m4v)]
  “The Distracted Mind” with Dr. Adam Gazaley
  

News / Prints

• CNN.com (March)
  Multitasking and Crosswalks a Risky Mix for Elderly. By Karen Pallarito.
  
  

• San Francisco Chronicle (March)
  National Day of Unplugging this weekend. By James Temple.
  

• New York Times (April)
  Multitasking Takes Toll on Memory, Study Finds. By Matt Richtel.
  

• MSNBC (April)
  Why multitasking gets harder as we get older. By Linda Carroll.
  

• Science Magazine (April)
  How Distractions Cause 'Senior Moments'. By Greg Miller.
  
  
• CNN (April)
  Why it's harder to multitask as you get older. By Elizabeth Landau.
  
  
• TIME (April)
  Can You Multitask? It'll Get Tougher With Age. By Meredith Melnick.
  

• Live Science (April)
  Memory Study Explains 'Senior Moments'. By Charles Q. Choi.
  

• Wired (April)
  Brain Scans Show How Multitasking Is Harder for Seniors. By Brandon Keim.
  

• Web MD (April)
  Multitasking Gets Harder With Age. By Jennifer Warner.
  

• Telegraph (April)
  The brain finds it harder to multi-task as you get older. By Richard Alleyne.
  
  
• Medical News Today (April)
  The Impact Of Distractions And Interruptions Reveals The Fragility Of Working Memory. By Jennifer O'Brien.
  

• Science Newsline: Medicine (April)
  UCSF Study on Multitasking Reveals Switching Glitch in Aging Brain. By Jennifer O'Brien.
  

• UCSF News (April)
  UCSF Study on Multitasking Reveals Switching Glitch in Aging Brain. By Jennifer O'Brien.
  

• US News & World Report (April)
  Multitasking Just a Bit Tougher for Older People: But the difference is in distractability... . By Randy Dotinga.
  
  
• New York Post (April)
  Why Tech Wrecks Seniors. By David K. Li.
  
  
• San Francisco Chronicle (April)
  All those tweets, apps, updates may drain brain. By James Temple.
  
  
• Vancouver Sun (April)
  Researchers find multi-tasking more challenging for older workers. By Scott Simpson.
  
  
• Lifescript (April)
  Study: Older Brains Less Nimble at Multi-tasking.
  
  
• LA Times (May)
  Multitaskers may be falling behind. By Jessica Yadegaran.
  
  
• San Francisco Chronicle (May)
  UCSF program lets everyone go to med school. By Chris Holt.
  
  
• Processor Magazine (May)
  Memory Loss Linked to Multi-tasking (Page 20), by Antona Beckman.
  
  
• Health.com (June)
  Why Multitasking May Be Bad for Your Brain. By Karen Pallarito.
  
  
• SF Weekly (July)
  Adam Gazzaley, Head Doctor, Explains -- This Is Your Brain on Social Media. By Michael Leaverton.
  
  
• CNN Health (July)
  Do you obsessively check your smartphone? By Elizabeth Cohen.
  
  
• Dana Foundation (August)
  Why Working Memory May Fade. By Carl Sherman.
  
  
• Alzheimer Research Forum (November) [pdf] [html]
  Cortical Hubs Form "Rich Club" in Human Brain. By Esther Landhuis.
  
  
• UCSF News Service (November)
  Retraining the Brain – All Is not Lost, Despite Aging, Injuries, or Mental Illness. By Jeffrey Norris.
  
  

2010

Audio / Video Interviews

• CNN/KRSO radio (January)
  
  
• NPR: Science Friday (June)
  Does Multitasking Lead To A More Productive Brain?
  
  
• WPR (June):
  Kathleen Dunn talks with Drs. Nass and Gazzaley about how today's technology may be re-wiring our brains.
  
  
• Applied brilliance (October)
  On cognitive control, memory, and multitasking.
  

• Nerd Nite SF (December)
  Our Brain's Perspective on Distraction and Multitasking.
  

News / Prints

• The New York Times (January)
  Forget Gum. Walking and Using Phone Is Risky. By Matt Richtel.
  

• Science Daily (March)
  Memory Decline Linked to an Inability to Ignore Distractions
  
  
• The New York Times (June)
  Attached to Technology and Paying a Price. By Matt Richtel.
  

• Globe and Mail (September)
  Does play really keep dementia at bay? By Anne McIlroy.
  

• Discover Magazine (October)
  
  
• Oprah Magazine (November)
  Breaking the Multitasking Habit—One Step at a Time. By Catherine Price.
  
  
• Self Magazine (November)
  7 Simple Ways to Keep Your Mind Sharp. 
  
  
• UCSF News (November)
  Retraining the Brain – All Is not Lost, Despite Aging, Injuries, or Mental Illness. By Jeffery Norris.
  
  
• The New York Times (December)
  My Brain on Video Games by Matt Richtel.
  
  

2009

Audio / Video Interviews

• KALW radio - Commonwealth Club talk (audio file)
  
  
  
• BBC Leading Edge & BBC World Service Radio
  
  

News / Prints

• Discover Magazine (pdf)
  
  
• The Today Show
  

• San Francisco Magazine
  

• User Experience Magazine
  
  • An article by Dr. Gazzazley for non-scientists
    
  • A commentary on Dr. Gazzaley's article: "Product Design for the Aging Brain"
    

2008

Audio / Video Interviews

• PBS Science Special
  

• Apple Video Profile
  

• NBC Nightly News
  
  
• KPCC radio interview

• CBC Radio show - Quirks and Quarks- (mp3)
  
  
• NPR (interactive version of one our experiments)
  News / Prints
  

• Wall Street Journal - (pdf)
  
  

• Scientific American
  

• The Telegraph UK
  

• The Guardian UK
  

• Popular Photography
  

• TIME magazine 
  

• Science Cafe
  
        

2007

• Wired Magazine
  
  
  
• Science Magazine
  

 
2006

• ABC TV News - coverage of  “Ask a Scientist” 
  

• ABC TV News - Dean Edell Interview
  

• New York Academy of Sciences -  Imaging and the Aging Brain

2005

• Webmd
  
  
• Globe and Mail
  
  
• Wallstreet Journal
  
  
• Forbes Magazine
  

• Daily Californian
  

• ABC news
  

• BBC News