Top 10 moments from the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit/ Slidedecks & Recordings are Available

_____ Whew. What a rich and diverse 3‑day con­ver­sa­tion on the future of brain health and brain enhance­ment among 50+ Speak­ers and 200+ par­tic­i­pants in 24 coun­tries. From the dozens of fas­ci­nat­ing insights and moments, here are some our favorites: (Note: slid­edecks are now freely avail­able; ses­sion record­ings require reg­is­tra­tion and login cre­den­tials) 1. That mas­ter­ful 40-minute…

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10 favorite moments from the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit/ Recordings are Available

Whew. What a rich and cut­t­ing-edge 3‑day con­ver­sa­tion last week on the future of brain health and brain enhance­ment. We enjoyed dozens of fas­ci­nat­ing insights and moments — here’s a sam­ple of our favorites: 1. That mas­ter­ful 40-minute overview by Dr. Tom Insel on the past, present and future of men­tal health 2. Dis­cussing with Akil­i’s…

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Study debunks 4 common myths about brain training and lifelong cognitive enhancement

— If the media is your main source of infor­ma­tion about brain train­ing and cog­ni­tive enhance­ment, you will prob­a­bly believe the fol­low­ing: 1) All brain train­ing is the same… 2) …and it sim­ply does­n’t work. 3) Com­mer­cial brain train­ing pro­grams, espe­cial­ly, don’t work. 4) How could they work? Genet­ics is des­tiny, aging is a pre­de­ter­mined process…so by age 60…

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Update: New tools, research and insights to reinvent Brain Health and Mental Health in the Digital Age

———- Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, explor­ing a range of tech­nolo­gies, sci­en­tif­ic find­ings and insights for brain health and men­tal health to bet­ter respond to the oppor­tu­ni­ties and chal­lenges ahead. Hap­py read­ing, and Hap­py Thanks­giv­ing! New tools: Brain Health in the Dig­i­tal Age (opens 24-slide pre­sen­ta­tion) Har­ness­ing brain scans to per­son­al­ize autism-relat­ed behav­ioral inter­ven­tions UNICEF…

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The Canadian Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation (CC-ABHI) launches funding program to spark R&D and commercialization initiatives

———- Up to $500,000 Avail­able Through Cana­di­an Cen­tre for Aging and Brain Health Inno­va­tion’s Spark Pro­gram to Fund New Inno­va­tions (Bay­crest press release): The Cana­di­an Cen­tre for Aging and Brain Health Inno­va­tion (CC-ABHI) announced today the launch of its Spark Pro­gram, an ini­tia­tive designed to pro­vide point-of-care work­ers in the health­care deliv­ery or ser­vice indus­try in…

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