Posts Tagged ‘brain disorders’
The Luria Neuroscience Institute announces new webinar series on Executive Functions, Dementia, TBI, Creativity and more
Happy to share that the Luria Neuroscience Institute, an esteemed Partner of the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit, is hosting a new webinar series aimed at better equipping professionals helping those with mental health and with brain and brain disorders. Dates and topics:
Read MoreMIT Solve launches Brain Health Challenge: How can every person improve their brain health and mental resilience?
— As a Judge and member of the Challenge’s Leadership Team, let me share some relevant news for sharp brains worldwide: MIT Solve (a recent MIT offshoot to identify and accelerate scalable social solutions) has just launched a Brain Health Challenge to address the key question: How can every person improve their brain health and mental resilience?…
Read MoreElon Musk to pioneer new Inner Space Frontier via Neuralink “neural lace” technology
Elon Musk Launches Neuralink to Connect Brains With Computers (The Wall Street Journal): “Building a mass-market electric vehicle and colonizing Mars aren’t ambitious enough for Elon Musk. The billionaire entrepreneur now wants to merge computers with human brains to help people keep up with machines.
Read MoreThe future of personalized brain stimulation via enhanced cognitive-emotive profiles: Key neurotechnology patent #31
Today we highlight a fascinating 2008 patent describing how to combine a number of neurotechnologies (EEG feedback, TMS brain stimulation, monitoring/ training software) to help “upgrade” one’s cognitive-emotive profile. U.S. Patent No. 7,460,903: Method and system for a real time adaptive system for effecting changes in cognitive-emotive profiles Inventor(s): Jaime A. Pineda, Brendan Z. Allison Technology…
Read MoreNext phase in the brain health revolution: Objective, physiological, and widespread measures of brain function
Brainwaves could be the next health vital sign (ScienceDaily): “Simon Fraser University researchers hope that a brain vital-sign test becomes as routine during a doctor’s check-up as taking a blood pressure or heart rate measurement
Read MoreNIH outlines global research agenda to tackle brain disorders–from cognitive impairments to depression and dementia
Heads-up: There’s an excellent–and open-access– research supplement in Nature, result of an NIH-led effort to advance the global brain disorders research agenda. Description: Infants are starved of oxygen during difficult births. Children’s cognitive function is permanently damaged due to malnutrition or exposure to infections or toxins. Adults suffer from
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