Could I be wrong? Exploring cognitive bias, curiosity, intellectual humility, and lifelong learning

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing eight time­ly sci­en­tif­ic and indus­try news plus a few fun teasers to appre­ci­ate our unique human brains. #1. Could I be wrong? Explor­ing research on cog­ni­tive bias, curios­i­ty, intel­lec­tu­al humil­i­ty, and life­long learn­ing “None of us thinks that our beliefs and atti­tudes are incor­rect; if we…

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Study: 10-minute cognitive test MoCA helps predict long-term motor, cognitive and mortality outcomes after stroke

___ Sim­ple test may help pre­dict long-term out­come after stroke (Sci­ence Dai­ly): “We found that this test, which takes less than 10 min­utes, can help pre­dict whether peo­ple will have impaired think­ing skills, prob­lems that keep them from per­form­ing dai­ly tasks such as bathing and dress­ing and even whether they will be more like­ly to die,”…

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Study: Practice effect due to repeated testing can delay detection of cognitive impairment and dementia

___ Prac­tice Imper­fect: Repeat­ed Cog­ni­tive Test­ing Can Obscure Ear­ly Signs of Demen­tia (UC San Diego Health press release): “Alzheimer’s dis­ease (AD) is a pro­gres­sive, neu­rode­gen­er­a­tive con­di­tion that often begins with mild cog­ni­tive impair­ment or MCI, mak­ing ear­ly and repeat­ed assess­ments of cog­ni­tive change cru­cial to diag­no­sis and treat­ment. But in a paper pub­lished online in…

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Update: Study Debunks Four Common Myths About Brain Training and Lifelong Cognitive Enhancement

— Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter explor­ing the lat­est in brain health. New research: Study debunks 4 com­mon myths about brain train­ing and life­long cog­ni­tive enhance­ment Don’t over­look sleep dif­fi­cul­ties in chil­dren with ADHD; they may impair func­tion­ing as much as ADHD itself Cog­ni­tive Behav­ioral Ther­a­py (CBT), not med­ica­tion, dri­ves long-term rewiring of the…

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Lumos Labs ranked #13 Holder of Pervasive Neurotech Intellectual Property*

Lumos Labs pro­duces the pop­u­lar brain train­ing web and mobile app named Lumos­i­ty. With 60 mil­lion reg­is­tered users, Lumos­i­ty is the world’s largest cog­ni­tive train­ing ser­vice. To date, Lumos Labs has raised over $70M in fund­ing, and the com­pa­ny sig­nif­i­cant­ly expand­ed its IP port­fo­lio in 2014 through 

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