Posts Tagged ‘physiological’
Study: A few slow-paced breaths are enough to significantly reduce physiological stress
It’s one of the first things parents and teachers tell a child who gets upset: “Take a deep breath.” But research into the effect of deep breathing on the body’s stress response has overwhelmingly ignored young children – and studies done with adults typically take place in a university lab, making them even less applicable…
Read MoreApple/ Eli Lilly’s bet: Wearable and mobile consumer devices may well help us detect cognitive impairment and dementia
__________ Apple, Eli Lilly research whether devices can detect dementia signs (Healthcare Dive): “Dementia, which affects roughly 47 million people across the globe, costs $1 trillion worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Early testing for the condition is sporadic and, when conducted, it’s often not sensitive enough to detect early stages of mental decline, creating…
Read MoreTara Thiagarajan, Founder of Brainnovations Winner Sapien Labs, on building a global platform for brain research that truly captures the diversity of humanity
___ What surprised you the most from the Judges’ questions and feedback during the Brainnovations Pitch Contest? I was pleasantly surprised to see the significant range and depth of knowledge shown by the judging panel, leading to very specific and useful questions around the key challenges to build our global research platform. In a nutshell,…
Read MoreImproving driving safety with alarms triggered by impending sleep state, detected via brain signals: Key Neurotech Patent #11
As mentioned, we are featuring a foundational Pervasive Neurotech patent a day, from older to newer by issue date. Today we are sharing a 2002 patent core to the field of driving safety. U.S. Patent No. 6,497,658: Alarm upon detection of impending sleep state Inventor(s): Michael F. Roizen, Lawrence J. Gottlieb, Avery Tung Technology Category: EEG Issue Date: December 24, 2002…
Read MoreWitnessing an explosion of consumer-facing neurotechnologies to (potentially) harness lifelong neuroplasticity
— Last week I shared some key scientific, technological and investment trends revolutionizing Brain Health, based on my participation at the 2016 SharpBrains Virtual Summit, and promised a second article more focused on the technology side of things. Here it is :-) Just a few weeks after the SharpBrains Summit I also attended CES 2017. While I enjoyed the myriad emerging…
Read MoreCan biofeedback-based videogames help kids regulate anger and emotions?
Video Game With Biofeedback Teaches Children to Curb Their Anger (Science Daily): “Children with serious anger problems can be helped by a simple video game that hones their ability to regulate their emotions, finds a pilot study at Boston Children’s Hospital. Results were published online October 24 in the journal Adolescent Psychiatry
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