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Mar 12, 2013 Comments Off

Welcoming 199 very sharp brains: new Young Global Leaders class

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WEFThe World Eco­nomic Forum Announces Young Global Lead­ers Class of 2013 (press release):

“199 young lead­ers from 70 coun­tries have been hon­oured by the World Eco­nomic Forum for their pro­fes­sional accom­plish­ments and com­mit­ment to soci­ety. The Young Global Lead­ers (YGL) Class of 2013 is com­posed of hon­ourees from all sec­tors of soci­ety, with Read the rest of this entry »

May 31, 2012 2

From Anti-Alzheimer’s “Magic Bullets” to True Brain Health

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If you fol­lowed lat­est head­lines sur­round­ing the release of the National Alzheimer’s Plan, you’d prob­a­bly con­clude that the likely solu­tion to main­tain life­long brain health is sim­ple: sim­ply wait until 2025 for a “magic bul­let” to be dis­cov­ered, to cure (or end or pre­vent) Alzheimer’s dis­ease and aging asso­ci­ated cog­ni­tive decline. These kinds of beliefs, often rein­forced by doc­tors and adver­tis­ing, may explain the bil­lions spent today by pharma com­pa­nies on dis­cov­er­ing new com­pounds, and by con­sumers on sup­ple­ments like ginkgo biloba. But Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 12, 2012 Comments Off

“Protecting the Asset” at the Young Global Leaders Annual Summit

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I am excited to par­tic­i­pate over the next few days in the Forum of Young Global Lead­ers in Nuevo Val­larta, Mex­ico, orga­nized by the World Eco­nomic Forum (WEF) in con­junc­tion with the WEF on Latin Amer­ica. Will make sure to syn­the­size main impres­sions next week. The agenda, inter­est­ingly enough, devotes time to “Pro­tect the Asset.”

Mar 16, 2012 Comments Off

Transcript: Online Q&A on the Future of Brain Health with Alvaro Fernandez

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Below you can find the full tran­script of our engag­ing Q&A ses­sion today, Fri­day March 16th, on brain sus­tain­abil­ity, retool­ing brain health, and applied neu­ro­plas­tic­ity, with Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, Sharp­Brains’ Co-Founder who’s just been named a Young Global Leader by the World Eco­nomic Forum. You can learn more about the topic by read­ing this 2011 Sharp­Brains Sum­mit Meet­ing Report and this Info­graphic.

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  3. In the Age of Google, Should Schools Teach Mem­o­riza­tion Skills?, by Bill Klemm
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  9. Biofeed­back now a “Level 1 — Best Sup­port” Inter­ven­tion for ADHD, by SharpBrains
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  11. Train­ing Atten­tion and Emo­tional Self-Regulation — Inter­view with Michael Pos­ner, by Alvaro Fernandez
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  16. New Study shows Teens with ADHD helped by Cog­ni­tive Behav­ioral Ther­apy, by David Rabiner
  17. How Do Words Change Our Brains and Lives?, by Andrew New­berg, Mark Waldman
  18. BBC “Brain Train­ing” Exper­i­ment: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly, by Alvaro Fernandez
  19. Sci­en­tific cri­tique of BBC/ Nature Brain Train­ing Exper­i­ment, by Liz Zelinski
  20. From Anti-Alzheimer’s “Magic Bul­lets” to True Brain Health, by Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, Peter Whitehouse
  21. Why Agile Minds Deploy Both Ratio­nal and Intu­itive Problem-Solving, by Judith Tingley
  22. Why I Wrote The Woman Who Changed Her Brain, by Bar­bara Arrowsmith-Young
  23. The Busi­ness and Ethics of the Brain Fit­ness Boom, by Alvaro Fernandez
  24. Break­ing Down the Cog­ni­tion & Alzheimer’s Dis­ease Alpha­bet Soup, by Dharma Singh Khalsa
  25. Top 10 Quotes on Life­long Neu­ro­plas­tic­ity, by Alvaro Fernandez
  26. To Har­ness Neu­ro­plas­tic­ity, Start with Enthu­si­asm, by Helena Popovic
  27. Q&A with Yaakov Stern on Brain Reserve, Exer­cise, Cog­ni­tive Train­ing, Angry Birds, by Alvaro Fernandez
  28. It is Not Only Cars That Deserve Good Main­te­nance: Brain Care 101, by Alvaro Fernandez
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  30. Mind­ful­ness and Med­i­ta­tion in Schools for Stress Man­age­ment, by Jill Sutie
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  32. Cog­ni­tive and Emo­tional Devel­op­ment Through Play, by David Elkind
  33. AARP’s Brain Fit­ness Best Books List, by SharpBrains
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  35. Improve Mem­ory with Sleep, Prac­tice, and Test­ing, by Bill Klemm
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  37. Dr. Elkhonon Gold­berg on Cog­ni­tive Train­ing and Brain Fit­ness, by Alvaro Fernandez
  38. Mind­ful­ness Med­i­ta­tion for Adults & Teens with ADHD, by David Rabiner
  39. Phys­i­cal Exer­cise and Brain Health, by Pas­cale Michelon
  40. Sleep, Tetris, Mem­ory and the Brain, by Shan­non Moffet

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