Study: Consumer wearable devices tend to measure some metrics well (heart rate, cardiorespiratory fitness) but others not so well (energy expenditure, sleep quality)

Sep­tem­ber 4, 2024  |

Back in 2010, Gary Wolf, then the edi­tor of Wired mag­a­zine, deliv­ered a TED talk in Cannes called “the quan­ti­fied self”. It was about what he termed a “new fad” among tech enthu­si­asts. These ear­ly adopters were using gad­gets to mon­i­tor every­thing from their phys­i­o­log­i­cal data to their mood, and even the num­ber of nappies…

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La práctica continua, más allá del aprendizaje, es clave para maximizar los beneficios cognitivos del bilingüismo

August 27, 2024  |

¿Quieres pre­venir el Alzheimer? Prac­ti­ca dos o más idiomas y otros tips para ‘entre­nar’ tu cere­bro (Europa Press Infos­alus): Muchas per­sonas pien­san que sólo con apren­der un segun­do idioma ya es ben­efi­cioso para la salud de nue­stro cere­bro, y pre­venir o retrasar prob­le­mas cog­ni­tivos como el Alzheimer. Pero esto no es así. Hay que practicarlo,…

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Update: Addressing unproductive thoughts and emotional and cognitive overload in the AI era

August 19, 2024  |

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing this time a range of resources, views and tips to empow­er our minds, get past pro­cras­ti­na­tion, nav­i­gate cog­ni­tive enhancers, and more. #1. Let’s get past pro­cras­ti­na­tion by address­ing emo­tion­al and cog­ni­tive over­load #2. Five tech­niques to self-reg­u­late intru­sive, unpro­duc­tive thoughts #3. Pros and Cons of using four nootropics–caffeine,…

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New study links motor-sensory biases with cognitive and social abilities

July 29, 2024  |

Whether you’re left, right or ambidex­trous, “hand­ed­ness” is part of our iden­ti­ty. But a lot of peo­ple don’t realise that we have oth­er bias­es too and they are not unique to humans. My col­leagues and I have pub­lished a new study that shows align­ing our bias­es in the same way as oth­er peo­ple may have…

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Let’s get past procrastination by addressing emotional and cognitive overload

July 18, 2024  |

Pro­cras­ti­na­tion is a com­mon strug­gle many lead­ers and work­ers face, par­tic­u­lar­ly in the con­text of mod­ern, men­tal­ly demand­ing jobs. But what is the under­ly­ing cause, and how can we bet­ter under­stand it and effec­tive­ly address it? Pro­cras­ti­na­tion, defined as “the act of unnec­es­sar­i­ly and vol­un­tar­i­ly delay­ing or post­pon­ing some­thing despite know­ing that there could be…

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Five techniques to self-regulate intrusive, unproductive thoughts

July 5, 2024  |

Have you ever wok­en up in the mid­dle of the night with upset­ting thoughts spin­ning through your head? Maybe you argued with your part­ner and you’re reliv­ing the fight in ago­niz­ing detail. Per­haps you can’t stop wor­ry­ing about all the things that could go wrong in an upcom­ing job inter­view. Or maybe you’re per­se­ver­at­ing about…

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5 Key Insights to Empower Minds and Optimize Culture in the AI era

June 28, 2024  |

In today’s fast-paced busi­ness envi­ron­ment, fos­ter­ing a cul­ture of empow­ered minds is essen­tial for suc­cess. Explore five key insights that can trans­form lead­er­ship and orga­ni­za­tion­al approach­es: #Adopt­ing a Growth Mind­set to Enhance Cog­ni­tive Engage­ment #Lead­er­ship Inter­ven­tions #Work­ing Mem­o­ry #Pro­tect­ing and Opti­miz­ing Work­ing Mem­o­ry #Mind­ful­ness Keep read­ing 5 Key Insights to Empow­er Minds and Opti­mize Culture…

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Pros and Cons of using four nootropics–caffeine, creatine, L‑theanine, Ashwaghanda–as cognitive enhancers

June 18, 2024  |

Humans have long been search­ing for a “mag­ic elixir” to make us smarter, and improve our focus and mem­o­ry. This includes tra­di­tion­al Chi­nese med­i­cine used thou­sands of years ago to improve cog­ni­tive func­tion. Now we have nootrop­ics, also known as smart drugs, brain boost­ers or cog­ni­tive enhancers. You can buy these gum­mies, chew­ing gums, pills…

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Otsuka America launches new unit focused on digital therapeutics, AI and mental health

June 10, 2024  |

Otsu­ka defies dig­i­tal health down­turn with new com­pa­ny (MedTech­Dive): Otsu­ka Amer­i­ca, a sub­sidiary of the Japan­ese drug and device mak­er, this month launched a new com­pa­ny focused on dig­i­tal health. The firm, called Otsu­ka Pre­ci­sion Health, will roll out its first prod­uct this sum­mer, a pre­scrip­tion dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tic for major depres­sive dis­or­der. San­ket Shah, who…

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(Webinar recording) Harnessing Brain Science to Empower Minds & Enhance Resilience and Productivity

June 4, 2024  |

? We hope you enjoy the con­ver­sa­tion (57 min­utes) as much as we did! Webi­nar descrip­tion: Is your team and orga­ni­za­tion grap­pling with AI dis­rup­tion, con­stant mul­ti­task­ing, or back-to-back calls that leave no room for strate­gic think­ing? Our “Brain-As-An-Asset” approach piv­ots from stan­dard reac­tive men­tal health tac­tics to proac­tive ini­tia­tives that enhance brain health, align­ing with your organizational…

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