Here we have compiled 25 important resources discussed during our annual SharpBrains Virtual Summits–where hundreds of professionals from 25+ countries meet (virtually) to discuss the latest and to reinvent brain health and mental health in the digital age.
I. The Big Picture
- The Digital Future of Brain Health (World Economic Forum)
- Making Mental Health a Global Priority (World Health Organization/ World Bank)
- The 10 skills you need to thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (World Economic Forum)
- Solving the Brain Fitness Puzzle Is the Key to Self-Empowered Aging (Generations)
II. Scientific Research
- Summary of the evidence on modifiable risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia: A population-based perspective (Alzheimer’s & Dementia)
- Identification of a Common Neurobiological Substrate for Mental Illness (JAMA Psychiatry)
- A 2 year multidomain intervention of diet, exercise, cognitive training, and vascular risk monitoring versus control to prevent cognitive decline in at-risk elderly people (FINGER) (The Lancet)
- Baycrest to house the Canadian Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation (Baycrest)
- Healthy minds 0–100 years: Optimising the use of European brain imaging cohorts (Lifebrain) (Consortium funded by Horizon 2020)
- Can you grow your hippocampus? Yes. Here’s how, and why it matters (SharpBrains)
III. Technology Trends
- Trends in Neurotechnology (Potomac Institute for Policy Studies)
- Infographic & Report on Pervasive Neurotechnology: A Groundbreaking Analysis of 10,000+ Patent Filings Transforming Medicine, Health, Entertainment and Business (SharpBrains)
- My Virtual Dream: Collective Neurofeedback in an Immersive Art Environment (PLOS One)
- At the frontier of Big Data and Brain Health (PPT presentation by several experts)
- Towards new human rights in the age of neuroscience and neurotechnology (Life Sciences, Society and Policy)
IV. Market data, players and trends
- Five reasons the future of brain enhancement is digital, pervasive and (hopefully) bright (World Economic Forum)
- Infographic & Report on Digital Platforms for Brain/ Cognitive Assessment, Monitoring and Enhancement (SharpBrains)
- Taking cognitive/ emotional assessments and therapies to scale (PPT presentation by several experts)
- 10 neurotechnologies about to transform brain enhancement and brain health (SharpBrains)
- Best practices to fund, develop and commercialize evidence-based innovation (PPT presentation by several experts)
V. Great Brain Books
- The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science, by Norman Doidge
- The New Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes in a Complex World, by Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg
- The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness: How to Optimize Brain Health and Performance at Any Age, by Alvaro Fernandez, Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg and Dr. Pascale Michelon
- The Woman Who Changed Her Brain: How I Left My Learning Disability Behind and Other Stories of Cognitive Transformation, by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young
- Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves, by Sharon Begley