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SharpBrains Council Weekly Update: 54 Members, Events, Industry, Research, Ideas

November 5, 2010 by Alvaro Fernandez

Let me pro­vide an overview of the great things going on with the Sharp­Brains Coun­cil for Brain Fit­ness Inno­va­tion — start­ing this week, we will share a brief update like this every Fri­day to main­tain Sharp­Brains col­leagues and read­ers informed. Please note that all links below require access to the Coun­cil’s online platform.

Coun­cil Membership
We have 54 Coun­cil Mem­bers right now (47 are already active in the Coun­cil’s online plat­form). To help Mem­bers quick­ly see who we all are and what we are inter­est­ed in, there is a Mem­ber List avail­able in the Library.
This week, based on lev­el of Coun­cil par­tic­i­pa­tion and on hav­ing a nice pro­file pic, we are fea­tur­ing 7 Coun­cil Mem­bers: Pas­cale Mich­e­lon, Philip Toman, Jamie Wil­son, Luc Beau­doin, Joshua Stein­er­man, Adam Gaz­za­ley and Sher­rie All. Mem­bers can learn more about them and say hel­lo Here.
Recent Events
High­lights and dis­cus­sions from sev­er­al recent events are avail­able by click­ing on these links:
  • The UCLA Aging and Tech­nol­o­gy Con­fer­ence, dis­rup­tive demo­graph­ics and the dou­ble-edged sword of com­put­er soli­taire, by Jamie Wilson
  • UCSF at Mis­sion Bay, a dri­ving sim­u­la­tion and the inau­gur­al Coun­cil chat, by Jamie Wilson
  • Resources men­tioned dur­ing sec­ond Coun­cil Chat, by Alvaro Fernandez
  • Insights from the recent AARP Brain Fit­ness Col­lo­qui­um, by Pas­cale Michelon
If you recent­ly attend­ed a good event, please share your impres­sions with the Coun­cil by blog­ging your impres­sions!
Upcom­ing events
The Octo­ber Coun­cil Chats worked well to facil­i­tate intro­duc­tions, but phone-based con­fer­ence calls will be bet­ter to move the agen­da for­ward. We have 2 upcom­ing phone-based calls to dis­cuss the State of Brain Fit­ness Inno­va­tion and to shape the 2011 Sharp­Brains Sum­mit. To learn more and RSVP:
>Nov. 17th, 9–10am US Pacif­ic Time: click Here
>Nov. 18th, 4–5pm US Pacif­ic Time: click Here
Mem­bers can also see and dis­cuss the Draft Agen­da for the 2011 Sharp­Brains Sum­mit, ten­ta­tive­ly sched­uled for late March 2011.
Indus­try Discussions
>Indus­try Activ­i­ty from Octo­ber 2010 (Posit Sci­ence, Dakim, Zeo, NovaV­i­sion, Lumosity)
>Pear­son starts to pro­mote Cogmed work­ing mem­o­ry train­ing (press release)
Research & Pol­i­cy Discussions
>New report on work­place mental/physical health
>Non-inva­sive elec­tri­cal stim­u­la­tion of the brain can improve numer­i­cal abilities
>JAMA tri­al finds no evi­dence of DHA Sup­ple­men­ta­tion impact­ing on cog­ni­tive decline in Mild to Moderate
Com­ment of the week
Philip Toman on the poten­tial of com­put­er-admin­is­tered CBT and heart-rate vari­abil­i­ty (HRV) biofeedback
Idea of the week
We now have a very fun Ideas fea­ture that allows Coun­cil Mem­bers to sub­mit and to vote on ideas and sug­ges­tions on any­thing that cross­es your mind. Please vis­it the new Ideas sec­tion and chal­lenge your brain (and ours)!
Enjoy the week­end and thank you for your interest.
To learn more about the Sharp­Brains Coun­cil and Request an Invi­ta­tion: click Here.

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