Update: Can We Shape Our Brains? Does It Matter?

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Time for Sharp­Brains’ April 2012 eNewslet­ter, fea­tur­ing new  per­spec­tives and research on how, and why, we can think about shap­ing our brains for bet­ter life­long health and functioning.

Fea­tured Perspectives:

• Why I Wrote The Woman Who Changed Her Brain, by Bar­bara Arrowsmith-Young
• Pro­tect Your Asset by Being Your Own Brain Fit­ness Coach, by Alvaro Fernandez
• Promis­ing New Neu­rocog­ni­tive Inter­ven­tion for Preschool­ers with ADHD (TEAMS), by Dr. David Rabiner

New Research & Resources:

• Daniel Kah­ne­man on the Need to Think Slow (at times)
• Why our brains weigh 1.3 kilo­grams, have ~100 bil­lion neu­rons, con­sume 20% of the oxy­gen we breathe
• Can You Make Your­self Smarter? Yes. Real ques­tion is, How?
• Cog­ni­tive Behav­ioral Ther­a­py, deliv­ered as a Videogame, Can Help Low­er Anx­i­ety and Depression
• Con­nect­ing the (Brain) Dots: Under­stand­ing Brain Func­tion­al Networks
• New WHO Report: Glob­al demen­tia cas­es expect­ed to exceed 115 mil­lion by 2050

Sharp­Brains News:

• We thank three new 2012 Sharp­Brains Sum­mit Spon­sors: About­My­Brain, Advanced Brain Tech­nolo­gies, Unit­ed­BioSource Corporation

Note: Please remem­ber that 2012 Sharp­Brains Sum­mit ear­ly-bird reg­is­tra­tion rates end tomor­row, Tues­day May 1st. We hope you can join us! To Learn More and Reg­is­ter, please Click Here.

Have a great month of May!