Update: Is Having a Brain a Medical Condition?

Time for Sharp­Brains’ August 2012 eNewslet­ter, fea­tur­ing in this occa­sion mul­ti­ple insight­ful per­spec­tives on how emerg­ing brain and cog­ni­tive sci­ence can be applied to  improve edu­ca­tion, clin­i­cal prac­tice, pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and dai­ly living.

Fea­tured Perspectives:

• Does Brain Fit­ness Require Med­ical­iza­tion? (or, Is Hav­ing a Brain a Med­ical Con­di­tion?), by Dr. Philip Toman
• New Study shows Teens with ADHD helped by Cog­ni­tive Behav­ioral Ther­a­py, by Dr. David Rabiner
• In the Age of Google, Should Schools Teach Mem­o­riza­tion Skills?, by Dr. Bill Klemm



• Nav­i­gat­ing The Many Dan­gers of Expe­ri­ence and Think Fresh: When Is a Ham­mer Not a Ham­mer?, by Dr. Shlo­mo Breznitz & Collins Hemingway

Research and News:

• Why Man­ag­ing Stress is Cru­cial for Brain Fitness
• The Men­tal Game: How High-Lev­el Ath­letes Remain Calm and Focused
• Brain train­ing (cog­ni­tive behav­iour­al ther­a­py) seen as most cost-effec­tive treat­ment for chron­ic fatigue syndrome
• Lumos Labs (devel­op­er of lumosity.com) rais­es $31.5 million
• The (Tai­lored) Future of New Dri­ver Training

Have a nice Labor Day Weekend!

(Source of brain pic: BigStockPhoto)