Update: “You’re not a prisoner of your DNA”

Time for Sharp­Brains’ Octo­ber e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing the usu­al wealth of insights and resources and, above all, thank­ing the 215 par­tic­i­pants in 17 coun­tries who joined an amaz­ing 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tual Sum­mit! (each blue dot rep­re­sents a par­tic­i­pant or group of participants).

(We are now digest­ing every­thing dis­cussed dur­ing 3 intense days, and try­ing to enjoy a relax­ing weekend…)

New think­ing:

• Dr. Dhar­ma Singh Khal­sa (Alzheimer’s Research & Pre­ven­tion Foun­da­tion): “You’re not a pris­on­er of your DNA”
• 10 Ways To Improve Health & Well-being Based On Lat­est Non-Inva­sive Neurotechnologies
• Chal­lenge: Help­ing con­sumers sep­a­rate brain train­ing wheat from brain games chaff
• (Yes, in Span­ish) Hábitos para una vida lab­o­ral más próspera

New research:

• Neu­rotech­nolo­gies to visu­al­ize (and why not enhance) brain circuits
• Wider use of EEG mea­sure­ments in emer­gency care
• To reduce ADHD epi­dem­ic, pro­mote (con­cus­sion-free) sports and phys­i­cal activ­i­ty programs?
• Next in men­tal health: Pre­ven­tive inter­ven­tions to strength­en work­ing memory

New tech­nol­o­gy:

• Brain Per­for­mance Dash­boards @ 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Summit
• Out: cross­word puz­zles. In: dig­i­tal cog­ni­tive assess­ments and training
• Start-up Thync rais­es $13 mil­lion to mar­ket tran­scra­nial stim­u­la­tion via con­sumer wearable
• Focused ultra­sound as emerg­ing method of non-inva­sive neurotechnology

Have a great month of November!