Update: Study Debunks Four Common Myths About Brain Training and Lifelong Cognitive Enhancement

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Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter explor­ing the lat­est in brain health.

New research:

• Study debunks 4 com­mon myths about brain train­ing and life­long cog­ni­tive enhancement
• Don’t over­look sleep dif­fi­cul­ties in chil­dren with ADHD; they may impair func­tion­ing as much as ADHD itself
• Cog­ni­tive Behav­ioral Ther­a­py (CBT), not med­ica­tion, dri­ves long-term rewiring of the brain to help reduce psy­chosis symptoms

New thinking:

• Four rea­sons the future of brain health is dig­i­tal, per­va­sive and bright
• Read­ers around the globe are enjoy­ing The Sharp­Brains Guide book in mul­ti­ple lan­guages: the Eng­lish edi­tion has received 100+ excel­lent cus­tomer reviews in the US alone (plus great com­ments in Cana­da, the UK and Aus­tralia); the Span­ish edi­tion has earned spec­tac­u­lar com­ments in the US, Spain and Mex­i­co; and the Japan­ese and Pol­ish edi­tions are doing very well. Thank you, Gra­cias, Ari­ga­to, Dzieku­je Ci, Obri­ga­dos. Please help us spread the word :-)
• 10 Final­ists announced for the $1M Glob­al Teacher Prize

New tools:

• Past and Future Per­va­sive Neu­rotech­nolo­gies, as seen through 50 Key Patents. As part of our new series, here are a few select­ed foun­da­tion­al patents, espe­cial­ly rel­e­vant for those inter­est­ed in tech­nol­o­gy and innovation:
• Cour­tesy of Microsoft, Man­ag­ing infor­ma­tion flow based on user’s men­tal state and cog­ni­tive load and Antic­i­pat­ing wear­ables, machine learn­ing and cog­ni­tive enhancement
• Improv­ing dri­ving safe­ty with alarms trig­gered by impend­ing sleep state, detect­ed via brain signals
• Remote com­put­er-imple­ment­ed meth­ods for cog­ni­tive test­ing (Sci­en­tif­ic Learn­ing; Lumos Labs)
• Test­ing and train­ing cog­ni­tive abil­i­ty (Cog­niFit)
• Com­put­er mod­el­ing meets Tran­scra­nial Mag­net­ic Stim­u­la­tion (TMS) (Brain­lab)

Final­ly, if you’re look­ing for some extra men­tal stim­u­la­tion, don’t for­get to check out our Top 25 Brain Teasers, Games and Illu­sions.

Have a great month of March!

The Sharp­Brains Team